China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier is accompanied by navy frigates and submarines conducting the largest naval drill in the communist regime’s history. China conducted live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions over increased American support for Taiwan. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP) … [Read more...] about Australia Snubs Beijing, Asserts ‘Perfect Right’ for Warships to Transit South China Sea
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Report: Pompeo Plans to Switch Australia Envoy Nominee Adm. Harry Harris to South Korea
In a predominantly party-line vote of 11 to nine, with all but one of the ten Democrats in the Republican-led panel voting against him, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations narrowly cleared Pompeo, who has served as CIA Director since January 2017, to be the next secretary of state. … [Read more...] about Report: Pompeo Plans to Switch Australia Envoy Nominee Adm. Harry Harris to South Korea
Australia: ‘Very Few Prospects’ for Refugees Living in Island Camps
Australian Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton sees an uncertain future for many of the 1,305 refugees currently warehoused in Papua New Guinea and the island of Nauru. “We continue to talk to third countries, but let me tell you, there are very few prospects, if any, on the horizon,” he said on Monday. … [Read more...] about Australia: ‘Very Few Prospects’ for Refugees Living in Island Camps
World View: Australia-China Relations in Crisis After Revelation of Chinese Bribery Scandal
The China-Australia relations have recently encountered difficulties, which leads to problems in our cooperation in some areas, and that is something China does not wish to see. … [The] Australian side must first of all address its problem of perception, put China’s development in a positive perspective and truly take China’s development as a positive factor, instead of looking China through tinted glasses. Once the problem of perception addressed, the necessary conditions for the true improvement and sound and steady development of China-Australia relations will be created. … [Read more...] about World View: Australia-China Relations in Crisis After Revelation of Chinese Bribery Scandal
Australia Demands Palestinians Reveal if Aid Money Funds Terrorist ‘Martyrs’
Australia has demanded assurances from the Palestinian Authority that Australian aid has not funded payments to terrorist “martyrs” or their families. The Palestinian Authority has in the past been accused of dispersing stipends or “martyr payments” of up to $US3500 ($4600) a month to the families of those killed while attacking Israel. … [Read more...] about Australia Demands Palestinians Reveal if Aid Money Funds Terrorist ‘Martyrs’
