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Restrictions apply to Australian coal but not to coal from competitors like Russia or Indonesia Australia has resisted Beijing on several strategic and security fronts A national development bank with a focus on decentralisation is essential to Australia’s sovereignty Beijing’s sudden restrictions on our coal exports are a warning about Australia’s overreliance on exports to China and overreliance on imported Chinese manufactured goods due to the loss of Australia’s industries. Last week Beijing announced restrictions on the offload of Australian coal in five ports at and near Dalian in northeast China. A Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs official claimed…
The decision by Beijing to block Australian coal ships at some of its ports is a concerning sign – of the present state of relations between the two countries but also of possible things to come for our economy as an increasingly emboldened China seeks to flex its muscles at lack of cooperation from key trading partners. The Beijing coal scuttle. It is no secret that China has been growing more frustrated with Australia in recent times, though it is not easy to pinpoint exactly what triggered the decision to make Australian coal ships sit idle waiting to unload coal…
Online interactive map pinpoints farms for harassment Activist groups characterise raising animals for food as tantamount to murder Activists in contact with many different animals risk $28 billion industry through contamination The legitimacy of several animal-activist groups’ registered charity status has been called into question after a group called “Aussie Farms” produced a website featuring an interactive map drawing attention to farms, and some activist groups engaged in illegal activities including trespass, theft and endangering Australian biosecurity. Aussie Farms Inc, a registered charity, published the interactive map of hundreds of properties including livestock farms, fisheries, feedlots, meatworks, processors and dairies, which…
