Albanese said Australia would prioritise minerals that are key to its security, and that of its partners, including rare ...

China is targeting a vulnerability in the United States with a strike in Trump’s tariffs war that was decades in the making.

Australia’s fragile bipartisan consensus on China is beginning to fray, but the differences are largely in tone and rhetoric, ...

China loomed over Australia’s last election in 2022, when the incumbent Liberal-led coalition adopted an ultra-hawkish approach to Beijing. A large swing in seats with a high proportion of Chinese ...

“Instead, AUKUS embeds us further in the US war machine – a choice that is certainly not in Australia’s best interest.

Asymmetry in the Australia–China relationship perpetuates an ongoing cycle of misperceptions, complicating efforts for mutual ...

The country will build a strategic reserve of critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt and rare earths in a move to ...

China seized mines and built factories. Japan took note and invested in Australia. But the United States did little despite ...

China can drop other American commodities even more easily. In March the country bought no American wheat or liquefied ...

A new fleet of tug boats that the Defence Department ordered for the Royal Australian Navy has been secretly built at a ...