The Canadian leader visited Australia this week. Both Prime Ministers spoke of a “natural partnership” built on a shared British settler-colonial history and their possession of one third of the world’s mineral resources between them.
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The expansion of US bases here locks Australia in as a key part of the US’s military machine, and its strategy for war with China, writes Tom Fiebig
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Clinton Fernandes’ new book Turbulence exposes Albanese’s own imperialist agenda in backing Trump and Israel, writes Adam Adelpour
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Anthony Albanese’s visit to Donald Trump in Washington brought together two war criminals who have backed Israel’s genocide and now want to plan for war against China.
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Events around this year’s Pacific Islands Forum have shown how Australia and China are competing to win influence over the region, as the risk of war grows.
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This year’s instalment of the Talisman Sabre war games was the largest yet—designed to send a message to China about growing preparations for war.
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News that the Trump administration is reviewing the AUKUS deal to ensure it is “aligned with the president’s ‘America first’ agenda” has reignited attacks on the plan.
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David Glanz explains why proposals for weapons to ‘defend Australia’—such as from The Greens—are no alternative to AUKUS and mean buying into warmongering against China
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The Albanese government is spending almost a billion dollars to bolster Australia’s dominant position in the region and lock out Chinese influence.
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The recent brutal suppression of protests against the Land Forces Expo in Melbourne shows Albanese’s Labor government is deadly serious about preparing for war on China and ramping up arms manufacturing in Australia.
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