by Peter Jennings | Jul 1, 2024 | Policy
Julian Assange emerged from his charter jet in Canberra on Wednesday night in a dark suit, white shirt and thin tie, raising his right arm in a clenched-fist salute. Perhaps Assange wanted to echo the image of Nelson Mandela walking out of the Victor Verster prison on...
by Lesley Seebeck | Jun 27, 2024 | China, Policy
Some head-of-state, and head-of-government, visits are not like others. Generally, Australians are fairly relaxed when it comes to such matters. But there are occasions where such a visit will stir differing communities to active protest or generate public...
by Michael Shoebridge | Jun 19, 2024 | China, Policy
Premier Li’s triumphal visit to Australia was meant to mark another waypoint on the journey to a stabilised Australia-China relationship. Instead, it shows a trajectory of intimidation and silencing of our government, along with a slow motion loss of self...
by Peter Jennings | Jun 16, 2024 | China, Policy, South Pacific, Strategy & Capability
The price Australia pays for Anthony Albanese’s stabilised engagement with communist China is that all substance is drained from the relationship. That’s why the most concrete aim mentioned by the Prime Minister in his commentary piece in The Australian last Wednesday...
by Michael Shoebridge | May 23, 2024 | Strategy & Capability
In February, the Albanese government’s Deputy Prime Minister (and Defence Minister) Richard Marles announced that Defence would be taking delivery of the first of 11 new ‘general purpose frigates’ this decade, with three of the ships to be delivered to the Navy by...
