Australia has backed New Zealand after China imposed sanctions on four New Zealand MPs who travelled to Taiwan, banning them from visiting China, Hong Kong, and Macau for a year.

Major hurdles stand in the way for Australia to create an alternative critical mineral supply chain to China, one mining company says.

Kenilorea has a history of rhetoric critical of Beijing, so Hou's selection suggests a more careful approach to China ties.

Extra jet fuel shipments are due to arrive in Australia from China following negotiations with Beijing. About 100 million litres of jet fuel will begin arriving in Australia in three shipments from the beginning of June.

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has downplayed concerns of pushback from China over a proposed security pact between Australia and Fiji.

The Ninth Australia-China High Level Dialogue will be held in Beijing this week, Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed.

"And over the past decade, we have made some progress in China-Australia relations and also witnessed some twists and turns. That trajectory has many inspirations to offer."

The White House's nominee for United States ambassador to Australia, David Brat, has had career of disrupting the status quo.

Australia will host the next Australia-China Ministerial Dialogue on Climate Change later this year.

was produced under a joint initiative between China Matters and the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS:ACRI).

And that is a view we’ve put publicly and we have put directly to China." She said Australia continued to advocate for Yang Hengjun, the academic and Australian citizen who has been given a suspended death sentence by a Chinese court. Ms.

Australia and China will restart high-level political dialogues and continue implementing bilateral trade after a three-year diplomatic freeze.

Several of Australia's top tertiary institutions are involved in 150 joint ventures between universities in China and Australia, according to the latest estimates.

China ranked third at 700,120, followed by New Zealand (617,960), the Philippines (394,380) and Vietnam (318,760).

Experts: Australia Should Collaborate With China Australian experts, including those from the University of Melbourne, warn that Australia and its allies must make peace with Beijing to ensure stability in the Pacific Islands.

"It's not Australia that's changed; China has," Albanese told reporters in May. "It is China that has placed sanctions on Australia. There is no justification for doing that, and that's why they should be removed."

The Solomon Islands’ new leader is seeking to reset relations with Australia and review a security pact with China. What does this mean for U.S.–China competition in the Pacific?

As part of her trip, Wong held the eighth Australia-China Foreign and Strategic Dialogue meeting with Beijing counterpart Wang Yi on April 29.

Ugly scenes have erupted at a World Cup basketball qualifier between Australia and China after a Chinese "nationalist" spectator decided to get personal with a human rights protestor.

Maintaining favour with a country 10 times the size of Australia in terms of population does come at a cost.

Australia Signing 'Veto' Deals to Limit Beijing's Influence Over the past decade, Australia has stepped up its Pacific strategy through security pacts and high-level visits, underscoring efforts to limit the CCP's influence in the region.

“The current government's approach to Australia-China relations is one of the strongest—most correct—but controversial foreign policies since the establishment of diplomatic relations (between Australia and China) in 1972,” he told The Epoch Times.

A US-Australian-Japanese Alternative The new Australian refinery will be co-located at Alcoa's Wagerup alumina refinery in Western Australia.

visiting North Korea, Xi aims to ensure that Kim won't shift too far into the orbit of Russian President Vladimir Putin, while preserving Beijing's influence in Pyongyang, said Feng Chongyi, an associate professor at the University of Technology Sydney in Australia

The top five countries of birth for overseas migrants during this period were India, China, Australia, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand. Migration from China began to decline as early as 2017, well before COVID-19.

Australia and China have held a meeting between trade ministers for the first time in three years as the two sides seek to resume the normal trade relationship after a period of tension.

Around 90 percent of heat pumps sold in Australia in 2023 were produced in China, the managing director of major heating company Rheem revealed.

Australia and Germany have moved to tighten defence ties, signing a suite of agreements to expand military cooperation and space capabilities.

Among the 60 economies investigated were Australia, China, Canada, India, Israel, Mexico, Japan, the European Union, Russia, South Korea, and Vietnam.

Australia has quietly suspended a two-decade-long human rights partnership with China over Beijing's mass detention of ethnic Uyghurs and amid the barring of two Australian politicians.