China warships question Labor won’t answer
The country’s defence minister has held back on a key question about what Chinese warships were doing when they circumnavigated Australia this year.
China Ties
Santos in focus amid bid scrutiny; oil, gold prices ease
Political, market commentary around near-$30bn Abu Dhabi bid for Santos to continue. Oil, gold prices ease amid conflicting reports about Iran’s signals for a truce with Israel. Trump trade talks to dominate G7.
US-China war: we would be in it, Marles warns
Australia will inevitably be drawn into a US-China conflict with the continent now more relevant than ever to the contest between the world’s great powers, as America ratchets up its military presence on Australian soil.
This is the war wake-up call the nation needs
Australia was hopelessly ill-prepared for war in the late 1930s. Have we arrived at the same point in history again?
US adviser believes Xi is preparing China for war
While warning that the Chinese President was prepared for war, the former White House insider said any move to annex Taiwan was a high-risk gamble for Beijing.
‘Bosom friends’: Why Putin’s bond with Xi is built on shifting sands
Russia and China have forged an alliance from shaky foundations.
Inside China’s total domination of Australia
China is achieving something in Australia that Japan and Korea did in the 1980s and 2000s. But experts agree China’s moves are on another level.
Albo keeps mum on big China question
Anthony Albanese has given a murky answer to a key question on the “imminent” threat posed by China.
‘What can I do to help?’: Hockey offers PM advice for Trump meeting
Former Australian ambassador to the US, Joe Hockey, says Anthony Albanese should try a different approach with US President Donald Trump in an attempt to get the AUKUS pact back on track, amid earlier warnings of strategic risk in the region. | CATCH UP
Market flat; takeover offers boost THL, Santos
Bourse operator faces ASIC inquiry over ‘repeated, serious failures’. Israeli strike success boosts Wall Street futures: IG. National interest of Santos deal up to Chalmers: Coalition.
Asia unites to navigate the volatile US-China rivalry
The global contest between China and the US poses a linked question for Asia: what will each superpower demand or deliver?
Northern bases keyto regional security
Australia’s bases across the north of the country are growing more critical to any efforts to counter any regional aggression.
Quad ‘energy alliance could scare crap out of China’
Lowy Institute poll finds Australians’ trust in the US has sunk to a historic low, with just 36 per cent saying they trust the US to ‘act responsibly in the world’.
Minister grilled on defence amid China ‘threat’
Australia’s closest allies are boosting their defence budgets, but Canberra is bucking the trend despite warnings about a nuclear-armed rival in the region.
AUKUS getting lost in policy wilderness
The Labor government has vacillated in trying to placate China and be as friendly as possible to the US. The sanctioning of two Israeli cabinet ministers has widened the gap of ‘togetherness’.
Albanese’s trump card: our shovel-ready rare earth mines
Australia is uniquely placed to break China’s stranglehold on critical minerals the US needs. Now Anthony Albanese needs to step up.
PM must drop the doublespeak on China and defence
There are good reasons why Canberra should differ with Washington, but with a president as mercurial and transactional as Trump, this is a highwire act for Anthony Albanese.
Too many cars, not enough buyers: China’s EV glut on way
Another reason not to buy an EV right now is that the prices of new watt wagons are about to go down as fast as Harold Holt on a swim.
Oil prices jump, stocks jittery on Israel’s Iran strikes
Crude prices lift as strikes on Iran send commodities higher. Rio’s jointly-owned Tomago smelter in rescue talks. Accent smashed on profit warning. Woodside, Labor extend NW Shelf consultation.
Pentagon raises the ante for Albanese on China
AUKUS was forged as a joint agreement to confront and deter China – there is no getting around this central reality.
China’s lock on rare earths dictated path to trade truce
China’s dominance in minerals essential to hi-tech goods has become a formidable advantage in trade negotiations with the US.
Musk’s Tesla dream going up in smoke
One of Elon Musk’s most cherished dreams for his mega car company Tesla is in danger of being completely obliterated.
ASX 200 turns lower; Cettire at record low
Cettire hit by US tariffs, lux market woes. Energy producers lift on oil price jump. Westpac tips two RBA rate cuts in 2026. Cochlear downgrade weighs. ASX warns on rising costs, tweaks guidance.
China puts six-month limit rare-earth export licenses
The limit allows Beijing to retain its chokehold on the critical minerals to give it valuable ammunition for future negotiations with the US.
First Chinese bishop appointed under Pope Leo
The appointment signals the new pope’s support for a controversial accord that some see as allowing Beijing a stranglehold over the country’s Catholics.
Trump says China deal ‘done’, Beijing to supply rare earths
The US will get magnets and rare earth minerals from China under a new trade deal with tariffs on Chinese goods set at 55pc.
China confident its ‘Xiconomics’ can win
Factories in China are closing and exports to the country’s biggest export market have tanked – while Beijing insists it has Donald Trump on the back foot.
‘Link between Chinese and Russian visions’: EU envoy
EU ambassador to Australia Gabriele Visentin says China’s military build-up is ‘worrying’, a day after Anthony Albanese refused to describe Beijing as a national security threat.
ASX extends record breaking run
Cautious investors lifted the ASX to a second consecutive record high on Wednesday, as “productive” trade talks continue.
EU warning for Australia on China
The EU’s top diplomat in Australia has issued a grim warning about Canberra’s nuclear-armed foes.
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