An Australian parliamentary body has called for Taiwan to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership over China, issuing an ultimatum to the communist regime to end coercive trade measures and re-establish engagement with Australia before it can enter the trade bloc. Ted O’Brien, chair of the trade subcommittee of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence,…

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said it was time for the quiet Australians to “find their voice” and push back on the teaching of critical race theory and similar ideology in schools, just like the Virginians did in their election. Abbot made the comments while speaking with the Institute of Public Affairs on a podcast…

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has urged Australian businesses to reduce dependence on Chinese manufacturing by finding alternative sources for key raw materials amid the mounting pressure on global supply chains caused by the pandemic. “I’d be a lot more scared about a shooting war with China than I would be about a couple…

Commentary After years of delays, cost blowouts, and subsequent crisis meetings with France’s Naval Group this September, Australia finally cancelled the disastrous program and instead opted for a U.S. or UK nuclear-powered submarine design to ensure national security was not further compromised. To use Australian parlance, that’s when French President Emmanuel Macron chucked the mother…

A Taiwanese official has asked Australia to support its bid to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), which the Chinese regime opposes. Taipei Economic and Cultural Office representative Elliott Charng told a Parliament committee in Canberra on Tuesday that Taiwan can boost high-technology trade flows and growing demand for Australian minerals. Charng…

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has delivered a stinging criticism of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership during a speech to the Yushan Forum in Taiwan on Oct. 8. Abbott said he turned down an opportunity to attend the conference two years earlier, afraid he might provoke Beijing. However, since then, his perspective on…

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has revealed that he is visiting Taiwan with the hopes of ending the island’s isolation on the international stage. The visit comes amid heightened tensions in the Taiwan Strait with Beijing and ongoing moves by democratic nations to bolster alliances against Chinese Communist Party (CCP) aggression in the region….

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott is urging authorities to let Australians make their own decision on whether to take the vaccine, amid ongoing protests in Melbourne involving thousands of Victorians against government-mandated COVID-19 restrictions. “I don’t think anyone should break the law, but I can certainly understand people resenting what they see as bad laws…

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has called the newly announced trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom “historic and important.” “Historic because it overturns decades of strategic caution and announces to the world that we take national security seriously,” he said in a statement on Twitter on Sept. 16….

United Australia Party party leader and MP for Hughes, Craig Kelly, is proposing a bill that will cut politicians salaries during lockdowns. The private member’s bill called We’re All in This Together Act 2021 seeks to reduce politicians salaries to $750 per week while the state or territory is in lockdown. “ALL MPs need to take…