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Lynne O’Donnell 2 hours ago US “minerals mafia” report reveals the battle with China for the next industrial era A US congressional report on Chinese mining practices exposes a supply-chain dominance the West is still scrambling to answer.
Anton Ponomarenko 4 hours ago North Korea’s battlefield dividend Kim Jong-un’s bet on Moscow has paid off – in cash, technology transfers, and now a place at Russia’s Red Square parade.
Daniel Flitton 6 hours ago Foreign leaders given Australia’s parliamentary privilege A look at who has stood in the chamber – and why it matters less than it seems.
Nimra Javed 9 hours ago Data centres in space won’t escape conflict on Earth The trickier issue is governance – how these assets will be treated once they become part of a contested space environment.
Robert Walker 8 May 2026 Export bans: Wrong way, go back Governments continue to erode international trading norms and give in to short-term thinking about trade. That needs to stop.
Jeffrey McGee , Richard Rowe 8 May 2026 Antarctic diplomacy’s “back to basics” test The upcoming Hiroshima meeting can be a showcase for competent, good-faith multilateralism at a time of global turmoil.
Joanna Pradela 8 May 2026 Budget week puts Australia’s aid ambitions on the line By resisting the global aid retreat, Canberra can demonstrate what development leadership looks like.
Erin Hurley 8 May 2026 Indigenous peacebuilders have a different answer to Carney’s rupture As the liberal order fractures, Indigenous peacebuilders are pressing forward – they never trusted it to begin with.
Jose Sousa-Santos 7 May 2026 Technology is making the Pacific’s drug highway harder to detect Narco-subs, drone systems, and encrypted finance are turning the Pacific from a transit zone to a node in the global drug economy.