Peter Dutton

Australian police are investigating at least six instances of “prohibited symbols and chants” — specifically, chants and flags associated with the Lebanese terrorist organization Hezbollah — after pro-Palestinian groups held angry protests in Melbourne and other cities on Sunday to protest the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.

The only person arrested at a “Gas the Jews” rally in Sydney was an innocent Jewish man carrying an Israeli flag.

A week after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Australia for four-wheel drive armored infantry combat vehicles Canberra announced Friday they were on their way.

The U.S. Department of Defence confirmed the deployment Monday of thousands of reinforcements to Northern Australia against a backdrop of heightened regional tensions with China across the Indo/Pacific region.

Australian Defense Minister Peter Dutton issued impassioned remarks in an interview published Monday in defense of Chinese tennis champion Peng Shuai, who the regime disappeared for public life after accused its former Olympics committee head of rape.

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Sunday he has no regrets after canceling a multi-billion dollar contract with France for the construction of a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.

Canberra is offering the U.S. the chance to base more marines and warships in Australia, with Defence Minister Peter Dutton declaring Thursday he wants greater military cooperation with the country’s closest ally as China works to boost its presence in the Indo-Pacific region.

SYDNEY (AP) – A senior Australian government minister on Sunday warned foreign journalists working in the country they might come under the scrutiny of federal agencies if they provide a “slanted view” of Australian affairs

(AFP) — Australia’s parliament is set to probe alleged foreign interference at public universities, a government minister said Monday, as concerns grow about Chinese influence.

Australian maritime authorities intercepted an illegal asylum seeker boat last month and forced it to immediately return to its port of departure in Indonesia.

Australia is considering following the lead of the U.S. and U.K. in listing the military wing of Hezbollah in Lebanon as a terrorist organisation, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said Thursday.

Australia has no intention of stopping the deportation of convicted Kiwi criminals to their homeland, despite a personal plea from New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern for the practice to end.

Thousands of interned Islamic State terrorists and their families pose a risk to the ongoing security of the Middle East and their Syria Kurd captors want the world to take them back.

SYDNEY (AP) – Australia said Saturday it stripped a suspected militant held in Turkey of citizenship because he fought for the Islamic State group. Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton said that Neil Prakash was in the service of a

More than 3,300 asylum seekers aboard 33 boats have been stopped off Australia’s shores and turned back in the past five years, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton revealed on Tuesday.

Contents: Turkey’s government takes control of last remaining independent news source; South Africans furious at Australia for condemning white farmer land confiscation

Left-liberal activists have been enraged by an Australian proposal to help South Africa’s persecuted white minority, branding it “ridiculously racist”.

Contents: Australia will pay $100K each to asylum seekers in Manus Island immigration camp; The Manus refugees’ future is still undecided – except for those coming to the US

Dozens of asylum seekers who applied for resettlement in Australia have been rejected after failing security checks or being deemed economic migrants rather than genuine refugees, according to Sky News.

Contents: Australia-US refugee swap deal appears to be faltering; Australia and Germany paying asylum seekers cash to return home

Contents: Papua New Guinea Supreme Court bombshell throws Australia’s refugee policy into chaos; Papua New Guinea repudiates refugee agreement after Supreme Court Ruling; North Korea nuclear test expected after three botched missile tests