What should be Australian Government's policy towards these countries:
Waverley,
I'd like to see reciprocal policies for a start. If an Australian can't own property in those countries then citizen from these countries can not acquire & own property here.
Aid to these countries should not be in money, only in materials & commodities manufactured here.
As soon as one of these countries starts to juggle options between China vs Australia, let them go with China. Australia can use the massive savings on boosting its Defence.

ttbn,

<<I'm a half-arsed Christian. I'm not sure if God exists, or if there's an afterlife; but I hope both exist - I cannot believe that this life is as good as it gets! >>

That's like being a kitty straddling the fence, https://www.reddit.com/r/Eyebleach/comments/cpff19/the_way_my_kitty_straddles_the_fence_he_does_this/
To be 'a half-arsed Christian' is a crude way of stating the agnostic case.

God does not believe in agnostics or atheists. He places 2 strong pieces of evidence before you to make you a theist but not a Christian. The first piece of theistic evidence is stated in poetic form in Psalm 19:1-6 (NIRV),

The heavens tell about the glory of God.
The skies show that his hands created them.
2 Day after day they speak about it.
Night after night they make it known.
3 But they don’t speak or use words.
No sound is heard from them.
4 Yet their voice goes out into the whole earth.
Their words go out from one end of the world to the other.
God has set up a tent in the heavens for the sun.
5 The sun is like a groom leaving the room of his wedding night.
The sun is like a great runner who takes delight in running a race.
6 It rises at one end of the heavens.
Then it moves across to the other end.
Everything enjoys its warmth.

Conscience is the second piece of evidence (Romans 2:14-15 ERV):

14 Those who are not Jews don’t have the law. But when they naturally do what the law commands without even knowing the law, then they are their own law. This is true even though they don’t have the written law.
15 They show that in their hearts they know what is right and wrong, the same as the law commands, and their consciences agree. Sometimes their thoughts tell them that they have done wrong, and this makes them guilty. And sometimes their thoughts tell them that they have done right, and this makes them not guilty.

Please submit an article to OLO, 'Why I'm unsure if God exists'.

It rises at one end of the heavens.
Then it moves across to the other end.
OzSpen,
So, what's past those ends of the heavens ?

SBS News said tonight - 1 September - that there were more protests in Papua being put down by the military. Indonesians seem to be getting local militia to cause trouble, just as they did in Timor Leste before and after the vote on independence.

Somehow people dying in Papua aren't as important as Americans being shot by yet another angry white male.

ABC news had stories about another shooting in the US, and all kinds of other stuff, but didn't mention these events.

Indonesians seem to be getting local militia to cause trouble,
Waverley,
These are highly provocative & inflammatory comments even though you state seems.

individual,

<<It rises at one end of the heavens. Then it moves across to the other end. So, what's past those ends of the heavens?>>

You didn't read my post carefully. I said my quote from Psalm 19 used 'poetic' language.

What the poet Psalms stated is exactly what I experience daily:

'God has set up a tent in the heavens for the sun.... It rises at one end of the heavens. Then it moves across to the other end. Everything enjoys its warmth'.

What's past those ends? That gets into a theological discussion of the first, second and third heavens but that's not for this thread.

The point of the Psalm is: 'The heavens tell about the glory of God'. When I look at the magnificence of God's universe and the heavenly realm I give God glory for who he is and what he has done to bring this universe into existence. If it were not for him, I wouldn't be breathing. He sustains the cosmos.

To glorify God means to confess His greatness as the Almighty God and give honour and praise to him through worship of Him.