Banjo Paterson,

Looks like Dutton might have the same fears I have about China:

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/china-is-militarising-ports-across-our-region/ar-BB1g17mS?ocid=mailsignout&li=AAgfYrC

I suppose the Chinese can take comfort in knowing that people like you are behind them.

A great article in my opinion. It makes good sense to me and surely should be mandatory reading for the politicians of the land, especially in Victoria. There is no doubt in my mind that the combination of cultural wokeness, critical theory, modern monetary theory etc., has damaged the western nations. It will take a black swan event to shake the West back into reality. Biden will have to go. Let's hope the black swan will not be WWIII.

In my browsing I noted the following quote from Banjo Patterson - "You also mention the Uyghurs, Mr. Opinion. Allow me to suggest that we reflect carefully on our treatment of our own Aboriginal peoples before we condemn the Chinese for the way they treat theirs.".

May I respectfully declare that there is no legitimate comparison to make. The circumstances are vastly different. Further, allowing for the mistakes that colonists made the world over, the British settlement of Australia especially in the 20th century was marked by much good will and intention and money (even if sometimes mistakenly). At the present time there is much good will and determination to assist Australian aboriginals to become part of mainstream Australia. It is those who want the impossible dream (ie divide Australia into many sovereign states) who are causing problems.Good luck with that in the 21st century.

Pliny of Perth,

The Uighurs are also seen by the central Chinese government as a threat to its ambition of creating a rejuvenated Chinese Empire in which the Uighurs will be seen as outsiders and not compatible with Chinese identity of race and culture.

Hmmm . . . . . . . echoes of Hitler's Nazi Empire.

Good analysis, Graham

Banjo Paterson, the concept of a 100-year lease for the Port of Darwin was insane. At any reasonable interest rate, virtually no more will be paid for a 100-year lease than for a 15-20 year one. There was no rational reason for a longer lease rather than one which would come up for erenergotiation after 15-20 years. (Apart from the ridiculous idea of selling it to the Chinese regime, who will never be our friends.)