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ARTICLES BY JASON SCOTT

Photo: Bloomberg

US in talks with Australia on responses to war over Taiwan, diplomat says

2 min read . 01 Apr 2021

A file photo of Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (Photo: AP) (AP)

Japan’s Abe in security talks with Australia as they seek to counter China

2 min read . 08 Jul 2020

The EU is a co-sponsor of the plan that will be put forward at the assembly’s May 18 meeting (Photo: Reuters)

Coronavirus origin: EU backs independent probe

3 min read . 05 May 2020

Barnaby Joyce said he will also step down as leader of the National party, the junior coalition partner in Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s government, but remain in parliament. Photo: Reuters

Australia’s deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce resigns amid sex scandal

2 min read . 23 Feb 2018

Australia’s deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce, who’s confirmed his now partner Vikki Campion is pregnant with his child, is taking a week’s leave and has resisted calls to resign. Photo: Reuters

Australia PM Malcolm Turnbull bars ministers from sex with staff amid scandal

3 min read . 15 Feb 2018

The future of coal is a vexed issue in Australia, which generates three-quarters of its electricity from the fuel. Photo: AFP

Adani coal mine jobs pitted against Great Barrier Reef in Australia vote

4 min read . 22 Nov 2017

Australian deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra on 25 October 2017. Photo: Reuters

Australia govt in crisis as deputy PM Barnaby Joyce ejected in citizenship ruling

3 min read . 27 Oct 2017

A man watches a television screen showing US President Donald Trump (left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: AP

War of words between Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un has Asia bracing for conflict

3 min read . 11 Aug 2017

‘The Washington Post’ has published a conversation held between Donald Trump and Malcolm Turnbull in January in which they argued over a deal to send asylum seekers detained by Australia to the US. Photo: Reuters

Malcolm Turnbull disappointed with Trump call leak, says ties ‘warm’

1 min read . 04 Aug 2017

Tesla founder Elon Musk announced plans to build the world’s biggest battery to support Australia’s blackout-plagued power grid. Photo: Bloomberg

Elon Musk exposes deep coal divide in energy-hit Australia

5 min read . 14 Jul 2017

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull played down his Donald Trump impression, calling it “affectionately light-hearted”. Photo: AP

Aussie PM imitates, ridicules Donald Trump in speech alluding to ‘Russian guy’

2 min read . 15 Jun 2017

Photo: Bloomberg

Liquid gold from Down Under

4 min read . 26 Nov 2016

Faced with meat shortages due to greater demand from a burgeoning middle class, Indonesia lifted a ban on Indian buffalo meat this year. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/ Mint

Indian buffalo meat threatens world’s biggest live cattle trade

3 min read . 01 Nov 2016

A file photo shows nuclear submarine SNA Barracuda under construction. DCNS will build the fleet in Adelaide and the project should create about 2,800 jobs. Photo: AFP

France wins $39 billion Australia submarine deal as Japan snubbed

3 min read . 26 Apr 2016

Hollywood star Johnny Depp (center) and wife Amber Heard (left) arrive at the Southport Magistrates Court on the Gold Coast, Australia, on Monday. Photo: AP/PTI

Johnny Depp urges respect for Australian laws amid ‘war on terriers’

1 min read . 19 Apr 2016

Malcolm Turnbull, Australia’s incoming prime minister, reacts during a news conference after winning a party leadership ballot in Canberra, on 14 September. Photo: Bloomberg

Malcolm Turnbull defeats Tony Abbott in party vote to become Australian PM

4 min read . 14 Sept 2015

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (2nd right) announces Australia’s acceptance of Syrian refugees at Parliament House in Canberra, on Wednesday. He is the latest leader to respond to a global outpouring of sympathy for Syrian refugees after the death of a young boy whose body washed up on a beach in Turkey. Photo: Reuters

Australia to take 12,000 extra Syrian refugees, extend airstrikes

1 min read . 09 Sept 2015

Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, who were arrested for attempting to smuggle heroin out of Bali in 2005, were killed by firing squad along with three Nigerians, one Brazilian, a Ghanaian and an Indonesian. Photo: Reuters

Indonesia executes drug traffickers, spurring Australia to recall ambassador

4 min read . 29 Apr 2015

A file photo of a Chinese marine surveillance ship is seen in South China Sea. Photo: Reuters

China creating artificial islands in South China Sea: US Admiral

3 min read . 31 Mar 2015

Tony Abbott told reporters in Canberra on Wednesday the fundamental issue was “would major decisions be made by the board and is it going to be a multilateral institution rather than one that’s controlled by any one country.” Photo: Bloomberg

Australia said to approve negotiations to join new Asia bank

2 min read . 25 Mar 2015