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Aussie FM praises nation's strict gun laws following Las Vegas shooting

Australia'sForeignMinisterJulieBishoppraisedthecountry'sguncontrollawsonTuesdayinthewakeoftheLasVegasshootingwhichleftatleast59peopledead.Bishop'scommentscameaf

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Aussie foreign minister in uproar over in 'data leak'

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop may have inadvertently allowed her partner to view "highly sensitive" documents by inviting him onto the floor of a United Nations (UN) meeting in New York last year.

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Aussie FM hosts Indonesian counterpart for talks on defense, trade and national security

Australia and Indonesia will seek to grow their positive relationship following a rocky start to 2015, with both nations' foreign ministers scheduled to discuss defense on Monday.

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Australia's FM urges Russia to "exercise restraint" in wake of downed fighter jet

​Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to "exercise restraint" after he promised swift retribution to the downing of a Russian fighter plane on the Turkey-Syria border on Tuesday.

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Australian gov't elects new speaker following Bronwyn Bishop's resignation

​Australia's parliament has elected a new speaker of the House - following the widely- publicized resignation of former speaker Bronwyn Bishop last week - in an appointment expected to result in a more productive and less rancorous parliament.

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Bishop says PM's Indonesia comments have proved unhelpful

​Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Tony Abbott's decision to link Australia's attempts at rescuing two citizens from death row in Indonesia with foreign aid funding has proved unhelpful.

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Bishop says not to challenge Abbott's position as Australian PM

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has confirmed to Prime Minister Tony Abbott that she will not be campaigning for his position despite pressure mounting for Abbott to call for a leadership spill.

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Australian FM warns UN of "young, violent, tech-savvy" terrorists

​Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has used her position as chair of a United Nations Security Council meeting to warn against the growing threat of young, violent, innovative and tech-savvy terrorists.

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Australian, Dutch FMs travel to Ukraine to discuss UN MH17 resolution

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop joined her Dutch counterpart Frans Timmermans on Thursday to meet with the Ukraine leadership in Kiev to discuss the means of implementing the UN Security Council Resolution to secure the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

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Australian FM denies saying "stand up to China"

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Tuesday said she did not use the phrase "stand up to China" in her earlier interview with a local newspaper.

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Australia "looking into" more aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan: FM

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said here Monday that his country is looking into increasing aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan, local media reported.