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Why the slowing Chinese economy is good news for Australia

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". ...

08.03.2024 6

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

Why the slowing Chinese economy is good news for Australia

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". ...

08.03.2024 6

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

What will our future warships do?

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...

01.03.2024 5

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

What will our future warships do?

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...

01.03.2024 6

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

We've been promised more warships. But the reality is fewer here and now

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...

23.02.2024 7

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

We've been promised more warships. But the reality is fewer here and now

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...

23.02.2024 8

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

Just a pose for cameras. Labor is hardly moving on defence

Labor has failed on defence. A year has passed since it received the Defence Strategic Review, and virtually nothing to quickly strengthen our armed...

09.02.2024 4

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

Just a pose for cameras. Labor is hardly moving on defence

Labor has failed on defence. A year has passed since it received the Defence Strategic Review, and virtually nothing to quickly strengthen our armed...

09.02.2024 20

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

Is rugby league Australia's secret weapon against China?

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...

02.02.2024 7

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

Is rugby league Australia's secret weapon against China?

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...

02.02.2024 10

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

Taipan scandal highlights Defence underperformance

This time they've been caught red-handed. But will the national disgrace of the Taipan helicopter scandal do anything to reform our underperforming...

26.01.2024 8

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

Taipan scandal highlights Defence underperformance

This time they've been caught red-handed. But will the national disgrace of the Taipan helicopter scandal do anything to reform our underperforming...

26.01.2024 10

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

Labor is disgracing us on a global stage. There is no excuse

The government has brought shame upon this country. As our friends are rushing to send more aid to Ukraine, Australia is destroying valuable military...

19.01.2024 7

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

Labor is disgracing us on a global stage. There is no excuse

The government has brought shame upon this country. As our friends are rushing to send more aid to Ukraine, Australia is destroying valuable military...

19.01.2024 10

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

Our 'dud' Taipan helicopters should go to Ukraine, not a burial site

What are they hiding? Something stinks in this business of harvesting parts from the army's decommissioned Taipan helicopters and burying the stripped...

12.01.2024 9

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

Our 'dud' Taipan helicopters should go to Ukraine, not a burial site

What are they hiding? Something stinks in this business of harvesting parts from the army's decommissioned Taipan helicopters and burying the stripped...

12.01.2024 7

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

I don't want to scare you on Trump. Actually, no, I do want to scare you

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...

05.01.2024 9

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

I don't want to scare you on Trump. Actually, no, I do want to scare you

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...

05.01.2024 10

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

Army, navy risk being droned out

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...

29.12.2023 10

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

Army, navy risk being droned out

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...

29.12.2023 8

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

China is full steam ahead on renewables, even as it builds coal plants

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...

22.12.2023 9

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

China is full steam ahead on renewables, even as it builds coal plants

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...

22.12.2023 10

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

Luring more skilled foreigners, keeping fewer unskilled ones

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...

15.12.2023 10

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

CCP wants less feminism, more babies

The Chinese Communist Party has a problem with women. They're getting a bit too modern in their attitudes. Some have become politically active...

08.12.2023 6

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

CCP wants less feminism, more babies

The Chinese Communist Party has a problem with women. They're getting a bit too modern in their attitudes. Some have become politically active...

08.12.2023 6

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

No time to drop guard, but full-on cyber war has been a non-event

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...

04.12.2023 3

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

Northern exposure: after 18 months, Labor is still not fixing our air bases

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...

01.12.2023 5

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

Northern exposure: after 18 months, Labor is still not fixing our air bases

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...

01.12.2023 8

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

So tell me again about those "improved relations" with China

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...

24.11.2023 9

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

The solution to our housing problems looks so simple. If only it was

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...

17.11.2023 10

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

The solution to our housing problems looks so simple. If only it was

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...

17.11.2023 7

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

Even population advocates should favour a dip in immigration

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...

17.11.2023 10

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

Even population advocates should favour a dip in immigration

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...

17.11.2023 10

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

'Better relations' with China don't really mean much at all

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...

10.11.2023 9

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

'Better relations' with China don't really mean much at all

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...

10.11.2023 10

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

What is Israel's endgame in Gaza?

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...

03.11.2023 7

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

What is Israel's endgame in Gaza?

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...

03.11.2023 10

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

China is getting itself surrounded

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...

27.10.2023 6

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

The story of Chen Fan: A short life of struggle

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...

20.10.2023 3

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

The story of Chen Fan: A short life of struggle

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...

20.10.2023 4

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

In releasing Lei, Beijing is choosing better relations

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...

13.10.2023 4

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

In releasing Lei, Beijing is choosing better relations

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...

13.10.2023 5

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

We need to be stricter with lingering foreign graduates

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...

06.10.2023 8

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

We need to be stricter with lingering foreign graduates

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...

06.10.2023 4

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

What Solomons needs to understand about our army reorganisation

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...

29.09.2023 3

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

Costly frigates or cheap, weak corvettes? No easy answers for the navy

"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...

22.09.2023 7

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

Costly frigates or cheap, weak corvettes? No easy answers for the navy

"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...

22.09.2023 8

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

What if the US turns away from Asia?

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...

15.09.2023 4

The Examiner

Bradley Perrett

What if the US turns away from Asia?

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...

15.09.2023 9

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

Willing to look like a bully, China riles south-east Asia

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...

08.09.2023 9

Canberra Times

Bradley Perrett

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