Australia declares emergency, warns coronavirus crisis could last six months
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday declared a “human biosecurity emergency” and said the country’s citizens should abandon all overseas travel because of the coronavirus epidemic that he warned could last at least six months.
China, UN blasted by Labor senator over coronavirus response
Senator Kitching said the COVID-19 crisis had also showed signs that the World Health Organisation was being "politicised under Chinese influence".
China accuses Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton of parroting US in ‘propaganda war’ over...
The Chinese embassy in Canberra has accused Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton of being a mouthpiece for the United States, in a withering criticism describing calls by Australian politicians for greater scrutiny of China's handling of the coronavirus crisis as "pitiful".
Australia Is Having a Strategic Revolution, and It’s All About China
The Australian government has announced a major shift to its regional policy. Will the United States notice in time?
Morrison says China knows ‘where Australia is coming from’, after meeting Chinese vice-president
Scott Morrison seized the opportunity of his Jakarta weekend visit for Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s inauguration to obtain a meeting with Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan.
Australia ramps up pressure on China with backing of US and Japan
The progress of repairing China-Australia ties, strained over Canberra’s concerns about Chinese influence in its domestic affairs, has been “unsatisfactory”, said China’s top diplomat Wang Yi after meeting his Australian counterpart.
Three Chinese warships arrive in Sydney Harbour for four-day stopover
The arrival of three Chinese warships in Sydney harbour was not a surprise, Scott Morrison has said, despite the fact that the government did not announce the visit in advance.
China ridicules Scott Morrison and Coalition government on WeChat
Scott Morrison and the Coalition have been targeted by propaganda social media accounts affiliated with the Chinese Government.
Peter Dutton vows to ‘call out’ China over foreign interference and cyber hacks
Immigration Minister David Coleman and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg agreed that in many cases China's values were inconsistent with Australia's.
We need to talk about China: why Hastie was right to sound the alarm
Finding a way to get the China relationship right and not being afraid to talk about the risks in the relationship as well as...