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Peter Jennings is director of Strategic Analysis Australia and was executive director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute from 2012 to 2022. He is a former deputy secretary for strategy in the Defence Department (2009-12).

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Members of National Students' Union of India (NSUI) burn a poster of Chinese President Xi Jinping during an anti-China demonstration in Ahmedabad on June 18, 2020. - India and China agreed on June 17 to ease tensions at their disputed Himalayan border, even as they traded blame for a brawl that left at least 20 Indian soldiers dead. (Photo by SAM PANTHAKY / AFP)

Beijing bullies us closer to the brink

Once you understand the pattern of behaviour by the People’s Republic of China, you will see it in operation everywhere. This is fertile ground for war.

BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 28: Chinese president Xi Jinping, applauds the results of a vote on a new draft security bill for Hong Kong during the closing session of the National People's Congress on May 28, 2020 in Beijing, China. The Chinese government passed the draft by a vote of 2,878 votes to one during the session. The draft law, which has drawn international concern, is set to address issues such as secession, subversion, terrorism, and foreign interference, and comes after a year of anti-government protests in the semi-autonomous region. China held its annual parliamentary gathering, known as 'The Two Sessions', at the Great Hall of the People from May 21-28th after being postponed at the height of the coronavirus outbreak in China earlier this year. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

China will be surprised we didn’t act sooner

Josh Frydenberg is right to apply a strict national security test to foreign investment.

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BEIJING, CHINA - MAY 22: Chinese Communist Party delegates, all wearing protective masks, stand during the national anthem at the opening of the National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People on May 22, 2020 in Beijing, China. China opened its annual parliamentary gathering, known as 'The Two Sessions', at the Great Hall of the People on May 21 after being postponed at the heigh of the coronavirus outbreak in China earlier this year. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Party’s over for the bullies of Beijing

China has shown its true colours to the world, and it will suffer consequences. Australian citizens won’t allow a return to just shutting up and taking the money.

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Better safe than sorry on China

Australia needs more ‘cowboy’, less kowtow to the growing belligerence from Beijing.

(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 22, 2019 US President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison shake hands during a visit to Pratt Industries plant opening in Wapakoneta, Ohio. - Donald Trump asked Australia to

National security strategy can help build alliances

Australia must move closer to our Pacific neighbours to counter the influence of China.

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Soldiers wearing face masks amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic stand in formation in front of a US-made M110A2 self-propelled howitzer during Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen's visit to a military base in Tainan, southern Taiwan, on April 9, 2020. - Taiwan currently has just 375 confirmed Covid-19 patients and five deaths despite its close proximity and trade links with China where the pandemic began, but the island and its 23 million inhabitants remain locked out of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and other international bodies after Beijing ramped up its campaign to diplomatically isolate Taiwan and pressure it economically and militarily. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP)

China’s drive to be saviour of the world

With the US dangerously incapacitated by COVID-19, Xi Jinping is seeking to seize a major strategic advantage.

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A nurse adjusts his goggles in an intensive care unit treating COVID-19 coronavirus patients at a hospital in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province.

We’re in a world of trouble

The worst-case scenario for the worsening COVID-19 crisis would be disastrous for global security.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison greets personnel during the official opening of the Joint Strike Fighter building at RAAF base Tindal in Katherine, Northern Territory, Friday, February 21, 2020. (AAP Image/Patrina Malone) NO ARCHIVING

Beijing bully must know this is our neighbourhood

Boosting our northern air force base is a great strategic step in the region.

Australian Army Corporal Jaymes Hasler from the 6th Engineer Support Regiment helps the crew of a Molongolo Brigade, Regional Fire Service truck, pumping up a flat tyre in Banks, ACT during the Orroral Valley Fire response. *** Local Caption *** The ADF’s bushfire assist efforts have continued in the Australian Capital Territory with support to evacuation and response measures during the Orroral Valley Fire south of Canberra. Facilitated by the ACT Emergency Services Agency (ESA) ADF personnel conducted a variety of tasks including land clearing for fire breaks and emergency vehicle access and the mixing and loading of fire retardant liquids for aerial firefighting.

Let’s fight fires with the professionals

The Prime Minister should waste no time in creating a special military force to help combat natural disasters.

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Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) shakes hands with Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison (R) during their bilateral meeting at the Northern Territory Parliament House in Darwin on November 16, 2018, on the sidelines of Abe's visit to Papua New Guinea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. (Photo by Michael FRANCHI / POOL / AFP)

Area’s strategic value not lost on friends and rivals

It’s been obvious for years that other nations see more strategic value in northern Australia than our own government and forces.

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