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Sky News AU
2 days ago
- Politics
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‘Conflict in the Indo-Pacific as early as 2027': Military expert warns of aggressive China
Former Army director general Retired Brigadier Ian Langford speculates on future conflict in the Indo-Pacific. This comes amid Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's week-long visit to China for the Australia-China Annual Leaders' Meeting. 'The Chinese don't stage any of these influence actions without it being choreographed in the broader context,' Mr Langford told Sky News host Peta Credlin. 'We've got an interesting contrast between diplomacy at the very highest levels of government and, in fact, that the Americans are conducting … what some are calling a rehearsal for future conflict in the Indo-Pacific from as early as 2027.'
Sky News AU
3 days ago
- Business
- Sky News AU
‘Us or them, Prime Minister?': Albanese under pressure amid Aus-China Annual Leaders' meeting
Sky News host Peta Credlin discusses Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's talks with Chinese officials amid the Australia-China Annual Leaders' Meeting. 'Back to Beijing for a moment, the PM was able to avoid discussing the Port of Darwin because, he says, it wasn't raised in his meeting with the Chinese president,' Ms Credlin said. 'But it seems that his Chinese hosts were running a bit of a 'good cop, bad cop' routine, with Xi Jinping mostly inscrutable Chinese sweetness and light, and the tough stuff mostly left for Anthony Albanese's direct counterpart, China's Number Two, Lee Chung. 'Clearly, this was a rebuke of our policies on foreign investment, especially on any business with links to the Chinese Communist Party. 'Either he honours his election commitment to restore the Port of Darwin to Australian ownership, or he looks like he's caved in to the communist Chinese. 'So, what's it to be – us or them, Prime Minister?
Sky News AU
4 days ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘Embarrassment': Albanese ignores China's military provocations for ‘stabilisation'
Strategic Analysis Australia Director Michael Shoebridge reminisces on the Chinese military aggression exhibited when the nation chose to conduct provocative live-fire military drills earlier this year. This comes amid Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's week-long visit to China for the Australia-China Annual Leaders' Meeting. 'The Chinese gave no notice of their dangerous live firing under civilian airline flight paths,' Mr Shoebridge told Sky News host Peta Credlin. 'It was deliberate military provocation and intimidation by China. 'The Prime Minister at the time said, 'this is all lawful and perfectly normal', and he's done the same in his face-to-face with Xi. 'It's an embarrassment, and it shows the Prime Minister values his stabilisation fiction more than the safety of air passengers.'
Sky News AU
4 days ago
- Business
- Sky News AU
‘Building the elements of dependence': Anthony Albanese is right where China wants him
Strategic Analysis Australia Director Peter Jennings says China has Prime Minister Anthony Albanese right 'where they want him'. This comes amid Mr Albanese's week-long visit to China for the Australia-China Annual Leaders' Meeting. 'They have Albanese where they want him, and they have Australia where they want us,' Mr Jennings told Sky News host Chris Kenny. 'We are playing a more differential lower key role, more distanced from the United States. 'If you asked me 10 years ago what China's long-term strategic objective for Australia was, it would be for Australia to have a weak military, a troubled alliance with the US, and constantly going to China to ask for more, more cooperation, more scientific engagement, more exports. 'In other words, building all of the elements of dependence.'
Sky News AU
4 days ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Anthony Albanese addresses the media in Beijing amid Annual Leaders' Meeting
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has addressed the media in Beijing amid his week-long visit for the Australia-China Annual Leaders' Meeting.
