Liberal National MP Andrew Wallace has criticised Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong for their response to antisemitism in Australia, urging the political leaders “cannot get away” with what they “failed” to do.

Australia's foreign minister has delivered a message from Auschwitz urging unity "across political difference", where a delegation is marking the 80th anniversary of the concentration camp's liberation.

Nationals Leader David Littleproud has criticised Foreign Minister Penny Wong for letting her "personal bias" affect her foreign policy decision-making regarding Israel.

The opposition leader said the government's stance on the Gaza war made the foreign minister "the most inappropriate person" to attend.

Penny Wong and Donald Trump hardly sound like a match made in political heaven. Yet, there was Australia’s foreign minister, in prime position.

The foreign affairs minister met with her new American counterpart this week, amid concerns that Australia will be required to align more closely with the US on China.

The Opposition Leader has taken aim at the decision for Foreign Minister Penny Wong to lead Australia’s delegation to the commemoration of Auschwitz.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong met her Indian and Japanese counterparts in Washington and said the invitation for Quad foreign ministers to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration showed an "iron-clad commitment" to close cooperation in the Indo Pacific region.

Israel has accused Labor of playing into the hands of Iran and called on it to back the only democracy in the Middle East, as Anthony Albanese defends sending Foreign Minister and critic of Israeli foreign policy Penny Wong to the year’s most important Holocaust memorial.

Senator Wong confirmed she and Mr Rudd will attend Trump’s ceremony - which will air early Tuesday morning in Australia - as well as confirming meetings with a number of key personnel in the US. Penny Wong confirms she is going to President-elect Donald ...

There is growing confusion over who will represent Australia at a major commemoration marking the liberation of Auschwitz. Education Minister Jason Clare has confirmed Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Attorney General Mark Dreyfus will attend the 80th anniversary in Poland.

Australia said Wednesday that "all options are open" in its response to the reported killing of one of its citizens after his capture by Russian forces in Ukraine.