The announcement of a new NRL team was about so much more than a new NRL team. The setting of the press conference told the story.
As Australia seeks to prevent China from gaining a security foothold in the Pacific,island nations are negotiating hard.
Who flew where,how and who paid are fast becoming the defining questions in politics.
The deal will equip Australia’s navy with hundreds of advanced US-made long-range weapons.
Vladimir Putin has lashed Australia in a speech that praised China and castigated the West in another sign of deepening ties between Russia and China.
Ajay Banga will make the first visit to Pacific Island nations by a World Bank leader in almost 50 years.
The missiles will cost $4 million each and have a range over 275 kilometres.
The government has acquired Switchblade 300 drones,to be deployed from late 2024,for an undisclosed amount.
The energy minister said the Royal Australian Air Force advised that the Hunter Valley airport couldn’t accommodate the PM’s usual plane.
The federal government has vowed to use every diplomatic tool possible to counter China’s increasingly skilful efforts to expand its influence in the Pacific.