Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton has stood by his view that Beijing would prefer to see the centre-left Labor opposition win office at the May 21 election. Dutton, of the governing centre-right Coalition, made the comments during the Defence Debate with shadow defence spokesperson Brendan O’Connor at the National Press Club in Canberra. “There’s no…
‘No Doubt’ Beijing Would Prefer Labor Party to Win Election: Defence Minister
May 5, 2022
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Australian Opposition’s Support for Beijing’s Pacific Ambitions Comes to Light
April 22, 2022
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Just months before Beijing signed a contentious security deal with the Solomon Islands, the Australian Labor Party’s deputy leader, Richard Marles, it has been revealed, advocated for the Chinese regime’s involvement in the Pacific. The comments from Marles, who is the former parliamentary secretary for Pacific Islands Affairs, were unearthed by The Australian newspaper on…
Low Unemployment Rate Wasn’t Due to Luck: Australian Treasurer
Australia’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in March 2022, which failed to meet economists’ expectations but still gave confidence to authorities. Earlier, economists had anticipated the unemployment rate to drop slightly to 3.9 percent in March, reaching the lowest level since the 1970s. New workforce data from the Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed that the…
Senator Questions Australian Opposition Deputy Leader’s Concealment of Pro-China Past
February 14, 2022
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Hot on the heels of federal government claims that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) would be “very happy” to see the Australian Labor Party (ALP) win the next election, the Chair of the bipartisan Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security, Liberal Senator James Patterson, has launched another volley at the ALP Deputy Leader Richard Marles….
Australia Retires European Taipan Helicopter Fleet in Favour of U.S. Black Hawks
December 9, 2021
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The Australian federal government will be retiring its entire fleet of European-made Taipan helicopters 15 years earlier than planned in favour of U.S.-made Black Hawks and Seahawk helicopters. “The performance of the MRH90 Taipan has been an ongoing and well-documented concern for defence and there has been a significant effort at great expense to try…
Australia Retires European Taipan Helicopter Fleet in Favour of US Black Hawks
December 9, 2021
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The Australian federal government will be retiring its entire fleet of European-made Taipan helicopters 15 years earlier than planned in favour of U.S.-made Black Hawks and Seahawk helicopters. “The performance of the MRH90 Taipan has been an ongoing and well-documented concern for defence and there has been a significant effort at great expense to try…
Australians Over 50 Given Increased Supplies of AstraZeneca Vaccine
Prime Minister Scott Morrison and state and territory leaders have agreed on Monday to bring forward the AstraZeneca vaccine rollout for Australians over 50 and use mass vaccination centres for the rest of the population before Christmas. Due to the AstraZeneca vaccine’s rare but serious link to blood clots, Pfizer is now the recommended coronavirus…
Labor Plans for Innovation to Create Future Jobs
The Australian Labor Party (ALP) is putting the commercialisation of science and research at the centre of the political party’s future job-making policy, which it intends to take to the next election. Announcing the policy platform in an address to the National Press Club on Wednesday, Deputy Labor leader Richard Marles said Australia’s manufacturing sector’s viability…
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