Albanese, Biden and Xi Jinping’s talks in Bali; Coalition’s offshore wind initiative; Australia’s COP27 role; costs of logging; crypto regulation; RBA cash rate.
” points to a welcome first step on the long road to what one hopes will be the restoration of mutually respectful and beneficial foreign and trade relations.
The irony of his own situation cannot have been lost on Xi. Where does that leave him with his ambition to unify China and Taiwan, if necessary by force? The risk of failure for his army is high. Comforted by American solidarity, Taiwan will never agree to be governed by a dictator obsessed with coercive central control.
resiled from their positions. Yet the mere fact of them confronting difficult global issues sets the stage for further and hopefully productive dialogue and action.The war in Ukraine must be ended, not by firepower but through negotiations. Perhaps the price for that is Ukraine becoming a part of NATO and in return giving up some territory to Russia.
Australia’s offshore wind industry relies on the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021, which was developed and legislated during the tenure of the former Coalition government. After the act was passed last year, regulations to operationalise offshore wind were finalised swiftly and the first location to be assessed for offshore wind was approved earlier this year, before the election and during my tenure as minister.
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