Alice Edwards

August 14, 2026 — 7:30pm

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Britain now has a senior official whose job is to bring home citizens wrongfully detained abroad. Australia decided it doesn’t need one.

With states increasingly weaponising hostage diplomacy, and Australians facing heightened dangers, the government has rejected a Senate recommendation for a special envoy for wrongfully detained Australians.

Britain appointed former Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt as its first envoy for complex consular detentions. In cases referred to him by the foreign…

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