China lifted a four-year ban on Australian rock-lobster imports as ties between the U.S. ally and its major trading partner continue to stabilize. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said China notified Australia on Friday that live rock-lobster ...

China has notified Australia the rock lobster trade can recommence effective immediately. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Minister Penny Wong have celebrated the win for the $450 million dollar industry.

Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal linked to limiting Chinese influence in the South Pacific.

Australia will provide over $100 million to help the Solomon Islands, which also has security ties with China, expand its police force so it can reduce its reliance on external partners, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday.

Strategic Analysis Australia founding director Michael Shoebridge believes China’s police presence in the Solomon Islands will stay.

Australia will provide over $100 million to the Solomon Islands to expand its police force so the Pacific Islands nation, which also has security ties with China, can reduce its reliance on external partners,

Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a sporting deal accompanied by strategic and confidential security pact that is designed to counter Chinese influence in the region.

Australia's live rock lobster exports to China can resume following the removal of trade restrictions. This development highlights the resolution of trade disputes that began in 2020 over Australia's call for a COVID-19 origins inquiry.

China has lifted a ban on imports of Australian live rock lobsters, Canberra said Friday, demolishing the final barrier in a broader, multibillion-dollar trade war between the countries.

A team from Papua New Guinea will join Australian rugby league competition the NRL in a “diplomacy deal” that will cost the taxpayer £301m. It is understood the deal is part of an Australian push to counteract increasing Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific and follows Australian support for Pacific island rugby union teams participating in

SYDNEY (Reuters) -- Australian exports of live rock lobster to China can restart immediately, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday following a notification from China.