The former prime minister says Australia needs to lift defence spending but argues it must also develop its links to China.

Australia is suing a Chinese-linked company and a former associate over a breach of foreign investment laws linked with rare ...

China by next year will overtake Australia as the world's top miner of the battery metal lithium, according to a forecast ...

Western Australia's recent discovery of a 55 billion metric ton iron ore reserve and the opening of new mining facilities are ...

The world’s second-biggest economy controls about 70 per cent of production and nearly all refining. This dominance has ...

An unstoppable wave of Chinese electric vehicles, some selling for less than A$30,000 ($20,000), is testing Australia’s ...

Chinese Consul General in Sydney Wang Yu said that over the past 10 years, China has invested nearly A$90 billion in Australia, with more than 800 Chinese companies operating across the country and ...

At a ceremony marking the completion of a runway at an airport in Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea, the ...

China's Ambassador to Australia is warning Anthony Albanese against increasing defence spending. Xiao Qian has told The ...

China’s envoy to Canberra urged Australia not to be “incited” by NATO’s support for US demands to sharply raise defense ...

Australia's mining and energy export earnings are expected to continue to slide over the next two years due to elevated risks ...

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong is in Washington to meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and their Japanese and Indian counterparts for a meeting of the so-called Quad nations. CSIS Senior ...