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Australia’s relations with China will take another major step forward this week with Foreign Minister Penny Wong travelling to Beijing for the resumption of the bilateral Foreign and Strategic Dialogue, which has been on hold since 2018.
Indigenous community members from the Tiwi Islands off the northern coast of Australia took Santos Limited to court, arguing that the company did not adequately consult traditional owners in its plans to drill in the Barossa offshore gas field.

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Doctored Indignation: Australia-China Relations By , December 02, 2020
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Permitted Unlawfulness: The New Zealand Coronavirus Lockdown By , August 24, 2020
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Criminalising Journalism: Australia’s National Security Craze By , July 03, 2020
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Battles Over Barley: Australia, China and the Tariff Wars By , May 20, 2020
Australia’s Fires and Air Pollution, Tennis and Sporting Officialdom By , January 16, 2020
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Australia’s Racing Industry: The Rights of Race Horses By , October 22, 2019
Citizen Advocacy: The Achievements of New Zealand’s Peace Activism By and , October 03, 2019
Extinction Rebellion in Australia: Leaving It to the Students By , September 24, 2019
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Condescension and Climate Change: Australia and the Failure of the Pacific Islands Forum By , August 19, 2019
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National Security and Press Freedoms in Australia By , July 19, 2019
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Australia’s Bob Hawke: Misunderstood in Memoriam By , May 30, 2019
The Victory of Small Visions in Australia: Scott Morrison Retains Government By , May 30, 2019
A Compulsive Matter: Mandatory Voting in Australia and Its Discontents By , May 30, 2019
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Publicised Cruelty: Scott Morrison Visits Christmas Island By , March 12, 2019
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Concepts of Nonsense: Australian Soft Power By , November 30, 2018
Australia: The Disgruntled Former Prime Minister Turnball By , November 30, 2018
Big Mouthed Blue-Eyes: Frank Sinatra in Australia By , November 30, 2018
Shark Attack in Queensland: Fearing Monsters in the Whitsundays By , November 07, 2018
Australian Politics: Wentworth Blues, Another Nail in the Scomo Coffin By , November 03, 2018
Australian Complicity: Nauru and Silencing Journalism By , October 11, 2018
Australia’s Naval Base in Papua New Guinea: Power Play in the South Pacific against China By , September 20, 2018
Senator Fraser Anning and the Smugness of Australian “Values” By , September 04, 2018
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The Lasting Condition: Drought in Australia By , August 08, 2018
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Australia: Send in the Troops! Deploying the ADF Against Rioters By , July 03, 2018
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