The Coalition is not only turning over control of our defence forces to the US,but shopping our foreign policy too.
The agreement fits into US war planning in the South China Sea.
“We need to avoid at all cost a Cold War that would be different from the past one,and probably more dangerous and more difficult to manage,” Guterres said.
Malaysia’s new Prime Minister has joined Indonesia in raising alarm bells about the military build-up in the region after speaking with Scott Morrison.
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China has imposed a new law that challenges freedom of navigation in the South China Sea.
Most of the world’s traded goods come to us on huge vessels by sea. We don’t give it much thought – until they run into trouble.
“When the ships don’t move,the poop piles up,” a representative of the firm that uncovered the trend in satellite imagery,told an audience.
The ship is expected to make a port visit to Perth in October before sailing through the South China Sea as anxiety increases about China’s expansion in the waterway.
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said the Western superpower was committed to a constructive relationship with China,but took aim at Beijing’s conduct.