Chinese warplanes are targeting US allies in a high-stakes “game of chicken” over the Asia-Pacific that risks spiraling out of control — raising the risk of an incident that could spark war. That is the view of analysts who warn… Read More ›
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China gains a foothold in Australia’s backyard
Late last week, a proposed security treaty between China and a tiny chain of islands in the Pacific sent shock waves across the ocean. The leaked draft signalled that China could deploy troops to the Solomon Islands – and potentially… Read More ›
Japan looks west to guard against a rising China
Japan signed on Thursday a new security treaty with Australia, a fellow middle power that is similarly aligning against an increasingly assertive China. The blandly-branded Reciprocal Access Agreement, which was signed virtually by Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japanese… Read More ›
Pentagon plans to improve airfields in Guam and Australia to confront China
The Pentagon wants to improve bases in Guam and Australia to counter China following a review of U.S. military resources around the globe. The Global Posture Review (GPR), of which an unclassified version is set to be released later on… Read More ›
Australia shows the world what decoupling from China looks like
China’s attempt to bully Australia has been a spectacular failure. When Australia had the temerity to call for an independent inquiry into the origins of COVID-19 last year, China was incensed. It responded with an unprecedented wave of trade restrictions… Read More ›
Australia flags trade swing from China to India
Australian special envoy and former Prime Minister Tony Abbott said a free trade agreement between his nation and India would signal the “democratic world’s tilt away from China.” Abbott visited New Delhi last week as Australia’s special trade envoy for… Read More ›
China Discovers the Limits of Its Power
Beijing’s confrontation with Australia should have been an unequal contest. That’s not how it worked out in practice. “Chewing gum stuck on the sole of China’s shoes.” That’s how Hu Xijin, the editor of the Chinese Communist Party–run Global Times,… Read More ›
Overnight News Headlines (Australia): July 20, 2021
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Children account for 15 per cent of Australian farm deaths, says AgHealth study – 15 per cent of farm deaths are children under 14 years old, according to an AgHealth Australia study; A Ballarat farmer…
Overnight News Headlines (Australia): July 19, 2021
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Race on for Australian rare earth supplies as fears grow over China’s market ‘monopoly’ – It comes two years after David Gainer, the US Consul General to Perth, visited a rare earths mine near Laverton…
Overnight News Headlines (Australia): July 18, 2021
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New study reveals history of Aboriginal trade with foreign visitors before British settlement – They are markers of an annual Asian occupation of the northernmost tip of Western Australia that remains a mystery. “This is…
Overnight News Headlines (Australia): July 17, 2021
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Team USA Women’s Basketball Team Stunned in Loss to Australia – The United States have taken another devastating loss to Australia in the same week. Just days after Kevin Durant and the U.S men’s team…
Overnight News Headlines (Australia): July 16, 2021
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Australian fitness giant F45 valued at $2b after Wall Street debut – The backers of Australian founded F45 Training are set for a big payday with the fitness giant listing on the New York Stock…
Overnight News Headlines (Australia): July 15, 2021
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South Australians warned to expect COVID restrictions amid outbreak fears – South Australians have been put on notice to follow COVID-19 rules and regulations or face tougher restrictions in response to a potential local outbreak…
China spy ship sails into Australian waters
It’s back. A Chinese spy ship has once again entered Australian waters to monitor our largest international war-games. And it’s using the same laws challenging Beijing’s claims to the South China Sea to do so. The Australian Defence Department says… Read More ›
Overnight News Headlines (Australia): July 14, 2021
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Australia news LIVE: NSW cases and exposure sites grow; Melbourne awaits testing results – Australia news LIVE: NSW cases and exposure sites grow; Melbourne awaits testing results. We have made our live coverage of the…
Australia’s Overnight News Headlines: July 13, 2021
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This year’s census will have two new questions, but there are a few topics that won’t be addressed – LGBTIQ+ advocates say the lack of questions around sexual orientation is concerning. The census, run every…
Australia’s Overnight News Headlines: July 11, 2021
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Australia COVID news LIVE: NSW braces for more cases, more weeks of lockdown as Delta strain outpaces contact tracers – Vaccination targets to move to phase two of reopening plan. By James Massola and Aisha…
Australia’s Overnight News Headlines: July 10, 2021
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These young First Nations people want to see more caring for Country around Australia – And in Central Australia, Shania Armstrong is undertaking a different kind of … is an opportunity for Indigenous Australians to…
Australia’s Overnight News Headlines: July 9, 2021
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COVID-19 breaking news: Sydney bracing for spike in cases; Major police operation starts in key suburbs; No new local Victorian cases – Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia’s vaccine rollout is “ramping up” after securing…
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – July 8, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed COVID-19 breaking news: Nervous wait for Sydney with COVID cases expected to spike; Queensland hospital staff in isolation after helping save the life of COVID patient;…
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – July 7, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Australia breaking news today, live coronavirus updates and headlines July 70, 2021 – Senator Canavan’s comments come after it was announced the Australian Formula … Senator…
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – July 6, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Flight caps will bump 18,000 Australians off flights home in the next six weeks – London: Airlines say 18,000 Australians are set to be bumped from…
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – July 4, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Contact tracing in the spotlight as experts warn of major animal disease risk – Questions are being raised about Australia’s ability to trace livestock as the…
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – July 3, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed ‘Every day for me is a waiting game’: Australians call for clearer timeline to open international borders – Vikrant Sharma is an Australian living in Melbourne…
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – July 2, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Rory McIlroy ‘stuck in neutral’ as Australian Lucas Herbert sets Irish Open pace with 64 – Australia’s Lucas Herbert carded a superb first round of 64…
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – July 1, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Casual workers again the forgotten faces of Australia’s latest COVID lockdowns – As almost half of Australia battles through a lockdown, hundreds of thousands of casual…
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 30, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Australia is an outlier on private schools – but that’s the way many parents like it – This year’s Australia Talks National Survey 2021 found parents…
Cadence Column: Asia, Jun 28, 2021
Spite for China is turning toward panic. Australian university campuses feel the pressure of CCP censorship, including death threats against students and pressure on family members back in China. If the CCP wanted to demonstrate its purported benevolence to the… Read More ›
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 28, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Trust in Australian development NGOs is on the rise – “Thinking now about Australian non-governmental organisations and charities that do aid work in poorer countries, how…
Claim: China Weaponising UN Protection For Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
China’s ongoing effort to punish Australia for opposing their South China Sea territorial ambitions has now allegedly extended to stacking the UN Heritage Committee. A secret push by China to have Australia’s Great Barrier Reef declared ‘in danger’ could cripple the Far… Read More ›
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 26, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Japan-born Yahiro named as Australia’s first karate Olympian – Japan-born Tsuneari Yahiro is heading to Tokyo as Australia’s first karate Olympian. Yahiro will compete in the…
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 24, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Australia news LIVE: NSW COVID-19 cases surge; restrictions reimposed on Greater Sydney – Australia news LIVE: NSW COVID-19 cases surge; restrictions reimposed on Greater Sydney. For…
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 23, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Big spending in SA budget, but can the government survive an election fought on health? – Mr Lucas stressed South Australia was “not going to go…
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 19, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed ‘Castlevania Advance Collection’ Possibly Revealed By Rating in Australia – ‘Castlevania Advance Collection’ Possibly Revealed By Rating In Australia … the title “Castlevania Advance Collection” with…
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 18, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Australia’s swimmers raise hope of Tokyo Olympics gold medal haul – Australia will send 35 swimmers to Tokyo including Cate Campbell and Emily Seebohm; Twenty-one swimmers…
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 17, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Race Videos: Kyle Chalmers Wins Two Events at Australian Olympic Trials – Tonight concluded Day 5 of the 2021 Australian Olympic Trials. So far, we have…
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 16, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Will the Australia-UK trade deal be in Australia’s interest? History shows we must be careful – Boris Johnson gestures to Scott Morrison. Scott Morrison and Boris…
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 14, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Nearly two thirds of Australians think home ownership won’t be an option for young people as property prices rise – Key points: The Australia Talks survey…
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 13, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed PM: Australia has ‘no greater friends’ than the US and the UK – Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia has “no greater friends” than the United…
Australia: Overnight News Headlines – June 12, 2021
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Australian News Overnight news headlines you may have missed Snow in June? Yes, in Australia | The Weather Channel – A snow groomer moves snow across the ski run on Friday, June 11, 2021, in…
China says it wants to become loveable, but will Australians believe them?
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China says it wants to become loveable China’s President Xi Jinping said this week that China wants to become more credible, loveable and respectable, but that seems easier said than done. It’s about as likely…
Cadence Column: Asia, April 26, 2021
The world is starting to realize that China is just going to ignore everybody. Talking won’t work. Action won’t work unless China loses, then China still won’t listen. This isn’t new. China has never listened. The only reason China respected… Read More ›
China’s rare earth dominance – a death knell for free world
“Change is constant, but no amount of change will turn the attitude of vulture to that of eagle.” ― Bamigboye Olurotimi Over the past several decades, while the United States was busy with unnecessary wars and the European Union was hoping to… Read More ›
Australian News Headlines: February 26, 2021
Asian markets roiled as bond rout turns ‘lethal’ … of the selloff prompted Australia’s central bank to launch a surprise… February 25, 2021 09:03pm EST Asian markets roiled as bond rout turns ‘lethal’ … of the selloff prompted Australia’s central… Read More ›
Australian News Headlines: February 24, 2021
Some Australian states ease curbs on dancing after weeks of no COVID cases … after the state, which accounts for a third of Australia’s population… Australia from Friday. Dancing will be now allowed at smaller venues… February 23, 2021 10:11pm… Read More ›
Australian News Headlines: February 23, 2021
Australia‘s Macquarie reaps windfall profits from U.S. winter freeze …, which also operates Australia’s largest asset manager and investment… February 22, 2021 04:47pm EST Australia shares set to track Wall Street lower as U.S. Treasury yields firm … Feb 23… Read More ›
Australian News Headlines: February 22, 2021
Dollar falls as improving sentiment boosts riskier currencies … will ease risks to Australia’s economy over the year, ratings agency Fitch… the yen, the dollar held steady at 105.45 Australia on Monday began its… February 21, 2021 07:38pm EST FOREX-Dollar… Read More ›
Australian News Headlines: February 21, 2021
Coronavirus Australia live news: Prime Minister, aged care residents and frontline staff will be among first to be vaccinated today Jane Malysiak gets the Pfizer shot at Sydney’s Castle Hill Medical Centre before Prime Minister Scott Morrison receives his vaccination… Read More ›
Australian News Headlines: February 20, 2021
Victoria records zero new coronavirus cases as Melbourne case moved to ICU Just 25 Covid cases remain in Victoria as state begins first weekend since end of third lockdown.The Guardian1 hour ago Zero cases of COVID-19 recorded in Victoria |… Read More ›
Australian News Headlines: February 19, 2021
Facebook’s brazen attempt to crush regulations in Australia may backfire Facebook’s move to block news publishers in Australia may create an even stronger backlash against the company, adding fuel to arguments that it has too …The Washington Post1 hour ago… Read More ›
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