Andrew drags Charles into scandal over Chinese ‘spy’
The King secretly met the Duke of York to discuss his future, including plans for a Chinese investment scheme run by an alleged Beijing spy, a new document claims.
China Ties
Market carnage as Wall St plunges 6pc, $A dives
A global recession is almost inevitable after China waded into Donald Trump’s trade war with retaliatory tariffs of its own.
‘Great time to get rich’: Trump defiant amid crushing Wall Street losses as China retaliates
A Wall Street bloodbath slashed the S&P 500 by 6 per cent in its worst crisis since the Covid crash, after China matched President Donald Trump’s big raise in tariffs announced earlier this week.
A tale of two fleets: gunboat diplomacy in an era of rising military power
The parallels between the visits to Australia of Teddy Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet in 1908 and Xi Jinping’s Chinese flotilla in 2025 could not be more stark.
‘Other mums give their kids sushi for lunch … I’m deciding whether to live another day’
Perth mum Nicole Watts shares her extraordinary and brave story of motherhood and mental illness. What’s it like for her to parent while living on the edge?
China’s northern expulsion from key port of Darwin
Peter Dutton will immediately boot out a Chinese-owned company from the strategic Port of Darwin if he wins the May 3 election and appoint an Australian operator, or take over the lease interest using acquisition powers.
US tariffs push region into China’s arms
One likely reason for Donald Trump coming down so hard on Southeast Asian nations is they are seen to have aided and abetted Chinese efforts to circumvent US trade sanctions.
Trump open to negotiate China tariffs with Xi over TikTok
The US President suggests he could cut the 65 per cent tariff rate if Beijing allows a sale of TikTok, but Chinese government advisers warn China is now in a ‘struggle for survival’ with America.
Dutton vows to remove Port of Darwin from Chinese ownership
Peter Dutton will immediately boot out the Chinese-owned company from the strategic Port of Darwin if he wins the May 3 election and appoint an Australian government-approved operator or acquire the lease interest using powerful Commonwealth acquisition powers.
Trump ‘Liberation Day’ was expected but full of risk
Tariff decision cannot be seen outside the bigger geopolitical forces.
Tariff war is a defensive move
What’s wrong with tariffs? They just protect a nation. Look what free trade with China has done to our manufacturing base, as we can’t compete with cheap labour.
The bigger worry is the tariff bomb Trump has set off in Asia
Asia is the heart of the world’s manufacturing hub with Australia at the start of a complex supply chain. Despite relatively mild tariffs on our exports, Asia’s hit will be seismic.
Beijing threatens counterpunch as fears for local economy intensify
After the cumulative tariff rate on Chinese imports were raised to almost 70pc, China’s response has stoked fears the Australian economy will be shaken by the worst trade war since the 1930s.
China faces 60 per cent tariffs and Australia will feel their pain
The economic relationship between the US and China, the world’s two biggest economies, will never be the same.
ASX halves fall to 0.9pc even as Trump tariff fears grip Asia
Trump tariff relief as Aussie beef escapes ban, medicines exempt. Asian equities slump as China, Japan urge dialogue. Last-ditch reprieve for Gupta’s InfraBuild. APRA lifts ANZ capital buffer, demands over concerns.
Recession looms in UK as EU flags retaliation against US tariffs
Analysts say a teetering British economy looks likely to fall into recession after Donald Trump’s tariffs, and while the UK does not plan to retaliate, EU states are considering their response.
Muted response to Chinese ships leaves sinking feeling
The PM’s false equivalence between Australia’s participation in international exercises in the South China Sea and China’s two recent exercises shows a complete failure to understand the reality of China’s actions.
China backs ‘handsome boy’
Recent activity by the PLA Navy has left no room for complacency.
China practises hitting key ports, energy sites in Taiwan
US State Department says China is putting the ‘region’s security and the world’s prosperity at risk’ as Beijing carried out a second day of military exercises aimed at Taiwan
‘Drums of war’: China hits out at Dutton
Peter Dutton has been accused of beating the ‘drums of war’ in a scathing piece by China’s state media, which praised the PM for having “spoke the truth”.
Beijing praises PM, accuses Dutton of ‘beating the drums of war’
Beijing accused Australia of ‘paranoia’ over a Chinese research vessel, as a government-owned masthead suggests the Chinese government’s preferences in the May 3 election.
Iconic European car makes huge China move
The latest Mini to enter Australia might look the same as its predecessors but there a two massive changes you should know about.
China’s ‘research ship’ just the latest act of an aggressor
The government should direct the air force to fly P8 maritime surveillance aircraft around the Chinese ship.
China spy ship must be checked
PM compromised on speaking plainly in face of obvious provocations.
Other nations have shown us how to avoid high energy costs
We can choose to follow the path shown by the US, China, India, Russia and other big emitters in producing power by the cheapest, most reliable way possible, including coal, gas and nuclear.
Chinese military rehearses full ‘blockade’ of Taiwan
China launched army, navy, air and rocket forces around Taiwan and labelled the Taiwanese president a ‘parasite’ in a show of military intimation and propaganda denounced by Taipei.
PM a ‘wet lettuce’ on China: Dutton
The Opposition Leader has accused the Prime Minister of not knowing what is happening off Australia’s shores and failing to stand up for the country at a time that strength is needed.
‘Matter of life or death’: Chinese exporters in fear over tariffs
Xi Jinping has cast China as an island of stability ahead of Donald Trump’s ‘liberation day’, but exporters fear a tsunami of tariffs will submerge the global trading system that China has benefited from more than any other country.
Australia ‘bullied’ by China, ex-PM claims
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has accused the Albanese government of allowing Australia to be “bullied and pushed around”.
Canberra should call out Chinese intimidation or risk escalation
The Chinese survey ship navigating Australia’s southern coastline is a reminder that, as it has done for years in this neighbourhood, Beijing appears to be normalising intimidatory behaviour in our waters.
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