Foreign affairs

The Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS:ACRI) welcomes two former BHP Billiton Chairs of Australian Studies at Peking University, Professor Greg McCarthy (Chair 2016-2019) and Professor David Walker (inaugural Chair, 2012-2015), to provide unique perspectives on how the Australia-China bilateral relationship has been discussed in China, the state of the relationship now, and where it might be headed.  

Following the Australian Labor Party’s (ALP) federal election defeat on May 18 2019, Bill Shorten stepped down as leader of the party. Anthony Albanese, a long-term ALP frontbencher, became the ALP’s leader-elect on May 27 after an uncontested leadership ballot, and was formally endorsed as Opposition Leader on May 30. While Mr Albanese is supportive of Australian engagement with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and of strengthening bilateral economic ties, he has also positioned himself as having due regard to the need to balance this against security considerations.

The Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS:ACRI) held a lunchtime seminar to discuss UTS:ACRI’s recently released report, ‘Australia’s strategic hedging in the Indo-Pacific: A ‘third way’ beyond either China or the US’, authored by Dr Lai-Ha Chan, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at UTS.

By Elena Collinson

Note: This article appeared in the Australian Institute of International Affairs’ blog, Australian Outlook, on May 9 2019.

By Bob Carr

Note: This article appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald on April 19 2019. 

By Bob Carr

Note: This article appeared in Pearls and Irritations, a public affairs blog on April 16 2019.

Abstract

By Bob Carr

Note: This article appeared in The Australian Financial Review on April 3 2019.

What are the current trends in PRC citizen inflows into Australia – both permanent and temporary? This fact sheet provides a snapshot of key statistics and trends in permanent migration, naturalisation, student visa grants, visitor visa grants, temporary work visa grants and visa cancellations.

Permanent migration

In 2017-18 162,417 permanent migration programme visas were granted. Migrants from the PRC accounted for 15.5 percent.

By James Laurenceson

Note: This article appeared in the Australian Institute of International Affairs’ blog, Australian Outlook, on March 4 2019.

The recent story of Australian coal being 'banned' from China is a cautionary warning about the risks of making quick-fire judgements when dealing with complex Australia-China relations.