This December will mark the 75th anniversary of one of the most momentous developments in Australian foreign policy, war-time Prime Minister John Curtin's famous turn to America.
As we relax after Christmas and tune in to the Boxing Day Test, it may be worth reflecting on Curtin's New Year's message to the Australian people, published in the Melbourne Herald on 27 December 1941.
The Turnbull’s government rejection of an international commission’s jurisdiction over the maritime boundary dispute with Timor-Leste is a deeply disappointing development.
Timor-Leste suffered decades of conflict and suffering before gaining independence.