THE world is at greater risk of polarisation, and like-minded, democratic nations needed to work together to carry the “aspirations of the future” Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said. In a recorded speech to the Raisina Dialogue in India, the Prime Minister said Australia was “not blind” to the realities of the state of the world.
CHINA has been warned to re-consider its aggressive stance as “credible” military forces align against it.
Australia’s former Army Chief, General Peter Leahy, said a hot war with China now appeared inevitable given its escalation of aggressive and assertive actions.
AUSTRALIA has been warned it can no longer hide behind its powerful allies and must become independently capable if it’s to deal with Chinese aggression.Federal Senator and former Australian Army Major General Jim Molan said Australia needed to change its mindset and contribute “healthily” to its own defence.
FOUR in five Australians now have an unfavourable view of China – an historic 24 per cent leap since the Coronavirus outbreak. The survey, which focussed on advanced economies, was carried out by Pew Research Centre and suggested every nation surveyed had turned heavily against China.
CHINA has called Australia’s new regional security alliance an “exclusive clique” as foreign ministers from the four member States met this week for a second time. Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne met with her US, Japanese and Indian counterparts in Tokyo on Tuesday again raising the ire of Chinese officials.
