Donald Trump is making audacious cabinet nominations like he is still the star of his own reality TV show, with the president-elect trusting in big-name media personalities to shake-up Washington.
Labor, the Coalition and Greens show rare cross-party solidarity as the most high-profile figure in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement speaks in court for the first time after years of legal persecution.
US Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell warns China is ‘relentless’ in its bid to build military bases and extend its power and urges Australia to be proactive in relations with Washington.
Removing trade sanctions is welcome but it has also restored the leverage Beijing has over Australia at a time China is seeking to break what it considers as the global US hegemony.
The Chinese President launched an uncharacteristic charm offensive of Anthony Albanese during their third bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro.
While Donald Trump is nothing like Xi Jinping, the incoming US president could potentially slap symbolic tariffs on Australian products to exert maximum pressure on Anthony Albanese.
A shareholder vote on board positions at Global Lithium has been delayed by more than two months as the FIRB investigates alleged attempts by Chinese-linked entities to gain control.
Gordon Ng’s sentencing, alongside leaders of Hong Kong’s former opposition parties, was made after Xi Jinping told Anthony Albanese to take ‘great care’ of relations with Beijing.
Xi Jinping has urged Anthony Albanese to join him in transforming the China-Australia relationship into a more mature, stable and fruitful partnership projecting ‘stability and certainty’.
A no confidence motion is gaining momentum which could force Jeremy Rockliff to resign – however the Tasmanian Premier has threatened a snap election should it pass parliament.
To call Tindo Solar a small player would be an overstatement but the Adelaide firm is Australia’s only locally made solar panel maker and chief Richard Petterson has grand plans.
The leaders will meet at the start of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, just over 12 months after Xi Jinping hosted the PM in Beijing for their second meeting.
Opposition immigration and citizenship spokesperson Dan Tehan said Labor’s bill to cap foreign student numbers ‘was doing nothing about secondary visas’, as he defended the Coalition’s decision not to support it.