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Jonathan Pearlman

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Jonathan is a journalist based in Sydney. He has covered stories on Australia and the Pacific for The Straits Times since 2011 and has also contributed stories from Africa, the Middle East and the US. He was previously Australia-Pacific correspondent for The Telegraph (London) and foreign affairs correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald. He studied at the University of New South Wales and Oxford University.

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‘Historic’ Indonesia-Australia security treaty boosts ties, highlights concerns over China

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto aboard HMAS Canberra at Fleet Base East, Sydney, on Nov 12, 2025. PHOTO: EPA
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto aboard HMAS Canberra at Fleet Base East, Sydney, on Nov 12, 2025. PHOTO: EPA

Australia battles surging illegal tobacco market as organised crime takes over trade

Australian police detain the alleged ringleader of a criminal syndicate accused of supplying Melbourne with more than seven tonnes of illicit tobacco: PHOTO: AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE/FACEBOOK
Australian police detain the alleged ringleader of a criminal syndicate accused of supplying Melbourne with more than seven tonnes of illicit tobacco: PHOTO: AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE/FACEBOOK

Australia and South-east Asia are drifting apart over US-China rivalry

Chinese Premier Li Qiang meeting Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra in June 2024.
Chinese Premier Li Qiang meeting Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra in June 2024.

Suspect in disappearance of toddler in Australia identified in 55-year quest for justice

Cheryl Grimmer was three years old when she went missing at a beach south of Sydney on April 29, 1971.
Cheryl Grimmer was three years old when she went missing at a beach south of Sydney on April 29, 1971.

Albanese comes away from Trump meeting with lots to show

US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on Oct, 20, 2025.
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on Oct, 20, 2025.

Australia’s far-right on the march amid growing concerns about immigration

Protesters, watched by police, participate in the March for Australia rally in central Sydney on Oct 19, 2025. PHOTO: AFP
Protesters, watched by police, participate in the March for Australia rally in central Sydney on Oct 19, 2025. PHOTO: AFP

Australian telcos agree to ‘stress-test’ networks after Optus outage

Optus Chief Executive Officer Stephen Rue arrives at Parliament House in Canberra for a meeting with Australian Communications Minister Anika Wells on Oct 7, 2025. PHOTO: EPA
Optus Chief Executive Officer Stephen Rue arrives at Parliament House in Canberra for a meeting with Australian Communications Minister Anika Wells on Oct 7, 2025. PHOTO: EPA

Australia’s landmark defence treaty with PNG set to swing pendulum away from China

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape (R) and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese sign a mutual communique in Port Moresby on September 17, 2025. Australia and Papua New Guinea failed to sign a long-awaited mutual defence treaty as expected on September 17, as Canberra seeks to deepen ties with Pacific nations and counter Beijing's rising influence. (Photo by AFP)
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape (R) and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese sign a mutual communique in Port Moresby on September 17, 2025. Australia and Papua New Guinea failed to sign a long-awaited mutual defence treaty as expected on September 17, as Canberra seeks to deepen ties with Pacific nations and counter Beijing's rising influence. (Photo by AFP)

Australian PM says Optus ‘let down the nation’ as Singtel blames outage on human error

An initial investigation of the Sept 18 outage at Optus was "due to a people issue", SingTel's chief executive said on Sept 30. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
An initial investigation of the Sept 18 outage at Optus was "due to a people issue", SingTel's chief executive said on Sept 30. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

Selfie and ‘warm chat’ with Trump a small win, but Albanese must cement alliance at next meeting

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump in a selfie at the United Nations in New York during their first ever face-to-face meeting. 

Credit: @albomp/Instagram
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump in a selfie at the United Nations in New York during their first ever face-to-face meeting. 

Credit: @albomp/Instagram

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2025 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.