Premier Daniel Andrews announced strengthened partnerships with China during his four-day visit to the country in April. The Victoria state government has focused on education, trade, and tourism to build closer ties…
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Disputes over COVID’s origins reveal an intelligence community in disarray. Here are 4 fixes we need before the next pandemic Koki Kataoka/AP Patrick F Walsh, Charles Sturt University and Ausma Bernot, Charles Sturt…
How to improve the migration system for the good of temporary migrants – and Australia Shutterstock The biggest review of Australia’s migration system in decades is due to be delivered to the federal…
The Chungking Legation: Australia’s first diplomatic mission to China, 80 years ago Frederic Eggleston presented his credentials to Chinese President Lin Sen (林森) at an official reception in Chungking on 28 October 1941.…
A year on, Russia’s war on Ukraine threatens to redraw the map of world politics – and 2023 will be crucial Wars are world-shaping. Beyond their immediate human and physical tolls, wars alter…
The Joint Standing Committee on Migration in Australia has extended the submission deadline for its Migration, Pathway to Nation Building inquiry. The submissions are now open until March 16th, 2023, to allow…
Did China’s balloon violate international law? Chad Fish/AP Donald Rothwell, Australian National University Was the balloon that suddenly appeared over the US in early February this year undertaking surveillance? Or was it…
Jacinda Ardern’s resignation: gender and the toll of strong, compassionate leadership Kerry Marshall/Getty Images Suze Wilson, Massey University “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown”, wrote Shakespeare, way back in the…
Bring on the Year of the Rabbit: why there’s new hope and prosperity tipped for Australia-China relations For the first time in a long time, a year can begin with a realistic…
China’s population is now inexorably shrinking, bringing forward the day the planet’s population turns down Xiujian Peng, Victoria University China’s National Bureau of Statistics has confirmed what researchers such as myself have…