China and Australia

New defence minister Peter Dutton faces China*

Peter Dutton has replaced Senator Linda Reynolds as Defence Minister as part of the recent Cabinet reshuffle.

The reshuffle was forced on Prime Minister Scott Morrison by health issues facing senior ministers, the mishandling of sexual-assault allegations around Federal Parliament, and a sense that the Government had lost direction.

Linda Reynolds had a long history with the Australian Army Reserve, rising to the rank of Brigadier in the ADF, before entering Federal Parliament as a senator…

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