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The Forgotten, Quiet, Battlers: Who Are The Real Australians?
By Grant Wyeth
If the Liberal Party wants to find its way back to government it needs to abandon the attempt to define an “authentic” class of Australians, and instead simply see people as people.
China and Australia’s Dueling Pacific Tours Make Final Stops
By Gantry Meilana and Nick Perry
The foreign ministers of Australia and China were both making their final stops Friday on what has become an island-hopping diplomatic duel in the South Pacific.
Australian Voters Demand Change, Oust Morrison’s Coalition Government
By Patricia O’Brien
Out of the wreckage of Morrison’s Liberal rule comes a new political era for Australia.
Australia Aware of China Plans for Solomon Islands Wharves
By Rod McGuirk
"We're very aware of what the Chinese government's ambitions are in the Pacific,” Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said.
Country and the Blue Pacific: A Necessary Readjustment of Australian Foreign Policy
By Grant Wyeth
There is opportunity for First Nations peoples to play a far greater role in Australia’s foreign policy.
Australia’s Monroe Doctrine in the Age of the China-Solomon Islands Security Deal
By Patricia O’Brien
Old anxieties about Australia’s vulnerabilities remain relatively unchanged, but the new geopolitical order is fundamentally different.
Australian Minister Accuses China of Election Interference
By Rod McGuirk
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews suggested China’s announcement of a deal with the Solomon Islands was deliberately timed to undermine the Liberal Party’s re-election prospects.
What an Academic Freedom Debate Says About Australia-India Relations
By Grant Wyeth
A group of fellows at the University of Melbourne’s Australia India Institute recently resigned, alleging restrictions on their academic freedom.
This Is Australia’s Climate Change Election
By Patricia O’Brien
It is not just the Pacific region angered by Prime Minister Morrison’s unchanged coal-loving stance. Next month, he will have to answer to the Australian electorate on this critical issue.
Australia Beyond the Language of Luck
By Grant Wyeth
Cultural sophistication and economic complexity need to be understood as intrinsically linked. It’s time for Australia to take language learning more seriously.
Morrison Failed Australians on Climate. Will It Cost Him the Next Election?
By Joshua Mcdonald
Given disastrous bushfires, floods, and global humiliation on climate policy during Morrison’s tenure, it’s possible Australians will be ready to make a shift.
Australia’s Lack of Economic Complexity Is a Problem
By Grant Wyeth
The country's wealth hides a serious failure of national strategy.