Bob Carr accuses Winston Peters of defamation after NZ deputy PM calls him a ‘Chinese puppet’
Former NSW premier’s threat to sue comes amid debate about whether New Zealand should join pillar two of Aukus pact
December 2023
Dozens of Labor figures condemn Israel’s ‘domination’ of Palestine and call for immediate ceasefire
Bob Carr among more than 50 current and former Labor MPs to sign letter urging Australia to examine its relationship with Israel
October 2023
‘Light of my life’: former NSW premier Bob Carr’s wife Helena dies after brain aneurysm
Carr says his partner of 50 years collapsed in his arms at a hotel in Vienna at the age of 77
August 2022
Huge profits for fossil-fuel giants Woodside and Santos stoke calls for windfall tax
Senator David Pocock and Bob Carr among those urging Albanese government to claw back massive mining profits
October 2021
The Pacific project
Former PMs apologise to Pacific leaders for Australia’s apathy on climate crisis
Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull lash out at Morrison government’s ‘cynical indifference’ and assure Pacific leaders ‘a majority’ of Australians ‘are in your corner’
July 2021
Bob Carr calls for Unesco to recognise ‘urgency of threat’ facing world heritage-listed Blue Mountains
Former NSW premier says the proposal to raise Warragamba Dam wall is undermining environmental protections of region
May 2021
News Corp exclusive on Chinese ‘bioweapons’ based on discredited 2015 book of conspiracy theories
Report in the Australian newspaper promoting Sharri Markson’s book on origins of Covid criticised as misleading and alarmist by China analysts
October 2019
Australia urged to act quickly to get families out of Syrian refugee camps
As the US moves to withdraw troops the window to safely move children and women is rapidly closing, families say
June 2019
Disappearance of Australian in North Korea 'troubling', Scott Morrison says
PM says he has no new information on Alek Sigley, while Bob Carr says finding him will require ‘deft diplomacy’
May 2019
Assange extradition could test patience of Australia and US allies, Bob Carr warns
Former foreign minister says potential 175-year jail term ‘changes the game’
March 2019
University rejects Porter's push to list on new foreign influence register
University of Technology Sydney has no plans to place its Australia-China institute on register
February 2019
Political donor Huang Xiangmo blocked from returning to Australia
Despite donations of $3m to major parties, Huang’s passport and permanent residency have been cancelled
December 2018
'Enough madness': can playing it safe win Michael Daley the NSW election?
Gareth Evans and Bob Carr join call for Labor to increase Australia's foreign aid
November 2018
The Coalition’s Israel embassy move trashes Australia’s reputation as a serious country
Bob Carr
Shifting the embassy is wrong and Josh Frydenberg’s intervention helps Labor sound like a government
August 2018
Festivals 2018
Performance art, nudity and a ‘place where people can hug’. What are writers’ festivals for, anyway?
Writers’ festivals are reinventing themselves as they wrestle with cultural flash points and competition
July 2018
I didn't want to write this, but the courage to listen to different ideas is vanishing
Richard Flanagan
Brisbane writers' festival under fire after Germaine Greer and Bob Carr 'disinvited'
June 2018
China denies visas to Australian journalists due to 'frosty' diplomatic relations
Group had been due to leave on Thursday with Bob Carr’s Australia-China thinktank
March 2018
Q&A: Australia's immigration rate should be cut in half, Bob Carr says
Former foreign affairs minister says the benefits of immigration could be preserved but effects managed by slowing down rate
