Penny Wong

Penny Wong is heading to China to try to repair Australia's fragile relationship with the superpower in possibly the most important visit since Gough ...

“It was good to travel with Simon (Birmingham) and I think he made a really good contribution,” Senator Wong said. “I am his friend and I am his confidant. “I had a long time to think about what I wanted to do and what I thought needed to be done.” “What I’ve enjoyed about us winning the election is to have a sense of purpose, and what I try to bring to this role is purpose. “The new Government has shown continuity and policy around the things we’ve done. “I think China is going to continue on its path. He is now Senator Wong’s shadow on the opposition benches but has a co-operative working relationship with her on key national interest matters. I renew a lot by being at home and doing things with the family or cooking, or going for walks,” Senator Wong said. Senator Birmingham said he welcomed Senator Wong’s trip to Beijing but Australia had to be “clear and upfront with China”. “I made a decision that I would really bring a new energy to Australia’s engagement with the world, and that meant how we engage, so wanting to lift the tempo, how we listen, and how we talk about the region.” I think it’s very important to have a very clear sense of what your purpose is for your country and what you’re trying to do in each relationship and each interaction.” “I guess I’m reflective and analytical — I try to think about how I see a problem and how the problem is structured, what the solution would be, and different ways in which we might do things,” she said.

This is the first visit to China by an Australian minister since 2019, and will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations ...

During the meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in November, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Australia will stay committed to the original aspiration behind the establishment of diplomatic ties and facilitate the stable growth of Australia-China relations. The twists and turns and difficulties that China-Australia relations have experienced in the past years are completely unnecessary and purely manufactured. This suggests that Australian society is going through genuine introspection on a larger scope, and the desire to improve relations with China is becoming mainstream. We are pleased to see that the Anthony Albanese administration has shown willingness after taking office to improve and develop relations between the two countries, and China has responded positively. This is the first visit to China by an Australian minister since 2019, and will coincide with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries on Wednesday. At the invitation of Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong will visit China on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Australia's foreign minister will visit Beijing this week in what is seen as an effort by China to mend tense relations which spilled into a damaging trade ...

Australia’s foreign minister will visit Beijing this week in what is seen as an effort by China to mend tense relations which spilled into a damaging trade war and led Australia to deepen defence ties with the US and UK. Australia’s foreign minister Penny Wong to visit Beijing [China](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/topic/china)’s invitation after Albanese’s brief talk with President Xi on the sidelines of the

Foreign Minister Penny Wong will visit China this week, meeting her counterpart Wang Yi on Wednesday, the 50th anniversary of Australia-China ... more relations ...

The event will mark the 50th anniversary of Gough Whitlam’s historic trip to China. Mr Birmingham singled out trade sanctions and the detention of Australians, such as Cheng Lei, as examples of the “difficult things in the relationship” between the two countries. Mr Whitlam visited China when he was Opposition leader in 1971.

She's visiting Beijing at China's request and will meet with her counterpart Wang Yi. The plight of two Australians detained in China, and ongoing trade ...

Press PLAY below to hear the full interview Penny Wong will today become the first Australian minister to visit China since 2019. Penny Wong is preparing for the first ministerial visit to China in three years and will meet with her counterpart tomorrow.

Australia's foreign minister Penny Wong will visit China this week, raising expectations of a deepening thaw in relations between Canberra and Beijing that ...

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There was a collective sigh of relief in diplomatic and business circles yesterday when Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong announced she plans to visit ...

Ministers have resumed contact with their counterparts as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Wong and their cabinet colleagues have dialled down the rhetoric and returned diplomacy to the forefront. [quickly relations have warmed](https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202212/1282216.shtml) under the Albanese government. Indeed, it is encouraging just how

Foreign Minister Penny Wong says work has been done carefully, methodically, and patiently towards stabilising the relationship between Australia and China.

The Foreign Minister will only spend a single day in China. Senator Wong will fly to Beijing today in the first visit to China by an Australian minister since ...

"There has been a lot of speculation in the last 24 hours or more about what will happen. The foreign minister said she would continue to advocate on behalf of Australian businesses to have trade sanctions lifted, and on behalf of detained Australians. Senator Wong will fly to Beijing today in the first visit to China by an Australian minister since the country was put in the diplomatic deep freeze in 2019.