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Australia’s choice: Chinese trade – or American security?

28 July 2018

9:00 AM

28 July 2018

9:00 AM

 Sydney

For decades, Australia has been known as ‘the lucky country’. At the end of the world geographically, we are separated from the global troublespots by vast oceans. We have recorded 27 years of uninterrupted growth, partly because of a surge in exports of commodities to China. At the same time, our tough border protection policies boost public confidence in, as John Howard put it, ‘who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they come’.

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