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Anthony Albanese

The latest news on Anthony Albanese, the Prime Minister of Australia, including China-Australia relations and China-Australia trade.

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2 Mar 1963

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Prime Minister of Australia

Australia has lifted US beef import restrictions after a decade-long review. Photo: Reuters

Australia raises steaks with Trump, drops beef import curbs to win deal

Agriculture Minister Julie Collins said Canberra was satisfied with the measures implemented by the US to handle biosecurity risks.

24 Jul 2025 - 10:45AMvideocam

Trump review looms as Australia makes US$525 million Aukus payment

23 Jul 2025 - 5:10PM

China-Australia relations

Letters | The wisdom of Australia’s fresh approach to China

22 Jul 2025 - 11:30AM

Opinion | Australia should not sabotage its own efforts to boost ties with China

Albanese’s meetings in China suggest the bilateral relationship is stabilising but that there is little desire for significant policy advances.

21 Jul 2025 - 5:30AMvideocam

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gestures as he speaks to the media during a press conference in Chengdu in Sichuan province, China, on July 17. Photo: EPA

Ex-Australian PM to address China’s ‘economic coercion’ at US House committee

Scott Morrison will be highlighting China’s ‘persistent and pernicious’ economic pressure tactics against democracies.

19 Jul 2025 - 5:38PM

China-Australia relations

Albanese China trip shows ‘stiffening of Canberra spine’ in face of US pressure

Beijing rolled out the red carpet for the Australian leader this week and the two sides appeared to keep a lid on tensions.

19 Jul 2025 - 6:43AMvideocam

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My Take | Australia sends mixed message with China visit and war drills

While Talisman Sabre with its line-up of Western allies is provocative, Asean nations who drill with the Chinese military are also involved.

18 Jul 2025 - 9:45PM

President Xi Jinping welcomes Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday, July 15. Photo: Reuters

Opinion | How Australia’s China ties can help advance its national interests

Albanese must convince more Australians to accept that Canberra’s alliance with the US is important but not the defining feature of its foreign policy.

18 Jul 2025 - 10:03PMvideocam

Fur real? Indonesia’s ‘first cat’ gets presidential security detail

A video of Bobby Kertanegara being showered with attention at an event has sparked an online debate over the feline’s special treatment.

18 Jul 2025 - 3:37PM

Editorial | Common interests the basis for stronger China-Australia relations

Neither a port controversy nor any third-party interference cast a shadow over the trade and business focus of Albanese’s trip to China.

18 Jul 2025 - 7:15AM

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) shakes hands with President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on July 15. Photo: EPA

SCMP Highlights

US-China trade deal clues, flight to Hong Kong diverted: SCMP daily highlights

From what a US-China trade deal could look like to the Type 076 Sichuan amphibious assault ship, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

17 Jul 2025 - 9:15PM

US trade representative Jamieson Greer, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng and China’s international trade representative Li Chenggang discuss trade relations and tariffs in Geneva on May 10, 2025. Photo: Keystone/EDA/Handout via Reuters

China-Australia relations

Exclusive | On Australian PM’s visit to China, the 2 nations ‘hold back’ on disputes

Source says two sides have decided to step back from Darwin Port controversy amid trade tensions with US.

17 Jul 2025 - 12:22PMvideocam

SCMP Highlights

China’s GDP figures, robots riding Shenzhen subway: SCMP daily highlights

From Chinese economy beating forecasts to Australian prime minister’s visit to China, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

15 Jul 2025 - 9:18PM

China-Australia relations

Xi hails ‘turnaround’ in China-Australia relations as PM Albanese visits

Chinese leader said the two countries had overcome a series of ‘setbacks’ and stressed the importance of ‘equal treatment’.

15 Jul 2025 - 8:41PMvideocam

Anthony Albanese said dialogue should be “at the centre” of the relationship. Photo: EPA

Video | Australia and China call for more dialogue and cooperation

15 Jul 2025 - 6:30PM

Leaders' meeting sees Australia and China call for increased dialogue and cooperation

Australia’s largest-ever military drill under way, Chinese spy ships expected

Chinese military have observed these biennial exercises since 2017, but this year’s drills coincide with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s visit to China.

14 Jul 2025 - 11:59AM

China-Australia relations

China trade or Philippine defence ties? Why Australia attempts to balance both

While seeking stable ties with its largest trading partner, Australia must also ‘maintain credibility as a regional stabiliser’, analysts say.

14 Jul 2025 - 9:48AMvideocam

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In US-China tug of war, Australia puts itself first

With one eye on the past and the other on the Asia-Pacific’s future, Australia’s prime minister is championing sovereignty in an uncertain age.

17 Jul 2025 - 1:51PM

Illustration: Huy Truong

US-China relations

Rubio-Wang meet, China GDP, Nvidia and more

This week: Marco Rubio meets Wang Yi, Donald Trump revives tariff war, EU seeks to reduce reliance on China. Next week: China’s economy may slow, Nvidia’s Huang in China, Australian PM discusses Port Darwin and more.

11 Jul 2025 - 5:30PM

SCMP Highlights

Chinese AI scientists, Beijing’s message to Brics: SCMP daily highlights

From most of world’s top AI scientists hailing from China to an exclusive on Albanese’s Beijing visit agenda, here’s a round-up from today’s coverage.

7 Jul 2025 - 9:19PM

China-Australia relations

Exclusive | Australia’s Albanese to address Darwin Port sale on China visit

The prime minister, after stating the Chinese-owned port should be sold to a domestic entity, will explain his country’s stance during trip.

7 Jul 2025 - 6:32PMvideocam

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will make his second official visit to China next week. Photo: AFP

Chinese ambassador’s ‘grandstanding’ advice for Australia raises eyebrows

Xiao Qian has criticised some countries that have ‘hyped up the so-called China threat narrative’ and sharply raised their defence spending.

5 Jul 2025 - 10:00AM

China’s Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian has criticised the heavy defence spending of some countries in an opinion article in The Australian newspaper. Photo: EPA-EFE

Opinion | Australia should leave politics out of climate collaboration with China

Seeing Beijing solely through a security lens undermines Canberra’s capacity to engage pragmatically on shared environmental interests.

3 Jul 2025 - 9:46PM

US-China relations

What key Nato summit absences reveal about Indo-Pacific worries

No-shows by regional leaders at this year’s gathering suggest growing anxiety about US commitments in the region, experts say.

28 Jun 2025 - 10:00AM

Pacific nations

The future of climate migration? Tuvalu’s people seek a new home in Australia

About 3,125 Tuvaluans have entered the ballot for a climate visa to live in Australia, but analysts warn of brain drain.

27 Jun 2025 - 4:28PM

The serpentine coastline of Funafuti Atoll of Tuvalu. Scientists have warned Tuvalu is likely to have only 80 years before it becomes uninhabitable. Photo: AFP

US-China relations

Pentagon chief assures lawmakers on review of US-Britain-Australia pact

‘Congress will be involved’ in 30-day assessment of Aukus alliance formed to counter Beijing’s regional clout, defence secretary testifies.

13 Jun 2025 - 6:04AMvideocam

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth fields questions during a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee in Washington on Thursday. Photo: AP

Australia ‘confident’ Trump won’t sink Aukus deal after review

Defence Minister Richard Marles downplayed the move, while ex-leader Scott Morrison said Canberra should ‘make the case again’ for the treaty.

12 Jun 2025 - 11:34AMvideocam

Australian PM calls shooting of reporter at Los Angeles protests ‘horrific’

Lauren Tomasi was hit by a rubber bullet that appeared to be fired by a US police officer while covering the unrest.

10 Jun 2025 - 3:27PMvideocam

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