Laura Tingle

China's display of an array of naval weaponry and assets, as opposed to land-based ones, could hardly have been less subtle.

Intentionally attacking civilians like aid and rescue workers, and journalists, is a violation of international humanitarian law and a war crime.

Australia's actions in revealing Iran's activities may result in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps turning its attention to new targets.

Trump's confirmation this week that any security guarantees would not involve any US troops on the ground was just one of the sorts of noises that would be music to Putin's ears.

World leaders are rightly anxious about just what Donald Trump might agree to, about the future of another sovereign country, when left in a room with Vladimir Putin.

It is easy to reduce an assessment of the recognition of Palestine to claims that it is nothing more than symbolic, or that it will have little practical impact on the ground.

The debate in the Israeli media over Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to occupy Gaza have barely mentioned the fate of the two million people who live there.

Just as happened with the Supreme Court in the legal sphere, the United States president has the opportunity to shape — and possibly distort — America's economic institutions. 

The outcome somewhat took the wind out of the sails of those who have been criticising Australia's prime minister for not getting a meeting with the US president.

Canada's move to join France and the United Kingdom by signalling it will recognise a Palestinian state reveals more about the highly coordinated international strategy on Gaza that now involves both Western and Arab nations.

The reality of the situation on the ground in Gaza, and the spectre of children dying of malnutrition or starvation, sits at such extraordinary odds with the language of spokespeople for both the Netanyahu government and the IDF.

Public outrage as the Palestinian death toll has climbed has been followed only slowly by official statements from governments reluctant to criticise Israel — until now. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese describes recent actions in Gaza as "completely indefensible" and says he told Israeli President Isaac Herzog directly that Israel was losing support by its own actions.

The visit was a textbook case of China trying to portray itself as the steady and calm adult in the global room.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is visiting the Great Wall of China today, after an intense day of meetings with Chinese leaders in Beijing. The ABC's Global Affairs Editor discusses how our bilateral relationship is being affected by complex issues such as Donald Trump's global trade war, and the regional competition between China and America.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with China's Premier Li Qiang, who takes a thinly veiled swipe at Donald Trump's tariff policies while calling for greater economic ties between Australia and China.

The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told reporters he raised with President Xi Australia's concerns about China's recent military exercises near Australia earlier this year.

Just as Australia is asserting that its national interests are different from those of both China and the United States, it seems the US may force us into a choice we don't want to make.

Much of the reporting about both China and the region has now fallen victim to the same worldwide trend: The news is utterly dominated by the ever-changing spectacle of the Trump administration.

As Australia tries to find its path through the uncertainty flowing out of Washington, it is important to understand that Donald Trump is not the only issue — or player — to be dealt with.

Putting aside the Coalition, let's focus on the new government: the one that has won an exceptionally large number of seats and which is probably already doing stuff that's affecting us voters.

But the last election campaign exposed the true decline in the quality and capacity of the parliamentary Coalition — as well as its underlying party machines — to do politics and to do policy in a way which means it can't be assumed this is just a temporary flesh wound.

The reforms of the 80s and 90s, often sentimentalised by people who were not there, came about through a mixture of policy intelligence and political rat cunning.

Hopefully everyone who has been elected can retain a muscle memory of the goodwill that seemed to be abroad on election night.

The comprehensive nature of this win gives Anthony Albanese the chance to change the narrative of our politics.