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.
Former SAS soldier and Australian Survivor winner Mark Wales is taking a novel approach to China’s aggression,but could it affect his chances of winning preselection for the Liberal Party?
Nikki Palun was ecstatic when China announced it would drop its tariffs on Australian wine,but will no longer rely heavily on the Chinese market as she once did.
But Canberra’s relationship with China will always be transactional and never “values-based” like Australia’s ties with the US,the former PM said.
China has dropped its tariffs on Australian wine after years of sanctions that crippled the billion-dollar export industry.
President Xi Jinping launched the Belt and Road Initiative in 2013,immediately winning over many foreign governments with promises of unprecedented investment.
It is the third major attack on Chinese interests in the South Asian country in a week.