by DAVID FLINT – I RECENTLY agreed to join a Sydney demonstration. It wasn’t to block traffic, scream abuse, glue my hands to the road, stop workers from getting to their jobs, in brief, to be a public nuisance to ram down…
by PAUL COLLITS – ONE of the great advantages of awful politicians who become foreign ministers is that most of the time they are out of the country, far, far away from us, indulging in the bulldust that is the stuff of…
by DANIEL Y TENG – CHINA has issued a new list of “demands” for the Australian government to follow if it hopes to reset bilateral ties. It comes as part of Beijing’s new charm offensive to win over the Labor government while…
by DANIEL Y TENG – PRIME Minister Scott Morrison has clashed with Anthony Albanese on the China threat during a second televised leaders debate on the weekend. For both men, the debate was crucial coming on the eve of the commencement of…
DURING an interview years ago, a journalist curiously asked: “Do you believe in the Devil?” Having long thought about this, I replied: “With more than 100 million brutally murdered by Lenin, Stalin, Hitler and Mao Tse-tung and over a billion turned into…
BEIJING is in a panic over Australia’s decision to fast-track its fleet of nuclear submarines, according to Taiwanese intelligence. Taipei’s defence sources said this week that Chinese officials were caught off guard by the AUKUS partnership and viewed it as a “major…
LABOR is demanding Scott Morrison accept Australian Defence Force advice not to reverse Chinese control of Australia’s most northern sea port. While calling for a briefing on the matter, Labor defence spokesman Brendan O’Connor this week warned the government not to act…
AUSTRALIA is rapidly accelerating its procurement of new defence equipment and technology amid a globally deteriorating strategic environment. Defence Industry Minister Melissa Price has spearheaded the changes, which will involve slashing swathes of red tape that previously protracted procurement negotiations by years. …
FORMER Australian defence minister Kevin Andrews has made the case for a “diplomatic” boycott of Beijing’s Winter Olympics. A diplomatic boycott would see Australia refuse to send government representatives and embassy officials to the Beijing games – while athletes and coaches would…
WARRINGAH MP Zali Steggall has come under blistering criticism after rejecting calls for a “diplomatic” boycott of China’s Winter Olympics. A diplomatic boycott would see Australia refuse to send government representatives and embassy officials to the Beijing games – while athletes and…
