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2 months ago | 
inkl.com | Bernard Keane |Wanning Sun
When Scott Morrison and then defence minister Linda Reynolds were developing the secret project that would ultimately be dubbed AUKUS, Australian negotiators reportedly advised against giving the go-ahead to approach the US while Donald Trump was president. Officials believed Trump was too unpredictable, although Morrison has said he believed Trump would have said yes to the proposal.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
inkl.com | Bernard Keane |Wanning Sun
On Thursday, Israel accused Hamas of attempting to change the terms of the ceasefire, which Hamas has denied. Meanwhile, Palestinian authorities said Israeli air strikes overnight killed 77 people in Gaza, Reuters reports.
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Dec 12, 2024 | 
johnmenadue.com | Wanning Sun
Wanning Sun is a professor of media and cultural studies at the University of Technology, Sydney. She also serves as the deputy director of the UTS Australia-China Relations Institute. She is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a member of the Australian Research Council's College of Experts (2020-23). She is best known in the field of China studies for her ethnography of rural-to-urban migration and social inequality in contemporary China.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
inkl.com | Wanning Sun
Yesterday’s economy update generated plenty of coverage overnight, with the ABC recalling “Australia’s economy recorded its weakest annual growth rate in decades in the September quarter, outside of the pandemic.” The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows the economy grew by 0.3% in the September quarter and 0.8% over the year, meaning the annual growth rate has weakened even further from the extremely weak growth recorded in the June quarter, the broadcaster said.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
johnmenadue.com | Wanning Sun
The recent election of Donald Trump to the US presidency has cast further doubt on the feasibility of the AUKUS trilateral security partnership, particularly Australia’s acquisition of nuclear submarines under Pillar I.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
inkl.com | Wanning Sun
As flagged in Monday’s Worm, the consumer price index for the September quarter will be released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics today with the RBA’s next monetary policy decision following next Tuesday. The AAP recalls how the central bank has said its primary focus is not headline inflation — which is being brought down by temporary measures such as household energy discounts — but underlying inflation.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
johnmenadue.com | Wanning Sun
Wanning Sun is a professor of media and cultural studies at the University of Technology, Sydney. She also serves as the deputy director of the UTS Australia-China Relations Institute. She is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and a member of the Australian Research Council's College of Experts (2020-23). She is best known in the field of China studies for her ethnography of rural-to-urban migration and social inequality in contemporary China.
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Sep 3, 2024 | 
inkl.com | Wanning Sun
The Sydney Morning Herald reports the NSW Liberals will be forced into a federal takeover for 10 months from September 12, with the proposed administration committee involving former Victorian senator Richard Alston, ex-Victorian treasurer Alan Stockdale and former NSW minister Rob Stokes. But things got a tad awkward last night when Stokes revealed he was not asked about the appointment and could not accept it due to other commitments.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
australiachinarelations.org | Wanning Sun
By Wanning SunNote: This article appeared in Crikey on August 20 2024. A revamped AUKUS agreement has just been tabled in Parliament. Over the past few years, there have been no shortage of critics of the nuclear submarine deal with the US and UK, and there have been many ways of persuading the public that it is a bad idea. One particularly relatable approach, likely to reach young people, comes from Greens foreign affairs spokesperson David Shoebridge in the form of a two-minute TikTok.
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Aug 15, 2024 | 
australiachinarelations.org | Wanning Sun
The Olympics doesn’t just mirror geopolitics; it is geopolitics August 14 2024 By Wanning SunNote: This article appeared in Crikey on August 14 2024. The hero’s welcome planned for returning Australian Olympic athletes testifies to the close relationship between sport, nationalism and national identity. A euphoric Anthony Albanese, in praising our high-achieving athletes, knows that a country’s gold medal tally is a crude but effective way of showcasing a nation’s strength.
