The growth in export value was largely driven by a surge in shipments to mainland China, following the removal of tariffs on Australian bottled wine at the end of March last year.

SYDNEY – Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles said he has spoken of the importance of American leadership in the Indo-Pacific region in a “very warm” call with new US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The lifting of trade tariffs by China triggered a surge in Australian wine exports last year, but it is unclear whether Chinese demand will remain strong after buyers have restocked, an industry body said on Wednesday.

Australia’s dilemma is that there is a tension in balancing the commercial advantages of cheaper Chinese technology with our national security interests.

The rising popularity of DeepSeek, a Chinese AI platform, has raised data privacy concerns. While Australia has asked users to be cautious, Italy’s Data Protection Agency has posed questions about how the chatbot uses personal data.

Labor and the Coalition are trying to outdo each other over who will be the best friend of China after the next federal election, in a dramatic shift from the COVID era trade war when Scott Morrison was Prime Minister. Trade Minister Don Farrell has told 7NEWS he wants to take the trading relationship with Beijing to a new record high.

Beijing’s state media recently published an article drawing attention to Washington’s apparent plans to use Australia as a “beachhead” for the looming Indo-Pacific war. Besides missing the strategic context of Australia’s thinking post-World War II,

Australia's science minister has raised privacy concerns over China's new AI chatbot, DeepSeek, urging caution due to differing approaches to user data management. The chatbot, developed by a China-based startup,

A separate fast-moving fire in Little Desert National Park in the west of the state has torn through almost 65,000 hectares in less than 24 hours, emergency services said, scorching an area almost as large as Singapore. That fire had forced the evacuation of rural Dimboola before threat levels were downgraded yesterday afternoon.

It is now a weapon being used against us.” Trump’s skepticism about U.S. support for Ukraine and Taiwan, his eagerness to impose tariffs, and his threats to retake the Panama Canal, absorb Canada, and acquire Greenland make it clear that he envisions a return to nineteenth-century power politics and spheres of interest,

Burwood Road is increasingly becoming the go-to destination for dumplings, skewers and free noodle refills.