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It looks more like a slogan than a new policy. For a year or more, the Chinese Communist Party has been banging on about "high-quality development". ...
It looks more like a slogan than a new policy. For a year or more, the Chinese Communist Party has been banging on about "high-quality development". ...
What are all these new warships for? The government says our fleet of combat vessels will rise from 11 now to 26 in the 2040s, but what, exactly, are...
What are all these new warships for? The government says our fleet of combat vessels will rise from 11 now to 26 in the 2040s, but what, exactly, are...
The Albanese government is weakening Australia's navy amid our most dangerous times since World War II. $0/ (min cost $0) Login or signup to...
The Albanese government is weakening Australia's navy amid our most dangerous times since World War II. $0/ (min cost $0) Login or signup to...
Labor has failed on defence. A year has passed since it received the Defence Strategic Review, and virtually nothing to quickly strengthen our armed...
Labor has failed on defence. A year has passed since it received the Defence Strategic Review, and virtually nothing to quickly strengthen our armed...
China is relentless in the Pacific. As far into the future as we can see, it won't give up trying to increase its influence among our little...
China is relentless in the Pacific. As far into the future as we can see, it won't give up trying to increase its influence among our little...
This time they've been caught red-handed. But will the national disgrace of the Taipan helicopter scandal do anything to reform our underperforming...
This time they've been caught red-handed. But will the national disgrace of the Taipan helicopter scandal do anything to reform our underperforming...
The government has brought shame upon this country. As our friends are rushing to send more aid to Ukraine, Australia is destroying valuable military...
The government has brought shame upon this country. As our friends are rushing to send more aid to Ukraine, Australia is destroying valuable military...
What are they hiding? Something stinks in this business of harvesting parts from the army's decommissioned Taipan helicopters and burying the stripped...
What are they hiding? Something stinks in this business of harvesting parts from the army's decommissioned Taipan helicopters and burying the stripped...
Now I don't want to scare you, but what if Trump wins? Well, I suppose I do want to scare you. If our government is ignoring the risk of a disastrous...
Now I don't want to scare you, but what if Trump wins? Well, I suppose I do want to scare you. If our government is ignoring the risk of a disastrous...
A revolution in military technology has broken out, and the Australian defence establishment had better be thinking a lot about how to react. The rise...
A revolution in military technology has broken out, and the Australian defence establishment had better be thinking a lot about how to react. The rise...
Now here's a bunch of contradictions. At this month's global climate conference, China, the world's biggest polluter, rejected a collective pledge for...
Now here's a bunch of contradictions. At this month's global climate conference, China, the world's biggest polluter, rejected a collective pledge for...
No, this week's immigration reforms won't do much about short-term housing pressure. But they will increase our long-term skills supply and get our...
The Chinese Communist Party has a problem with women. They're getting a bit too modern in their attitudes. Some have become politically active...
The Chinese Communist Party has a problem with women. They're getting a bit too modern in their attitudes. Some have become politically active...
In the wilder versions that were put about, full-on cyber warfare would incapacitate an opposing military. And even if the armed forces somehow held...
When will we get to work on toughening those flimsy northern air bases, Mr Marles? You've been defence minister for 18 months now, and Labor has not...
When will we get to work on toughening those flimsy northern air bases, Mr Marles? You've been defence minister for 18 months now, and Labor has not...
Well, that didn't take long. A week after Anthony Albanese left China on November 7, having supposedly improved our relations by meeting President Xi...
We don't have enough homes, rents are too high, and the solution looks simple: cut immigration for a while, to let the building industry catch up. If...
We don't have enough homes, rents are too high, and the solution looks simple: cut immigration for a while, to let the building industry catch up. If...
We don't have enough homes, rents are too high, and the solution looks simple: cut immigration for a while, to let the building industry catch up. If...
We don't have enough homes, rents are too high, and the solution looks simple: cut immigration for a while, to let the building industry catch up. If...
Sorry, but did I miss something this week? Is something momentous supposed to have happened in Beijing? I know that Anthony Albanese became the first...
Sorry, but did I miss something this week? Is something momentous supposed to have happened in Beijing? I know that Anthony Albanese became the first...
The question has been asked for a few weeks: what, ultimately, does Israel expect to achieve with its counterattack in Gaza? Or, to use a current...
The question has been asked for a few weeks: what, ultimately, does Israel expect to achieve with its counterattack in Gaza? Or, to use a current...
Joe Biden gave us an intriguing bit of insight into China's thinking this week, recounting a conversation that had followed the announcement of the...
Most young people left the village. Living at home was cheap, but it offered hardly any work. His brother, a year older, had already left. Their...
Most young people left the village. Living at home was cheap, but it offered hardly any work. His brother, a year older, had already left. Their...
China has decided to be nicer to us, for a while. We've got back one of two Australians it has been holding in jail. Our government will no doubt keep...
China has decided to be nicer to us, for a while. We've got back one of two Australians it has been holding in jail. Our government will no doubt keep...
Sometimes we hear the complaint that our tertiary education system has become a back door for immigration. Actually, it should be a front door. The...
Sometimes we hear the complaint that our tertiary education system has become a back door for immigration. Actually, it should be a front door. The...
Solomon Islands is a small, poor country with only 700,000 people, limited government capacity and no armed forces. So it isn't likely to quickly...
"What are tier 2 warships?" a friend asked me in April after the Defence Strategic Review recommended the navy should have some. "Well, a tier 1...
"What are tier 2 warships?" a friend asked me in April after the Defence Strategic Review recommended the navy should have some. "Well, a tier 1...
So far we have been lucky with the US Republican Party's turn towards isolationism. It's made only half a turn so far, still maintaining a strong...
So far we have been lucky with the US Republican Party's turn towards isolationism. It's made only half a turn so far, still maintaining a strong...
China's handling of other countries can be so deft, but sometimes so ham-fisted. We saw a good example of its tactlessness just before this week's...