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Yesterday

Helen Zhi Dent - Partner, China Business Practice, KPMG Australia says Chinese investment has shifted to greenfields.

Australia misses out as China redirects global investment

Chinese firms are ramping up global investments as geopolitical tensions rise, but Australia is largely getting the cold shoulder.

This Month

A PLA Chengdu J-20S stealth fighter jet on the tarmac at an air show in China in November.

China ‘presents’ top military, cybersecurity threat to US

Beijing is using “whole of government” efforts including military, economic and influence operations to assert itself, the American intelligence community said.

Maintenance of Collins class submarines will exceed $1 billion.

Ghost soldiers: 5000 ADF personnel disappear

Funding for thousands of troops has been wiped out to offset years of failures to meet recruitment targets, just as pressure rises to boost Australia’s defence capability.

China has been ranked as Australia’s top trade partner for 16 consecutive years.

Amid trade wars, China’s open markets are a win for Australia

China will continue to deepen reforms and promote opening up high-standards trade, creating greater opportunities for co-operation between our two countries.

A review of Australia’s intelligence agencies has recommended a new focus on economic security.

Chinese coercion, Trump tariffs put heat on economic security

A review of Australia’s intelligence agencies calls for a new focus on economic security to counter threats to supply chains and rising protectionism.

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President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and his son at the White House.

Musk to see top-secret plan for possible China war

Giving the billionaire access to closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to Donald Trump.

Film’s DeepSeek moment (and what it means for China’s ‘soft power’)

Beijing’s decades-long ‘soft power’ push has never gained traction, particularly overseas. But with a blockbuster movie, video game, and AI breakthrough, could this be changing?

Trump’s direct dealings with Putin in deciding Europe’s eastern front has about it the whiff of a Yalta 2.0.

Trump’s strange affair with Putin and Xi leaves allies out in the cold

The direct dealings between the American and Russian presidents in deciding Europe’s eastern front have the whiff of Yalta in 1945.

The Fin Podcast with James Curran and Andrew Tillett.

Khaki election: Trump’s ‘Mean Girls’ diplomacy prompts defence rethink

This week on The Fin podcast, Andrew Tillett and James Curran on how Donald Trump has disrupted the world order.

Australian Navy ensign and United States Navy ensign, side by side during Exercise Cyber Sentinels in 2023.

Australia’s Indo-Pacific destiny up for grabs in a new world order

Australia may have to give up on the idea of a strategic equilibrium and settle for something messier and less grand.

Flash flooding in Hervey Bay, 700mm rain forecast

Footage shows severe flash flooding in Hervey Bay with more rain forecast; campuses stay closed; airlines resume flights after Alfred passes. How the day unfolded.

The Trump and Xi shows could not be more stark

For many observers, the contrast between China’s orderly political gathering at the Great Hall of the People this week and the White House chaos was stark.

Donald Trump addresses Congress as Vice President J.D. Vance and Speaker Mike Johnston  applaud.

Trump doubles down on tariff war as Chalmers, RBA warn of local hit

Treasurer Jim Chalmers says Australia will continue to lobby for an exemption from US tariffs for steel and aluminium.

The Port of Darwin was leased to the Chinese-owned Landbridge Group in 2015.

‘Not for sale’: Landbridge disputes Labor’s Darwin Port claim

Luke Gosling, the Labor MP for Solomon, which covers greater Darwin, this week claimed discussions were under way between the Northern Territory and Albanese governments to buy back the port.

An F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at the Avalon air show, 2017.

Dutton’s plan for warplanes panned

Defence analysts believe buying drones, fixing the navy and upgrading bases is a more important priority if defence spending is increased.

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The real threat from China is beneath the water

Readers’ letters on Beijing’s alarming submarine strength, Donald Trump’s real objective, the case for wind power, and whether we should mourn the loss of casinos.

A Taiwanese coast guard vessel chases after a Chinese ship off the coast of Hualien, eastern Taiwan in December.

Is Taiwan next? China keenly watches Trump dump Ukraine

The US president’s dramatic meltdown with Volodymyr Zelensky raises urgent questions about whether America would support the island if Beijing invaded.

The F-35 fighter has components made in Australia, but it is not exported from Australia to Israel in its totality.

Dutton pledges $3b to buy new fighter jets amid Chinese warships row

The opposition leader hopes to re-establish the Coalition’s traditional strength on national security.

February

In the 2022 election campaign, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese found himself in hot water when he was unable to name the nation’s unemployment level and the Reserve Bank’s official cash rate in a press conference.

Chinese warships a wake-up call to step up our maritime security

The clear and present China threat that sailed so close to home must mobilise the political class to take action.

People’s Liberation Army-Navy Fuchi-class replenishment vessel Weishanhu in the Solomon Sea. 

Defence failure on Chinese warships ‘risked passenger safety’

Anthony Albanese stumbles again, saying Defence answered questions in Senate estimates about not providing details on the coordinates, which is not the case.

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