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The only military risk that we face from China is if we continue as a proxy for the US in its endless wars. The US is a dangerous ally.

The pandemic and rising household bills have left most Australians blissfully blind to a military buildup that has been taking place in the country's north.

Penny Wong, tries to put the relationship with China on a more even keel but PM Anthony Albanese, seems determined to destabilise it.

Highview Productions and Closer Productions acquire screen rights to bestselling debut novel from Australian writer Pip Williams.

Albanese accused the previous Liberal-National government of moving too slowly to execute a vast expansion in military spending and shift in focus to blatantly target China.

The Australian defence establishment’s military provocation of China threatens the country’s sovereignty and regional stability. The deal undermines Australia’s diplomatic efforts, and will make its air base a prime target in any US-China conflict.

Matt Keogh, the minister for Defence Personnel, says Australia must remain “vigilant”. He doesn’t see the problem with America basing nuclear-capable bombers outside Darwin. He doesn’t believe the decision will worsen tensions with China. “I don’t think so at all,” he said this week. “I think what’s really important here is that the more we are able to build interoperability

The Defence Strategic Review must act in accordance with Australia’s commitment to sign the UN “Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons” (the ‘Ban Treaty’) and not seek to compromise that path by supporting roles in nuclear warfare alongside the US.Anthony Albanese made a commitment in his “Changing the World” Speech (ALP National Co

The US is reportedly planning to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 Stratofortress bombers to northern Australia.

In an arc of militarisation across northern Australia, successive Australian governments, in close concert with the United States, have responded to the rise of a newly assertive China in terms that constitute an almost historically irrevocable opposition to any accommodation with China as a regional great power. BY Richard Tanter