Chinese ships go west as PM opens fire
Anthony Albanese has kept to criticism of the Coalition as three Chinese warships continued their circumnavigation of Australia.
China Ties
ASX shakes off tariff fears
The Australian share market has been boosted on Monday from strong figures out of China and a resilient Wall Street.
Trump’s isolationist old world order
Let China dominate the Pacific, Russia dominate Europe, and the US the Americas. If this is Trump’s agenda he should tell Americans.
Whyalla losing $1.5m per day; ASX rises
Creditors meeting hears Sanjeev Gupta’s former steelworks owes $1.35bn after posting a loss of $319m in the seven months to January. ASX a sea of green with all sectors rising. Insurers fall on cyclone threat.
Big flaw in banned AI revealed
China’s ambassador says Australia should embrace his country’s AI offerings, but basic tests have uncovered worrying details in the program.
China a willing AI partner in building bright new world
The world is embarking on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and China is ready to work with Australia.
Beijing envoy’s security overstretch
The first major defence commitment of the campaign has come from Peter Dutton and it is a good one.
China envoy issues AI warning as warships circle
China’s top diplomat has suggested the Albanese government’s ban on AI app DeepSeek is ‘overstretching’ the use of national security, politicising trade and undermining global technological progress.
Labor is failing to stand up to China bullying
Australia is being bullied by a great power with a GDP not much smaller than America’s, 1.4 billion people and a larger navy and army than the US.
Albanese squibs his Tampa 2.0 moment
In his response to China’s gunboat diplomacy in the Tasman Sea, Anthony Albanese missed the chance to relegate Peter Dutton to an also-ran, just as John Howard did to Kim Beazley in 2001.
China fears after Trump’s Zelensky fight
Crumbling US support for Ukraine could have consequences much closer to home, a senior Coalition senator is warning.
Albanese fires back on Chinese ships response, Coalition’s ‘welcome mat’
The PM has defended the government’s response to Chinese warships that appear to be circumnavigating Australia, using a Morrison government decision to sign off on leasing the Port of Darwin in his attacks of opposition criticism.
Khaki poll: Dutton vows to buy more F-35s, blasts China drills response
A Coalition government would obtain an extra 28 F-35 joint strike fighters from the United States, Peter Dutton says, and boost the RAAF stealth jet fleet to 100.
Beijing tested our defences — Albanese blew it
In three decades of working closely with governments on defence strategy, I have never seen a prime minister less competent than Anthony Albanese at leading on national security.
The remarkable transformation of China’s introverted billionaire
Liang Wenfeng, 40, has suddenly become a pin-up for Beijing, a darling of China’s private sector and an idol to many young Chinese inspired by his desire to be ‘an innovator, not just a follower’.
We’re alone and naked as China flexes its muscles
The next war will look different from all others. It will be fought in your social media feed and in whispered conspiracies. Nowhere and no one will be safe. In some ways it has already begun.
Cook Islands’ China deal ‘nightmare scenario’
China’s latest Pacific deal is a huge embarrassment for NZ and a potential security problem for Australia.
China’s lap to test the navy’s stamina
The expected circumnavigation of Australia by three Chinese warships will test the navy’s ability to maintain constant surveillance of the vessels, experts warn.
Trump’s political agenda isn’t just disruptive — it’s destructive
Watch how Donald Trump’s negotiations with Vladimir Putin play out as if your life depends on it – because it may well.
US tariff plans send jitters through sharemarkets
From China to Europe, and Mexico to Canada, the tariff headlines came thick and fast out of the US this week.
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