An elite Fijian police unit working with Australia and New Zealand to fight surging drug trafficking in the Pacific may have been compromised by a powerful criminal syndicate.
Despite a patchy track record,including allegations of bribery,the Beijing-backed company is delivering a major project for the tiny Pacific nation,which is a major focus in the competition for influence in the region.
Two days after China’s top diplomat poured scorn on AUKUS during a Port Moresby visit,Albanese will be the first Australian PM to walk the Kokoda Track while in office.
Australia will take part in an annual military exercise beginning this week that will send thousands of Philippine and American military personnel into contested waters.
A powerful force is stalking the world’s gold market. It is operating in the shadows. Is somebody preparing for an escalation of the shadow Third World War?
The International Monetary Fund says countries heavily dependent on China – such as Australia – have to get their budgets in order sooner rather than later.
On Monday,rapist Bruce Lehrmann sheltered from media at Gosford Police Station on the NSW Central Coast. The next day,his appearance at a controversial Presumption of Innocence conference was cancelled.
Australia is in the thick of the United States’ global alignment,and as a key ally,we will rise or fall by its tide.
Japan is the world’s fourth-biggest economy,yet only the ninth-biggest defence spender. As China’s military build-up continues,that is beginning to change.
A report warned that as Chinese investment in Australia reached record lows,a more worrying threat was emerging.
In the end,its actions amplified voices it had hoped to suppress.