Cold War: Could AUSTRALIA be the new TAIWAN?

[@maxwellsmith3648]

As an American I can help but admire Australia for its courage through the years. they really are a first rate people and it’s a country worth defending as our own. 🇦🇺 🇺🇸

[@dianafarmer5445]

Thanks mate.

[@Aussie4Freedom1]

Thanks America 🇦🇺❤️🇺🇸

[@campfireeverything]

Appreciate this a lot, champion! I'm an Aussie travelling overseas and have met loads of great Americans around the place.

[@Jamie-cc2bo]

You know it would be so good of Hollywood to just mention us once in a movie or some sort of television show when it comes to the military stuff .you guys have written us out of history despite the fact that we have helped you out in every single war since the Civil war and are the only country that has done that in every single conflict. But we get absolutely no credit for that and I'm sure most Americans have no idea that that is the case

[@Aussie4Freedom1]

@@Jamie-cc2bo I cannot agree more

[@lostbutfreesoul]

Australia knows how much wealth it has, it is literally in the Anthem. If only we stopped sending those resources over that sea which girths us, and use them to build ourselves up. Australia is poised for another industrial age if it would just be handled correctly, no wonder China feels threatened. Think what happens if Australia used Automatic Factories instead of Population, and no longer needed Chinese *exports* to make the economy look good?

[@bighands69]

The way forward for Australia is to embrace a market economy like the US. Australia has everything it needs to function on its own. Modern coal plants could supply electricity to the cities and also be used as the backbone of the industrial system. Natural gas and oil could then fill in the gap. Australia does have a demographic issue coming down the line in that it current has a large population bulge in the 20 to 40 year old age demographic but has a smaller under 20 demographic and will need immigration to plug that gap but with immigration being a tough hurdle both political and immigrant quality challenged there will be bumps in the road.

[@brendanh8193]

@@bighands69 A couple of things with the demographics of Australia. Firstly, university is a pathway into Australia. Young people come to Australia to study, and many choose to stay. This feeds the bulge - it's an immigration bulge. Secondly, the Costello baby boom, which are currently kids between 11 and 18 briefly put our birth rate to nearly 14 per 100,000. Currently it has dropped to 12.24, a steep drop since covid, and is just ahead of USA.

[@seanlander9321]

Yep, manufacturing will very soon be entirely automated, which means that goods will be competitive on cost of resources, energy, and transport. China as a one trick pony of cheap labour hasn’t got a future.

[@jakedee4117]

What technology could Australia use that China can't use more of ?

[@Jamie-cc2bo]

@@seanlander9321 oh my god kids and their bloody let's have robots doing everything it's not going to happen some things needs to be done by human beings and if robots are doing everything mass unemployment is going to be the result not everybody can work in McDonald's and hungry jacks also if everybody's on low income the corporations are making any money

[@daveharrison84]

Australia is giving away its natural resources to private companies when they should be using the wealth from those resources for their country like Norway does.

[@projimbo]

We do have a wealth fund but taxes to contribute for resource companies to it should be much higher than they r. Reinhart and that mob.

[@theprimordialvoid]

The billionaire miners don’t give a fuck what we think😂

[@rogerbeck3018]

even worse - selling private companies to Chinese state owned enterprises

[@fturatti]

lol. Your speech seems much more like Venezuela than Norway. Australia is a power house and you do not change a team that is winning. It's insane.

[@Nathan-ry3yu]

@@fturatti whatever dude

[@paulstewart1557]

As an Australian, I consider that we do not like to get engaged in unnecessary angst. We coped quite well with the Chinese cold shoulder, but were happy to thaw things after a while. Australia's largest trading partner may be China but there we are so many others - including the US, Japan and increasingly India, that we can and do, adjust to fluctuations. The superannuation trove of over AUD $3 trillion is enough to generate some self-sufficiency in capital markets and our higher education exports, augment extractive industries. I plan to stay here for the rest of my life and hope many people from around the globe join our communities in the future.

[@SappeREffecT]

Echoed!

[@michaelhall7546]

Would love to visit but I couldn't ever imagine not living in the US

[@tellyboy17]

Yeah keep embracing the dragon, I'm sure you won't get burned.

[@thomlinford]

Spot on @paul

[@maxyogi]

Not quite. But yes the Super balance is quite attractive, in comparison to the Only other metric Australia uses to gauge survivability: Export revenue. But this very hedge is in actuality Peanuts to Annual losses incured by Australia on China looking elsewhere on 4 primary Aus exports. The Australian Pension Fund scheme is a fantastic Socialist support system. But is Nothing compared to even it's 'equivalent' Canada. Now, between these two, Aus and Can, whom is far more susceptible to ASEAN loss of trust in country? In terms of hedge, Canada is atleast 5 times more secure than Australia in autonomous capacity to thrive. What does Australia Export that generate atleast 1% of total Export revenue that is not God givin?

[@erichahn5665]

Naval blockades are an act of war. Treaties with the US and UK would kick in and they would become involved in short order.

[@overworlder]

@@Harry_24-d2u - Look up the Five Power Defence Arrangement.

[@overworlder]

Eric Hahn - Japan and India too, through the Quad. The whole scenario is fantastical. It would involve Taiwan, Japan, ASEAN and the US as soon as the PLAN started interdicting maritime trade routes in east and SE Asia.

[@erichahn5665]

@@Harry_24-d2u You are correct. Technically, the AUKUS agreement does not require the UK to respond. However, ANZUS does require the US to respond.

[@overworlder]

@@erichahn5665 - No. Neither Anzus nor Aukus nor the Five Power Defence Arrangement nor Quad require the parties to declare war, only consult. But the US would, it has forces rotating through Australia and new joint bases being built and the continent is geostrategically critical to the US position in Asia. The UK would if it could, depending on what happens in Europe. France also, it is a Pacific power and maintains a naval squadron in New Caledonia.

[@peaceleader7315]

We sell most of our stuff to China 🇨🇳 so we are staying with China but America 🇺🇸 holding us hostage in a cultural terms.. and we don't like America because it uses sticks and not carrots 🥕... hmmmm and sticks as we all know it won't work in the long run... hmmmm

[@skilgour44]

I am fortunate to live in Australia. I have travelled throughout a lot of the world and I wouldn't swap what I have for anything I've seen elsewhere.

[@MrStringybark]

Same here.

[@Ralph_Baric_PhD_C2019]

Shhh, be quiet, how long do you think we can maintain this if we keep letting 300,000 immigrants per year and processing 3,000,000 visas since may?

[@marmac83]

@@Ralph_Baric_PhD_C2019 I'm sure the Aborigines have similar thoughts of you lot.

[@blueberet0]

@@Ralph_Baric_PhD_C2019why are you talking? Don’t forget the Aborigines

[@Ralph_Baric_PhD_C2019]

@@blueberet0 Y r u responding? With nothing? Absolutely nothing substantive. Yes i will not forget June 6th 2021. And i will not forget the investment bankers running aboriginal corporations. Those prominent ones, pushing for constitutional change. Especially now court cases have been one to compensate Abb for loss of cultural attachment in mining tenaments. Some one gotta manage those funds, cant have them Abbs doing it. And alao them sweet sweet fees, WHY ELSE WOULD AN ex ANZ BANK executive be playing in this game. And i see today in the news, pushing for that constitutional change without publishing the actual text, or legislative wording of that change PRIOR TO THE REFERENDUM. Nah gunt, if you cannot see something wrong here then you need your head scrutinized... Take a watch of how it goes down in canada, Pay particular attention to the wording in the request letter..... Channel Clydedosomething Video Chrystia Freeland Has a Real Conflict of Interest Problem - $140B Carbon Tax Bill To Come We wilz penzetrate ze cabinetz, You wilz eatz ze bugz. You wilz ownz nuzzing and You will be happy or zappy, from ze pf-harma pilz, the ECT or the Chairz or your addiction to Internetz narrativez. Quite frankly we dont fugking care which. Carrying Capacity?

[@ananamu2248]

I support Australia in becoming more self reliant . The biggest danger is subtle infiltration and Australian niavity

[@SimonBrisbane]

But Australians love their Chines MG and Haval cars! They’re cheap!

[@thebiglebowski4309]

I live in Oz mate .. moved from the UK. Yes the standard of living is much better here. It is not Nirvana and there are socio economic problems but overall I'm glad we did it and the kids have much more opportunities here.

[@bighands69]

The problem is that Australia is copying the UK more and more every day. Instead it should be embracing the US market economy model.

[@danieleyre8913]

I’m from New Zealand and I have a job that takes me to Australia often. Yes they have a good economy. Yet so many of them seem depressed and bored. So many of them have issues with gambling, alcohol and even drug addictions. And you must know as well as I do that you can forget ever trying to meet anyone at the boozer.

[@DA-of9sv]

@@danieleyre8913 Jesus don't come to the uk then lol

[@danieleyre8913]

@@DA-of9sv I lived in London 2004-9.

[@jacobkuntflapp]

@Daniel Eyre kiwis always complaining...

[@mCblue79]

It's not all as rosy here as the numbers might suggest. But I'd still rather be an Aussie than be from anywhere else in the world 👍😁🇦🇺

[@davocc2405]

This is a video written by someone who read a Wikipedia page about Australia but has relatively practical or pragmatic exposure to the place, perhaps to the world itself by the looks of it. I'm from Australia - I have lived there most of my life and I know this awfully well. It has so much of this glorious "wealth" tied up in savagely overpriced property that the government itself can't let property values fall like they do in cycles in the US, UK, etc. as it would shock the banking system alone far too much (their 'big four' concept is also a big part of unbalanced influence). There's been a two-speed economy for at least 30 years - mining often boosts numbers artificially but this in practice only benefits a VERY small clique demographically and geographically, it also sharply jacks up prices of assets such as infrastructure, etc. without the rest of the nation being able to cope accordingly as well. There is a tragic lack of economic complexity and diversity - and it's even on a DOWNWARD trajectory from its already low position. One of the big problems has been governmental fiddling with industries and trying to kill new business innovation quite deliberately - ask anyone about provisional tax from not ALL that long ago for instance. Major manufacturing has fled the country for a range of reasons, both supportive and restrictive but all coming back to politicised interference. The country could have been one of the absolute powerhouses of the Internet itself - stable geography, stable government, native English speaking, high levels of baseline and professional education, surprisingly clever technical innovation and even access to resources that could provide cheap power (which should be some of the cheapest in the world but is instead one of the most expensive, 3x Canada's rate I believe). All of these factors were trampled intentionally by short sighted government; they killed it overnight by allowing and enshrining data-charging making Australia the most expensive place to download something in the world at the time (we're talking domestic users with six figure bills in a single month, we calculated it was cheaper to charter a private plane to the US and fly back four DVDs that it was to download them at one point). I spoke to US tech pioneers who were frightened away as local companies that were taxed and charged to utter oblivion. It was so bad that you sometimes couldn't even obtain the infrastructure you really needed because noone ever expected it be a viable concept there. Government at the time did this intentionally to "soften" the industry and local market purely to elevate the projected float share price of a remaining chunk of the national telco which was being privatised at the time; that mattered more to them than tens of billions in revenues and taxable income and the intense importance the industry would have held in the world there. Even today there exist barriers to innovation, business and cost effectiveness that would lead to an armed insurrection in the US. Of course refinery capacity was falling; in the 70s and 80s they were taxing exploration efforts so heavily that it destroyed the exploration of an entire basin which some scientists believed could have provisioned oil domestically. I heard a story about an exploration team that put something into their 4wd and drove it around to prove its purity, they were fined into the stone age for "excise evasion" at the time. Tack on overheads such as what was long regarded as one of the most complex tax systems in the world (I heard one accountant claim it just behind Argentina at one point)... Not to mention the insane costs of living (my old city had the most expensive public transport fare in the world at one point) and you have a recipe for a distinct line between haves and have-nots that just doesn't show in Wikipedia stats. Sure wages may be higher than Eastern Europe but rents are so so so so so much more. As are property prices; a Sydney suburban house has an average cost of $1.25 million for an ordinary suburban house with a back yard (often barely even there). Demographic spread is a mess too with an insane concentration of capital and power held by boomers and later generations simply eschewing the idea of ever being able to own a home, some even giving up on renting in many urban areas. For God's sake VP-En - you just can't learn about a country from the PR brochure.

[@chrisk7118]

Well said

[@Destroyer_V0]

Australia, even now, still has potential. The problem... is exactly as you said. Short sighted goverment, and a class of people that care not for the future of those who come after them.

[@OutsidersRo]

Short sighted government, is elected by short sighted citizens. It's that simple. Imagine some elections with almost 0% participation. As an punishment for the current political class. Can you? 😂 Well, of course not!

[@davocc2405]

@@OutsidersRo Australia is one of the only - if not the only - countries in the world with mandatory voting. it also has proportional voting which skew results and end in frequently minority/fringe controlled senates or parliaments. The people do have a lot to be blamed for, true - they tend to perpetuate a cycle of disinterest and detachment from the process and directly feed the intense weakness of the candidate quality fed through to both primary sides (and the small number of middle or fringe parties). The problem stems from the death of "duty" - there used to be a proper admiration and status from it but now it's little more than a four letter word, in its absence the other two pillars of fear and greed become the sole motivators. Candidate quality is either intentionally absent or beaten out of new recruits; i worked for a guy who was meant to be Labor (left wing) as a leftist candidate and factional in-fighting that led to an overthrow of the sitting PM led him to not only quit involvement but quit the party itself, i was genuinely shocked to hear this. This isn't a problem unique to Australia of course, it plagues the democratic world - but Australia has some rather unique outcomes and are uniquely placed to REALLY not do well with a weak wartime government. The food security that someone like China could obtain by invasion of at least parts of the country - by force or by finance - are incredible especially given China's intense problems in this area.

[@BarsandNightclubsAU]

I always hear this "Australian House Prices Are Too Expensive." No. Sydney and Melbourne are expensive (however you can buy a 2 and 1 unit 25 minutes from the city for 460k). House prices are not expensive... The ideal house you want probably is however I want a Ferrari but I can't afford it.

[@MrLurchsThings]

Ignoring the click-baity title for a sec, could China blockade Australia? Probably not. We’ve got a pretty decent internal transport system to get things around, even over the huge distances, which came into play quite well during the pandemic. Being such a big island, even with a military the size of Chinas, that’s a big ask to blockade *all* of Australia’s major ports. Yes, they may be able to make things difficult/uncomfortable - but that’s about it. And the pandemic has already shown that the Australia public can deal with such things. And that’s just talking about China trying to take on Australia on its own and before any of Australia’s allies got involved.

[@johnz3535]

Blockading Australia is like blockading the US itself. Good luck to the Chinese telling the USS Ronald Reagan to turn back.

[@deztructo123]

they are talking about blockading the origin ports for alot of our import business, not Australia itself, they don't have the capacity for that.

[@Flex385]

@@deztructo123 exactly, no one will attac one of the g7, australlia or china that is out of question.

[@atb8660]

The Chinese are not stupid they are not going to send their entire inexperienced blue water navy away from their Air Force, coast guard and rocket forces to fight Australia and it’s allies thousands of miles from its bases. They would get slaughtered.

[@PomaReign]

@@atb8660 The chinese are pretty stupid, they've demonstrated their stupidity with t heir conflict with the Indian border and again with Taiwan. There is alot of corruption within the Chinese government and military where people have a cultural need to save face and lie about their performance.

[@deu8894]

Australia is my favourite country on earth and is perhaps one of about 5 countries that I'd be happy to relocate to long term. The other four being the UK, USA, Canada and New Zealand.. Going by this video, I believe Australia has alignment with some of the most powerful countries on Earth to guarantee a prosperous future that will be free from invasion

[@ryanpedersen5722]

Where you from mate

[@jarryd8167]

American here - I don't recommend coming lol

[@musicgal9830]

Basically all the countries in the west 😂

[@wilhelmbittrich88]

As a New Zealander, it’s quite impressive seeing “big brother” Australia stand up to the Chinese giant and strengthen ties with our allies in the west. The same can’t really be said for our government. Partly because we lack the strength to stand up to China, but also because we depend on China for most of our trade too. We’ve “put all our eggs in one basket”, and our politicians have been asleep at the wheel. Luckily, I think there is some traction and momentum towards taking a difference stance towards China, so if we can work with our stronger allies, hopefully we can start making a shift.

[@Dhdh365]

Taiwan isn’t a battering ram, it’s the other way around, it’s a shield protecting the pacific. Once you lose Taiwan Japan is easily choked out from its oil supply. Chinas military has boasted this constantly and why Japan and SKorea take Taiwan so seriously. Taking Chinas word is a fraught game. Look at what happened to their promise not to put weapons on artificial islands. The place is a fortress covered in missiles now, and able to stop shipping through there whenever it wants…

[@davidjma7226]

NZ sold out to China a long time ago. The only things going for NZ are tourism, lamb, wool and dairy. And China wants holidays, food and clothing. But all your eggs are in one basket.

[@bighands69]

New Zealand is a welfare state and the political culture of New Zealand is formed around that ideology. That is the limiting factor of New Zealand. New Zealand should have a native clothing manufacturing industry that should be world famous but alas it does not have that.

[@andrewmorgan5022]

Us Aussies love you guys little bro. We got your back

[@theotherwayofstopping4717]

NZ is overrun with CCP bootlickers from both Labour and National. We're fucked either way. Aussies at least show SOME guts from time to time, where NZ never does. Kiwis like to talk tough but shit themselves when it gets going, then expect to bludge off Australia and the US after bagging them for years.

[@danielkomarov5086]

Philip Lowe is copping it at the moment in Australia because in 2020, he said there would be no interest rate increases likely before 2024, but there have been 8 increases in a row since before the federal election in May this year. The economy is on the verge of stalling next year. Nowhere near as bad as the UK or US, but certainly not the greatest at the moment. Also, friendly tip - it’s pronounced CAN-bruh, not can-BERRA as it looks. Keep up the great work! Love your videos!

[@chasindigo]

Yeah I think he will quit shortly.

[@Shilo-fc3xm]

Grew up in Canberra. Thats actually how non Canberran Aussies say it. Canberrans themselves go one step further. It's "Cambra". Lol.

[@inodesnet]

Daniel, Philip Lowe is copping it, but his crystal ball at the time didn't see the full impact of Covid nor was there a Russian invasion at the time. The global economies of the world are facing almost all of the same impacts. Australia is NOT unique and the RBA has done the right thing. Interest rates are a very raw way of dealing with inflation but the only lever they have to pull. Sadly it's normally done when there is far too much money flowing in the economy leading to inflation. Instead the primary drivers of inflation (and the reason it's global) are instead fuel and energy prices driven by Russia's invasion and post Covid. These are pretty crap inflation drivers because they're not related to how much we have in our pockets driving prices, but instead driven by external factors. (Sadly, the RBA initiated Quantitative easing for the first time prior to all of this, which is not what we need at the moment - it makes it worse). But compared to other OECD economies, Australia is fairing much better. Firstly, although we will be heavily impacted by fuel, we're a leading energy exporter. We have among the worlds largest reserves of natural gas (which we're exporting in tonnes to Asia just as Qatar is exporting to Europe to get off Russia gas..... the US has seen this and joined in to). On natural gas, sadly there is not pipe from Western Australia (where reserves are) and the East (where internal demand is), so the east such as Queensland fracks to source it. Australia once again has all of the hallmarks to escape future recessions, just as it had in place to escape all but a recent one (remember Australia holds record for longest economic expansion period of any developed nation purely because of the lucky situation it finds itself in). The OECD forecast for the next few years sees Australia as at the bottom quarter of the countries in terms of inflation. Yes, Australians are usually negative about their own country and internal media paints a bleak picture. But from outside looking in.... what you see are rough seas ahead, but from a global point of view Australia is always sitting pretty. If you want to feel depressed, you should be where I am: Japan. 30 years and counting of the slowest economy anyone could wish for. Australia's cannot complain at all.

[@snuscaboose1942]

Who is worse, Philip Lowe for making an empty promise or the mugs that believed this propaganda?

[@inodesnet]

​@@snuscaboose1942 he's an economist. The prediction he made was perfectly in line with the conditions at the time and continued for an extended period. Even into the pandemic as Delta hit, they expected things to sour but everything remained rock solid, month after month. This is public information and even the best of economists would have agreed with him. Inflation was low, GDP recovery was fair. There was absolutely no trend towards inflation picking up and globally, for Australia there was no reason to increase interest rates. So when he announced what he did, after months and months..... although he should not have, its easy to have made the statement he did. Remember that economic conditions between between mid 2019 and late 2020 led to 6 times the RBA needed to reduce rates. Very rare.... but there was no reason to increase. Snus, what you're really saying was the Philip Lowe should have been good enough to see Russia's invasion of Ukraine? Um.... Nope. He is apologising for his statement being incorrect that interest rates would be low, but there is absolutely no way he would know this would occur. The statements are public. Rather than just typing "empty promise", or "propaganda" go and do the educated thing... Go read them and you're realise there was no propaganda and that the increase is the only thing the RBA can do given the global changes occurring - EVERYWHERE in every advanced economy. Let's hope the conflict in Russia ends asap and that Australia being in the driving seat for the export of energy in the forms of coal and LNG allows some level of security in ensuring that although inflation goes up, it doesn't go up quite as far as places like the UK or the US. I'm not looking forward to my fixed rates coming off. But heck, had the banks know about the Russian invasion earlier they would have started to consider putting the longer term rates up ahead of any RBA decision (a nice way to hedge bets without losing customers).

[@bradcue6497]

I like VisualPolitik generally, but there is no conceivable way that China could impose a naval blockade of Australia. Among many reasons the PLAN does not have the logistical infrastructure, including a base close to Australia, to able to sustain fleet operations so far from home. Sure, subs could cause alot of problems and pick off shipping, but challenging the Australian and US Navies that far from China would be suicidal for the PLAN (People's Liberation Army Navy)

[@bighands69]

No way is based on todays China not what China could become in the future. China is at stage one of five when it comes to their development. China current military force is all about maintaining their control within China. As a tyrannical state China has more or less maxed out its internal abilities and may need to start looking further afield. What china does have is a massive glut of steel production and that is something they could use to focus on their military. The issues that could knock China of its path ware demographics, energy, food production and a lack of innovation. Again that does not mean they cannot go crazy and cause a lot of problems.

[@SnowBalling]

I love Australia, beautiful country, beautiful people, what more can you ask for?

[@Neil-Aspinall]

You can have it.

[@RobVicRJ]

There is enough Australia for everyone

[@paspax]

@@Neil-Aspinall .. Troll fail.

[@theTimHernandez]

Freedom.... and a credible trust and reconciliation committee at the federal, state, and local levels to deal with the human rights atrocities committed by the police state and their zero-covid politics.

[@robin19972]

Idk, can we ask for a Australia that does not bent its knee to China, helping the CCP lock down dissenters? An Australia who does not sell out its port (eg. Darwin) to China (like the vassal state of Sri Lanka). Been to New Zealand, been to Australia, love my childhood there. But full of Chinese. Nothing against the good Chinese but against the CCP influence that is bringing its socialism cancer to the countries.

[@ianyoung5116]

Undersea cables are a concern. A nordstream type job on them could cripple us real quick. We made a big mistake closing the refineries. A lot of people here are sitting on property but are cash poor. Those who don't have property find it very hard these days. There's a mountain of debt... but yep the quality of life would be hard to beat.

[@robman2095]

The big mistake is putting strategic resources entirely in the hands of private enterprise with only a profit motive. Similar problems with power stations, gas suppliers etc. I think the government is giving money to the remaining small refineries to keep them from shutting down.

[@neddyladdy]

What would Australia feed the refineries with? The grease off my motor car's motor ?

[@simon7584]

Aussie here, can confirm everything in this video is pretty spot on. Family were originally migrants 15 years ago with not a cent in the pocket. My parents would steal from grocery stores everyday when we first arrived to Australia but that's because they never knew about all the help and resources from the local community. The federal and state governments are very different than when compared to other countries, I'd definately say they are way nicer and down to earth. My parents moved from 3 other countries to escape war. Jump 15 years, we now have our own home and business (medical clinic) thanks to Australia and hope to repay back the kindness shown to a couple of migrants who stole food from woolies (grocery store) everyday just to survive. The Australian people is what really makes this place so great and not the natural resources. However, I will say Aussies do complain a lot even though they have so much when compared to the rest of the world, literally every teenager has an iPhone 13+ that includes the ones on welfare.

[@idleishde6124]

Thats common in Western Countries. Most of us here aren't grateful for what we have. We need to maintain and spread our good fortune, not complain it's not good enough. Can always be a heck of a lot worse.

[@SappeREffecT]

Historically speaking we relish in our right to complain and will do it all the while charging out of trenches, trudging through jungle or being blown up by IEDs in deserts...

[@olajong2315]

Complaints make the government do better. Americans complain for mostly sex and race but look at the US, loads of places look like war zones

[@HumphreyMurray]

More Australian's need to hear how blessed we are as a nation. For example, a high % of news is about how troubled our health system is... And we forget it's actually one of the best on the world

[@moy_moy85]

What are you talking about? 90% of our news is about dodgy plumbers.

[@priceprice_baby]

Yeah, the media is struggling to find scandals so they focus on difficult problems that haven't been solved perfectly. There's certainly room for improvement, but we should also be grateful for what we have I guess

[@HarrisSultanAtheist]

Every time I go overseas, I realise how lucky I am to call Australia home! Not saying it coz it’s our country but Australia truly is the best country in the world.

[@JMM33RanMA]

@@priceprice_baby That's what happens when Murdochian termites are allowed to burrow into a system.

[@atb8660]

When I came to Australia thirty years ago everyone was talking about whinging Poms, however I think Australians have caught up to the UK in their whinging capabilities. Now they are Less crocodile Dundee and more “is this an organic single origin latte?!”

[@briantayler1230]

Having an alliance with the greatest naval power in the world has been at the centre of Australia's strategic policy since the founding of the colonies. First, it was the British and then the Americans.

[@Shilo-fc3xm]

Tru enough. This is why I don't like those hypotheticals in which "in a stand alone fight between Australia and whoever, who would win?" Australian defense policy revolves around its strong alliances. They are integral to it's defense and precisely why Australians have been at the coal face of every single major conflict of the past 130 years despite being geographically removed from almost all of them. It's how it pays the bill for those defense umbrellas.

[@sirplus3284]

Do you know your history ?????????????? In February 1942 at the height of the Second World War, Singapore fell to Japan. The Japanese military then swept through southeast Asia and was preparing to invade the territories of Papua and New Guinea. This led to an argument between British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Australian Prime Minister John Curtin. Curtin believed some troops should be sent home to help defend Australia, while Churchill wanted the Australian troops to continue to fight in other parts of the world. In the end, Curtin brought the troops home. Shortly after these troops helped to stop the Japanese advance in the Territory of Papua If you dont think a Trump type president wouldn't do this in 2025 your insane !! Australia's notion of allies is over exaggerated and way to expected, especially when it comes to losing hundreds of thousands of it own citizens in OUR defense

[@inodesnet]

This alliance was formed during war. The US Navy pacific fleet was formed in Brisbane, Australia initially for the protection of Australia against Japan. It now continues to patrol all of the Pacific from Japan (one of the strongest allies).

[@inodesnet]

@@sirplus3284 by February 1942 the US had already entered the war. The US saw the red wave sweeping across Asia towards Australia. You fail to mention them. The 7th fleet formed in Brisbane to protect Australia. US involvement to protect Australia at all costs (and the US in turn), led to some massive battles including the largest naval battle of all time, Leyte Gulf. From then until now, the US has considered Australia as the primary ally. This extends to many things. For example, Australia is the only country globally that has a special working visa for the US named for it, and it alone. Many other countries that would consider themselves good economic and military allies have attempted to get on the bandwagon of such luxuries, but they're reserved for Australia, and Australia only - as a part thankful for being the only country to ever support is in all modern conflicts. Trump is not in power thankfullly - but even he said the Australia was an ally that they would step in to protect at all costs. -- "Australia's notion of allies is over exaggerated and way to expected, especially when it comes to losing hundreds of thousands of it own citizens in OUR defense" Yes, and thankfully it was well assisted.

[@sirplus3284]

@@inodesnet I think you should look at the question i answered . The British have never defended Australia , only used as conscripts in there own army's . And if you think the USA will loose a min 200-300 thousand of its own citizens and put its whole population under threat , to intercontinental ballistic missile strikes to save 25 million of us , to risk there 335 million of there own , you know nothing of risk management and human nature . The USA government never wanted to join WW2 and it was supporting it covertly from its own citizens . Without Pearl Harbor they would have not had ANY justification to join , or had any support from its citizens . You think Americans cared if Australia was invaded ?lol NO! they wanted there enemy destroyed and there enemy wanted Australia . Alliances are just words

[@shottskies]

It's interesting that you describe us as an emerging powerhouse. That's a massive compliment. When discussing our own politics BTL we only ever seem to put ourselves down. So, thanks... not to get ahead of ourselves though

[@bighands69]

Australia is an island with everything that it needs to function on its own. It just needs to get its head out from underneath it self. What Australia needs to embrace a market economy approach. To copy what the US has done in its history. The biggest problem I see is that Australia has the labor party that is heavily integrated with the media and that will hold Australia back.

[@ianwallace16]

It’s only the powerhouse in Uncle Arthur’s brain we should be concerned about.

[@gaufrid1956]

I'm an Aussie living in Mindanao Philippines. My Filipina wife and I were married in my hometown in Australia in 2017. I say that Australia is in my bones and Mindanao is in my heart. I will be visting Australia for a few months in the New Year and staying with my adult son, daughter and son-in-law there. Though I love Australia, my heart is here in Mindanao. Of course, it also means that I see the issue of the South China Sea both from the Filipino and Australian standpoints.

[@joebloggs6131]

Thanks for the whole life history, pops

[@pattisonpattison3639]

As a True Blue Aussie, six generations born to this Great Southern Land. I could never call another country home, nor could another nation be my heart, being a True Blue Aussie.

[@sahilmehta2009]

Sugar daddy

[@gaufrid1956]

@@sahilmehta2009 You couldn't be more wrong. I'm 66 and my wife is 58. Go back down your hole please.

[@lordbuckethead2022]

I have a restaurant in Kooyong and I have had countless conversation in 2017-2018 with my customers. And one crucial conversation I had with a Chinese investor said "we don't want to take over Australia, we want to live here"

[@noelgibson5956]

If enough of em move here to live...... they've taken it over. Oh yes, those peaceful invasions with not a shot fired...... they've got it worked out. And our useless leaders do nothing, year after year.....

[@snuscaboose1942]

Mainland Chinese investors made their money through corruption, either bribing or taking bribes, it's how the CCP works. Criminals wanting to spend their retirement years do not make good citizens.

[@awf6554]

Yep, Chinese Australians are great citizens.

[@kingboruto6973]

@@awf6554 i guess same was said by chinese on taiwan ,tibet and by russian too on ukraine.ALL russian,pakistani,chinese,north korean are on same page they hate western influence.

[@awf6554]

@@kingboruto6973 Nah, Taiwanese ARE Chinese. Just Chinese not brainwashed by the CCP.

[@andrewrosser8909]

Australia needs to strengthen domestic oil and gas production for security reasons so we can’t be blockaded As the Chinese saying goes…if you want peace…prepare for war Domestic capacity would mean a blockade would be pointless and thus ensure peace Wars are devastating Blockades hurt us both We need to take that off the table

[@Shilo-fc3xm]

I was surprised in this video to learn we are down to two rigs. I didn't know it had come to that. I thought we had heaps of them.

[@andrewrosser8909]

@@Shilo-fc3xm have heaps of oil rigs. 2 refineries. From a national security perspective it would make sense to utilise oil production in the great Australian bite and have a third refinery in South Australia to complement those on the east coast. Oil production off north coast in Timor sea and north west shelf more vulnerable to attack. South coast far more secure…especially given oil reserves are there. We need to be too difficult a target to bully. Bullies target the weakest. We don’t want to be the weakest

[@Shilo-fc3xm]

@@andrewrosser8909 Ah. Gotcha and agree.

[@tsubadaikhan6332]

Australia has large Shale Oil Reserves in the North West. But it's far more expensive to Mine them than it is to buy from Saudi Arabia. The Real Question is - How much are we prepared to pay for Fuel? Looking around, no-one I see is keen to pay more.

[@andrewrosser8909]

@@tsubadaikhan6332 NDIS is just so expensive

[@robertoperfecto9041]

Interesting report but. . . . 1. Australia has no industry. Once we did but everything went off shore. 2. Most of the mineral resources mines are owned by overseas multi nationals. 3. There are other large cities here apart from Sydney. 4. Canberra is pronounced with the emphasis on the "CAN".

[@inbox_au]

Sure there are other large cities in Australia but not as important than Sydney.

[@eggisfun4217]

1. We are basically selling our country to foreigner 2. yeah and corrupt politicians (clive palmer) 3. yes

[@eggisfun4217]

@@inbox_au townsville is an important military city

[@interstellarsnow]

As an Aussie I don’t know how you can say Canberra any other way

[@eggisfun4217]

@@interstellarsnow same

[@sailingonasummerbreeze7892]

I visited Sydney and Perth - and loved the country and the people!

[@HarrisSultanAtheist]

That will be a suicide for China to look towards Australia!

[@sticks_studiosHQ]

China fr is the big bully looking for countries to fight When they have a whole crisis going on Pretty pathetic

[@havencat9337]

he is just spreading hate with this kind of videos, its crazy to think that someone would try to blocade AUS...a huge country like that.

[@ronmaximilian6953]

The only country that the people's Republic of China is thinking about blockading is Taiwan. Red China is far more worried about being blockaded at these strategic points by Australia and India. Australia is right now procuring Tomahawk cruise missiles and the stealthy long range anti-shipping missile from the United States. Australia also has a number of conventional submarines and is looking to acquire eight nuclear ones. A Chinese attempt to blockade Australia would go badly even without American intervention. Did I mention the United States and the United Kingdom would intervene And that this conflict would occur around other potential anti-Chinese countries including Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines?

[@lorenzosamuel2727]

But china don't interested in war , china is all about business, there is no evidence china want blockade anyone .

[@ronmaximilian6953]

@@lorenzosamuel2727 The leadership of the PRC has made it very clear that they are going to retake Taiwan one way or the other. War isn't it their first choice, but that doesn't mean they won't do it. China has invaded Tibet, East Turkistan, Vietnam, and India on land. It has been taking multiple islands that don't belong to it. It is an expansionist imperial power with dreams of global hegemony.

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

Singapore is most definitely not anti-Chinese. It's a bona fide neutral nation because of how small it is.

[@ronmaximilian6953]

@@user-jt3dw6vv4x It's a little more complicated. Singapore actually has its army train on Formosa. And they would not look kindly upon a Chinese fleet blockading the Singapore Straight.

[@Gizz101]

If China embargos Taiwan or blockades it China is dead gone Taiwan is the country that creates electronic chips

[@HokkaidoHiguma-j3j]

Much love from Japan. 🇦🇺🇯🇵🇺🇸

[@EIBozo]

Loved everything here as an Aussie except when you pronounced Canberra wrong but other than that makes me happy about my country even more!

[@pavementpounder7502]

I live in Melbourne and much of the city feels like it's already been taken over lol. I don't have anything against the Chinese people in general, do enjoy the food etc, but tbh it is becoming a bit dominant. Some businesses don't even have any English signs or staff that don't speak English.

[@HairByJamesAnnabel]

Australia is definitely one of the greatest countries to live. Life is so easy, high incomes and great diversity ❤

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

what diversity?

[@awf6554]

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 What ignorance.

[@quagmire4412]

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 way diverse wherever you are from

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

@@awf6554 seriously though, what diversity is in australia? the only ethnicities that i know of there are white people and the aborigins. and i dont see aborigins having many representative in their government. its litetally colonialism. in 21th century.

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

@@quagmire4412 funny. i'm from indonesia where we have hundreds of languages and ethnics.

[@sandybottom6623]

Any naval blockade would be a Mexican Standoff as China is very reliant on the Straits of Malacca.

[@jacana25]

Yeah, I think the importance of Malaysia and Indonesia cannot be ignored.

[@joshwright3683]

China is also very reliant on raw materials to drive its economic expansion. Cutting the fuel supply to Australia, would massively impact our mining output. This is the same mining output such as iron ore, coal, lithium etc that is predominantly exported to China. With out this, their industries fail, their economy declines and they are faced with internal unrest.

[@bighands69]

@@joshwright3683 Australia has massive coal reserves that could easily build a clean energy system that would be the backbone of its industrial base. Australia has everything it needs to build a modern wonder industrial economy. There might be a glut of German engineers over the next few years that could easily be enticed to moved to Australia.

[@AlbionTarkhan]

The worst state leader in Australia had them signed up to the belt road initiative. He should be in jail for treason

[@CH3353N1NJ45]

And the same state leader was recently returned to power a 3rd time. Just makes me wonder what the state hasn't been wiped off the map. One reason is that it is the hub of Australian Finance. Handy hunt the City rhymes with Smelbourne.

[@theinigosilvastation6232]

If the agreement between Japan, the US, and the UK was clear, then Australia as a stronghold will be able to back their economic reserves with a full-fledged military zone to block any Chinese partnering trade from interfering with their energy exports and earthly materials production. For its international policy, it will strengthen its position in the global market that will not only protect them from a potential conflict but could advance their national roadmap for a sophisticated pool of entrepreneurs, business owners and policymakers to solidify its baseline strategy for all customers to blend in.

[@kingboruto6973]

what if russia,china,north korea,pakistan are all on same page.North korea and Pakistan are CHINESE VASSAL .Indonesia need to be tackled as it is our only buffer to china.

[@changchadchanamdong2668]

Lol anglo sphere are in a deep decline . China well lift other asian countries up as it rise. Australia is part of the anglo sphere but it is surrounded by Asian countries haha and has a negative stance on China. No one is really the bad guy here just sides to choose.

[@calvin659]

@@changchadchanamdong2668 No Asian countries have any love for China other than Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and North Korea.

[@DavidKD2050]

Ironically after 28 years abroad, the past 13 of which spent in Beijing, I have very recently returned to live in Australia. And yes, China is indeed a significant threat to Australia and its sovereignty.

[@changchadchanamdong2668]

Good. I hope China takes care of the anglo sphere county one by one. Better oath for humanity.

[@Gizz101]

@@changchadchanamdong2668 what

[@chrisk7118]

Visual Politik has been watching too much Sky news Aus exaggeration. There's a multitude of countries before they can reach Australia.

[@havencat9337]

they just like to spread sweet hate...this channel is so biased

[@Draxynnic]

Eh. Based on what's actually discussed in the video rather than what's in the title card, what they're talking about is interdicting Australian trade passing through the South and East China Seas, rather than coming down to blockade Australia directly. But that in itself has two problems: First, it still leaves trade with India and anything west of India completely open. Second, such an action would likely piss off the Japanese and South Koreans as well.

[@carlramirez6339]

"There's a multitude of countries before they can reach Australia." - we very nearly dropped the ball and turned the Pacific Islands and Southeast Asia into the PRC's allies against us.

[@Draxynnic]

@@carlramirez6339 I don't think it was quite that extreme - the current Solomon Island government is a bit autocratic-leaning to begin with. We were starting to lose a bit of our own credibility under Scomo, though.

[@godimedia1239]

True china and russia want multipolar world unlike west and usa which think abt them themselves and hav3 army bases in 850 nations including qatar

[@Mr.Septon]

I personally, as a Canadian, have for decades believed that the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, European Union, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia, New Zealand, possibly India, and a good few others for sure, should have a singular military alliance, rather than NATO, or smaller alliances involving the US. From Ukraine to Taiwan and beyond, that if nations, whether Russia, China, or elsewhere, if they strike against one, its a strike against all. I know, between all of the various alliances and the stickiness that goes with alliances, and all of the additional alliances, that they'd likely see a lot get pulled in either way, but one large international, cohesive alliance, able to respond to any threat, anywhere in the world. That is just my take as some random nobody on the internet.

[@jeffreygilbert4967]

An intriguing proposition.

[@MrBah-tw3gt]

Foolish, you think packing together countries with different culture, language and history is possible. Nato some how succed because those countries have similar culture and they all agreed to be puppet of the US.

[@blokeabouttown2490]

It would be interesting to see how India would fit into such an alliance given that they trade with Russia and buy military assets from them.

[@rajasnaik3743]

@@blokeabouttown2490 Well it stems back to cold war....Pakistan was cold war ally of USA....So we had no other option but to ally ourselves with then USSR(Now Russia). And Of course the fact than US backstabed us in 1999 and helped Pakistan...that Memory is still fresh U see!

[@blokeabouttown2490]

@@rajasnaik3743 I am aware of the longstanding alliance between the USA and Pakistan. I can't say that I blame India, it is essentially bad foreign policy on the part of the USA that drove India closer to Russia.

[@CrRodney1]

Yes, I've been thinking this for some time. Australia's population is approaching 30 million, more than enough to do anything it wants given the resources it has

[@bighands69]

Australia could easily support 300 million people. The challenges Australia has its insistence of copying British political culture. The labor party is also something that will hold Australia behind as well. They have deep penetration into Australian media and have done a really good job of confusing the public to what Australians best interests are.

[@CrRodney1]

@@bighands69 No it can't support that. No country can. All countries with massive populations like that are struggling now. Australia is becoming the one eyed king in the land of the blind in terms of population vs resources

[@newtonchambo]

@@bighands69 more likely that Australia can support 90-120 million with minimal affect to the natural environment if carefully planned and resourced

[@nickunderwood5354]

@@bighands69 You really think it's the Labor party that'd hold Australia back??? Think you've got it the wrong way around mate.

[@EAcapuccino]

03:46 Wowzas! Such remarkable development in Australia 🇦🇺 😯 I may actually consider immigrating there in the next few years....

[@jamesdowns9033]

Come over, the weather is great and plenty of jobs... the spiders and snakes aren't an issue

[@theTimHernandez]

don't do it unless you love state control of freedom and zero-covid policies. Australia just become part of China to formalize the direction it is already going in. I love the videos of people being arrested for going to the beach during the pandemic. Classic stupidity of commies.

[@FrickFrack]

@@jamesdowns9033 But what about the jellyfish? And sunburn is a real issue too.

[@autistictutor]

@@jamesdowns9033 what about human looking kangaroos or fish looking koalas lol

[@dyu999]

you'll have too much water than you expected

[@NicolaiParsons]

You have some facts wrong here. The capital is pronounced Can-bruh. Australia is 16th in world GDP this year, not 9th. Australia's government is currently running a massive deficit, not a surplus, which is what you imply, we're not as well off as you make it appear. A war with China would necessitate a few quick changes, but the blockade would backfire enormously on China. Aluminium, which you mention is not a problem for Australia, we're the 5th largest exporter of aluminium ore in the world. We just don't refine it here, which could easily change. The security threat of China is not because of the blockade potential as much as it is the power projection of Australia in the Oceanic region. Aside from the natural racism of many older Australians who grew up under things like the "White Australia" policy and continue to be relatively belligerent against non-white migrants, the Chinese security threat is seen to be issues in soft power and over-reliance on China as a business partner. There's also an issue you haven't mentioned of Chinese land ownership in Australia to help shore up the Chinese food supply and for many years to conduct a massive trade in powdered milk and baby formula, which was valued as a premium product in China. The biggest concern is Australia knows it's the closest major Western power and therefore target for China to make an example of and with an increasingly expansionist foreign policy, Australia is deeply concerned about the potential for war and what role it will be required to play. This is why it's allied with the US, India and Japan to form the Quad Alliance, among other arrangements.

[@Nathan-ry3yu]

Australia is screwed. The country been run by woke culture. Australia in debt and losing trade as you speak. And the government involves in conflicts against countries that could flatten Australia in a hour. If Australia shut its mouth and stayed neutral kept its liberty's and traditions and not this woke culture the country would had continue booming. I wouldn't give a bucket of piss for Australia future. Not with those woke warmongering fools running the country.

[@robmckrill3134]

Hey Xi, mate take a chill pill 💊 😉 👍

[@truesouth4784]

I think the Australia Asia Power Link, aka Sun Cable will be a game changer.

[@fransdebruijn6763]

That's Just a proof of concept, What comes after will be the game changer. I said at least 8 years ago that Australia could power a substantial proportion of south east Asia and people laughed at me. I will soon be vindicated.

[@truesouth4784]

@@fransdebruijn6763 Australia already powers a substantial portion of SE Asia. Australia powers a substantial portion of the entire globe. That has been the case for well over 8 years.

[@fransdebruijn6763]

@@truesouth4784 I was talking about HVDC under sea cables fed from from solar and wind power.

[@BatCaveOz]

Australia is experiencing record inflation, without a corresponding increase in wages. The supposed wealth is based primarily on an increase in the cost of housing that has been running at about 10% per year for the last 2 decades. The average cost of a "dwelling" (including apartments/condos/units/etc.) in Melbourne is $890,000. Australia is currently experiencing a massive energy crisis, with the cost of residential electricity tripling from last year. There is an increase in blackouts and closing of both coal and natural gas fired plants with no genuine capability to replace lost power with renewables. Australia used to be awesome, poor governance is turning everything to rubbish.

[@bighands69]

No the wealth is not based on house valuations it is based on median income levels. Everywhere is facing inflation because of the supply chain disruptions that occurred and the over reliance on Chinese manufacturing of junk. Australia has everything it needs from Coal, Iron ore, Copper, alumina and large vast landscape to develop its industrial base. With modern industrial systems Australia could be an industrial powerhouse on a par with the likes of Germany only it would have all its own raw ingredients to tap into.

[@silverhorse2010]

Australian Koala Vs the Chinese Dragon? Yeah, but, the CCP has naively forgotten about the ferocious Drop Bear.

[@Elongated_Muskrat]

The Emus won't allow it.

[@patrickquinlan6311]

Nothing short of a nuclear strike would hinder the mighty Emu army, the ccp should definitely be worried if those nuclear subs the us is giving Australia, are crewed by the emus 😂

[@guyh9992]

India and Australia have the capability to control the approaches to the Straits of Malacca, Sunda and Lombok from bases on the Andaman and Nicobar islands and Coco/Keeling Islands. There is now a reciprocal agreement in place for Indian and Australian patrol aircraft to operate from both sets of islands. Neither Australia or India actually needs the UK or USA to exercise strategic influence in the Indian Ocean..

[@amarhadjimurad2363]

If Australia make Indonesia mad after Timor Leste independence

[@harukrentz435]

Are you trying to get Indonesia with their largest navy forces in southeast asia, mad?

[@guyh9992]

@@amarhadjimurad2363 Indonesia is welcome to cooperate with India and Australia.

[@amarhadjimurad2363]

@@guyh9992 cooperation with India yes but cooperation with Australia no.... majority survey Indonesia they don't trust Australia simple has that....

[@guyh9992]

@@amarhadjimurad2363 It was India that asked about reciprocal rights to Coco/Keeling islands. India is moving inexorably closer to Australia with a recent FTA and closer military ties. We are all here in the region, none of us are going away.

[@aussietaipan8700]

Na, the Koala will not be up against the dragon, the dragon will have no chance against a big red outback Kangaroo.

[@luishernandezblonde]

Depend on how Australia is prepared. Australia is the world's largest island and therefore, Australia is very abnormal. China knew this: blockading Taiwan is easy, but don't expect a similar blockade would work with Australia. Such a blockade will require a very, very large naval vessel and can at least sustain for a month. However, Australia is deeply dependant on trade with China because of proximity with Asia. In fact, Australia needs China's money more than any Western country. Chinese are also the largest foreign visitors and students' group to Down Under. China can use this to squeeze Australia's economy. China has used this tactic against Japan and South Korea before. China has also employed similar trick against India. So depend on how Australia will react, the alliance with the United States will become Australia's main defence core.

[@petersinclair3997]

Typically, the AUD trades at near twice the level of the CNY. China’s wealth requires USDs, which can be denied. China has already tried to squeeze the Australian economy and it didn’t work.

[@advanceaustralia386]

Australia was the wealthiest country in the world long before trade with China. Without Australian resources, China would suffer the equivalent of another Cultural Revolution.

[@ieatbatteries_2615]

China relies heavily on Australian coal and iron, if they do anything dumb they’re just making it worse for themselves

[@Gizz101]

@@advanceaustralia386 indeed when china started a trade war with Australia most of their power shut off within a week

[@StephensCrazyHour]

Trade with China accounts for 7% of Australia's GDP. China's trade with Australia keeps the lights on. They have far more to lose from trade sanctions on us than we do.

[@TheMelbournelad]

Such good allies that, Rumour has it that not only will we host B-21 Raiders in the new bases being built here, but we will actually be allowed to buy a few ourselves.

[@dan7564]

They announced the other week they'd station B-52's here. Only reason they wouldn't of stationed the B2's here is that they need special hangers to restrip the paint after every mission. The B-21 doesn't need any of that insane maintenance so it wouldn't be an issue. Also ASPI's been talking about acquiring B2's to plug the submarine capability gap, so with the much cheaper B-21's and AUKUS giving us access to pretty much their entire shopping list I wouldn't be surprised. There was a big meeting about security between Australia and the US two days ago and the general said the US wouldn't let Australia have a capability gap. He didn't say how exactly but I thought the situation was pretty clear that the US wouldn't have any free shipyards to make submarines for us, so he was probably referring to the B-21's.

[@Rob_F8F]

Australia will probably get British built nuclear submarines.

[@TheMelbournelad]

@@dan7564 didn’t say b-2. And we have had BUFFs here on and off for years.

[@TheMelbournelad]

@@Rob_F8F true. The Astute is a better fit to save of crew numbers and the automation. It could be a mix of Astute design with American accent.

[@dan7564]

@@TheMelbournelad I know you didn't say B-2, I never said you did... Was just providing adjacent information to confirm the likliness of Australia getting B-21's.

[@stephanledford9792]

China trying to blockade Australia would mean covering a huge coastal area. "The Australian mainland has a total coastline length of 35,821 km (22,258 mi) with an additional 23,860 km (14,830 mi) of island coastlines. " Australia trying to blockade China would only have to focus on three narrow gaps in the Indonesian islands. Australia would not be alone in this - the UK, US, Japan, India and possibly Indonesia at that point would be involved. An invasion of the Australian mainland would be very difficult because of the distance from China and the difficulty of maintaining a supply line that long. "The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Australia and China is 7,448 km= 4,628 miles. If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Australia to China, It takes 8.26 hours to arrive." The Chinese base in the Solomon Islands changes this dynamic some, but my guess is that this would be one of the first targets of the Australian military if actual war were to break out.

[@dan7564]

you only have to blockage the major city ports. You can't just slide a cargo ship onto the beaches of but fuck no where. But yes, they would have to be close enough to be attacked from shore missiles and the air force and yes, the China seas have a lot of natural choke points that make them vulnerable.

[@robman2095]

Australia is already planning and stocking up on air to surface and land to surface anti-ship missiles that can be deployed almost anywhere around the coast (e.g. LRASM and mobile land based NSM) so any blockade near Australia would be high risk even without the RAN. Add some nuclear subs and the rest of the navy and Australia alone would create a significant problem for any attempted blockade in the region. A blockade further from the coast would be difficult simply because of the length of the coast, lack of choke points and size of the area to be covered.

[@ivy4360]

The west: Taiwan/any nation should have to right to choose its own allies The Solomon Islands: make ties with China The west: we don’t do that here

[@stephanledford9792]

@Ivy蓝 I actually agree with you that the Solomon Islands has a right to pick their allies, including China, just as Taiwan has the same right. But I also think China has a right to complain about Taiwan's choices and Australia has a right to complain about the Chinese in the Solomon Islands.

[@Nathan-ry3yu]

Australia has a small navy force. China has over 700 warships 300 more than the US does. But like you said a joint navel force in the pacific would stop china. But to Count on other countries to go to Australia aid is? If Australia the only target hopes of uncle Sam willing to get into a nuclear war for Australia is a ? They haven't for Ukraine. You be surprised on how quickly other Asian countries will declare itself neutral. Countries like Indonesia have no military capacity to take on China. There navy ships are very dated and understrength in fire-power. And they have a very small weak air force.. Japan maybe but it will depend if the threat was lodged at them. I personally see the US being an umpire and aiding Australia where it can in eqwipment but not directly getting involved in the conflict militarily. The only time the US will involved militarily if its in there interests to gain something. Or was already ingaged in the conflict and expect everyone else to jump in for them. But for anyone else? Maybe 50 years ago. Not America today thought Australia dreaming

[@brianjonker510]

Could China blockade Australia? Dont be ridiculous!! Australia is a whole continent. and with ports far aprt from each other. Ohh yeah. Just blockkade that handful of ports is doable and dont worry about the whole continent.

[@chasindigo]

Blocking our fuel supply, won't work shortly (2025) as transport will transition to electric.

[@Tmb1112]

@@chasindigo That's... pretty idealistic. 2025? Not really realistic tbh

[@jamesbennett5394]

​@@chasindigo not by 25

[@bobkelson11]

We’re pretty sparsely populated and there’s choke between us and our major trading partners. You won’t need to blockade the whole continent to do damage.

[@priceprice_baby]

They did (albeit quietly) admit that a blockade would just make shipping have to take longer routes rather than actually stop it

[@unclenick1968]

Yes, if you cannot get shipping insurance because of a 'little war' in the region, you will have by default a trade blockade.

[@TimJBenham]

Trade will happen without ship insurance, like it did for most of history.

[@bighands69]

All Australia would have to do is park some of its naval assets in between China and its oil supplies to cause a complete collapse of China. With the US help of the UK or France such an intervention would be easy to achieve Australia on its own would be more challenging but doable.

[@MASE2258]

Best thing Australia did was stand up to China. In a wierd sort of way the Chinese ended up respecting Australia even more.

[@freetolook3727]

They're like a bully that only respects someone that can give them a blackeye.

[@Nathan-ry3yu]

Sure. At what cost? Neutral would had been a better option.

[@waynedieckmann9840]

I'm nearly 40 years old. Had basically no politics shoved down my throat, but being a lucky Australian I learnt how to fight. We are rich they are hungry, war happens

[@lz248]

Because Anklaru Saxon made his fortune by robbing and invading other countries. So you think China will do the same?

[@waynedieckmann9840]

@@lz248 humans are bacteria, Earth is a Petrie dish.

[@mackdog3270]

It kind of looks like the situation leading up to world war one. With the main difference being that it'll be the giants of the world moving first, rather than a tiny country like Bosnia. Let's hope China is smarter than Russia.

[@hamhamc00l87]

serbia *

[@RedWazzies]

I moved from the UK to Aus. Best move I ever made. I went from low/Middle class to pretty much rich! This country is amazing, provides loads of opportunities and is also a paradise. I understand why so many people want to live here.

[@egg174]

No

[@sivx17]

Lol no. China aint dumb. Any attempt/blockade on Australia would involve unnecessary confrontation with the US too.

[@davidhunter1538]

No. China can’t blockade Australia. A lot of people don’t realise China has a green water navy. It is not able to defend itself outside the range of the land based Chinese airforce. Modern wars are won or lost in the air above the battlefield first. Remember that.

[@astus1836]

Australia is apparently wanting to buy 10 B-21 bombers when they come online next year. Would be the only country that would be allowed to have access to them. think the US will sell to Australia along with the nulcear subs and shittones of missiles making blockades hard with stealthy bombers and nuclear subs crusing around. Joint stick fighters waiting in northern australia as last line. That would be a nightmare secarnio for any country to have a crack at.

[@Vinodkumar-ej5yg]

Australia is the best Nations ,I lived during 96 & 97 and had best time and people

[@zachreederau2531]

bro great video! great overview and publicity for us down under! One little this is more like “Can-Bra” or “Can-bruh” :-D

[@crankykransky2979]

If I got a dollar for every time someone mispronounced Canberra.

[@ryanpedersen5722]

As an Australian I think things will just smooth out, we work hard and roll with the punches, whatever happens we will adapt

[@corsarogonzalez9831]

Learning to beg for mercy in Mandarin is a good way to adapt :^)

[@ryanpedersen5722]

@@corsarogonzalez9831 we don't beg 🤷‍♂️ thats why we've been in every war the last 120 years

[@Towhands]

@@corsarogonzalez9831 who’s begging?

[@musicgal9830]

@@corsarogonzalez9831 We aren’t hispanics lol

[@paulfri1569]

Australia should give Taiwanese people's the freedom to migrate to Australia for free. Like how the USA let in European people's in the USA for free in the mid to late 1800s..

[@gvoah]

No sane country would ever give free citizenship to any foreign group.

[@paulfri1569]

@@gvoah Australia needs more people..

[@SalisburyKarateClub]

Especially their hi tech industries

[@jantschierschky3461]

That was an idea with hk.

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

@@paulfri1569 they cant sustain it because most of their land are desert.

[@Justwantahover]

There are flat earthers in Australia with the best flat earth debunk circling above their heads...the Southern Cross.

[@MarchalisVan]

In terms of wealth... there is a big wage disparity in the country (A country that attracts/sustains billionaires). Not to mention that a big chunk of Australia may have wealth in assets like a house which is stupidly price bubbled right now, but many many people are up to their eye balls in debt to have that house and car, to which one would ask, is it real wealth?

[@jaront4922]

There is also no 'bubble' as the real estate in Australia is based on supply and demand. If everyone wants to live within 20km of the cbd's... of course pricing is going to increase. Australia is hands down one of the best places in the world to live.

[@Aquarium-Downunder]

So from this I take it that you have no clue about "ISLAND AUSTRALIA ALONE" This talks about what if Australia lost all import and export. Drilled and capped oil can last up to 60 years, key point we import oil now because it's cheap. But when the world is on the brink of running out of oil, we will uncap it. (NOTE: OPC uses the gas to get the oil out and burns it off, we don't, we sell and export the gas then cap it., later we will need to pump the oil out.) Australia can last up to 60 years cut off from the rest of the world, but if you take oil out of the picture, Australia can remain cut off for 100's of years, All items we import can be made in Australia. At the same time the rest of the world would start to slowdown without the exports from Australia. When China stopped the ships before we sold all the exports to other countries for the same money. Wine only gets taken out of the cask when we have a sale for it, till then it's aged. Jobs lost in the export markett would be replaced by new jobs making things we now import. We would make cars, TV's ect in Australia again.

[@PlaylistsRUs]

That’s why I’m advocating compulsory military training for year 11 and year 12s, the formation of territorial defense units and the government turnaround from being gunphobic to encouraging its citizens to take up shooting sports. Australia also needs to educate and train as many citizens in cyber security and drone operation.

[@reddog5378]

Agreed, but try and get green voting vegan city livers and metro 'gays' to agree.

[@spdfatomicstructure]

Well you’d better hope they don’t get sent to Europe if war breaks out there and the Commonwealth outside of Europe decides to intervene

[@MegaBharatbhai]

Australia is not a push over country and has proven fighting qualities in two world wars. Australians are hard working and sports loving people. I admire Australia but would not prefer to live in Australia because I love my India.

[@julesmarwell8023]

dont forget our desert rats were shoulder to shoulder with our brave Indian brothers in North Africa in ww2 BRAVE INDEED God bless India. our friend

[@dheophe]

Both Australia and China are very interested who will be Indonesia next President. As Indonesia literally a biggest country in SEA and buffer zone between China and Australia.

[@kingboruto6973]

india would be absolute necessary for aussies as india is the only country that share border,have conflict and huge influence in indonesia along with nuclear technology.India needs to be harnessed against both china and north korea as both china and north korea can simultaneously attack australia.

[@Nathan-ry3yu]

Indonesia is lot more populated than Australia but they not as rich as Australia or have the quality eqwipment for its military neither the experience in combat as Australia military has. In terms Indonesia isn't as powerful as Australia is. Economically or Militarily dispite having a larger population and more troops in it's military. Numbers don't mean or stronger.

[@Nathan-ry3yu]

@@kingboruto6973 Not true.India isn't Australia ally. And I don't think Australia want them to be either. Australia still has the Anglo European mentality. They will never accept India as a regional power. Or accept India influence. They rather give India the orders or they will do all they can to keep India out from everyone else. India is looked down on dispite being a nuclear power. It don't mean anything to the Aussies. India is seen as a 3rd world developing country. An ex British commonwealth colonie. India is a servant in the Anglo Saxons eyes.They don't mean anything to them. Australia would rather them scrub their floors. It's not just Aussie think of India This how all Europeans look at India including in the US.

[@TURKSTA19]

@@Nathan-ry3yu Lol don't make me laugh

[@タコの王]

The current political party in government was the same party that forced China to agree to an FTA with the threat of export taxation. Do you think China is comfortable in the current situation? They're no longer complying with the conditions of the FTA and have proven they are dependent on Australian exports. Their economy is collapsing. I can imagine Labour driving a very painful deal that the CCP can't avoid. Militarily, China is weaker than Australia in Oceania, but much stronger than Australia off the coast of Hainan Island. It's all about proximity, but Australia building the worlds best nuclear submarines will change the balance. A scary proposition for China......and then there's the B21. China only holds 80 days of oil in reserve with very few options. Pipelines from Russia? one tomahawk from an Australian submarine and pipeline gone. Australia can sail longer distances, but can still get fuel. Australia has access to the latest military weapons across the world and the $$$ to buy them, USA, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Korea, Norway, the list goes on and on. What can China do......copy some stolen designs from 1990. China made a mistake starting a trade war with Australia, and then made it worse with military expansion. More tough lessons coming to the CCP in the future.

[@chasindigo]

Australia is a sandpit, we don't really manufacture stuff

[@gomiladroogies5951]

Not really a bad thing.

[@priceprice_baby]

I work in industrial automation and we manufacture a lot more than I realised before starting this job

[@CH3353N1NJ45]

A few points to consider from a local Aussie We needed a nuclear deterrent 20 years ago and we needed our right to bear arms preserved in our national constitution.

[@sivx17]

Australia has lower population than my country, Malaysia yet significantly richer despite the latter natural resources.

[@gooner_loomer]

Australia has significantly more natural resources then Malaysia, you really cant even compare the two.

[@qhuizatlantis8484]

Cause of less corrupt politicians

[@andrewdunbar828]

I'm an Aussie who's been to Malaysia a bunch of times and loves it. Your country should be just as rich as ours. You have everything going for you except in my experience you have a lot more corruption. I can say the same about quite a few countries I've spent time in sadly.

[@Nathan-ry3yu]

Australia population is 26.5 million people as of December 2022. Malaysia is thousands of years old. Australia ls just over 200 years old. Several factors slowed Australia population compared to countries like USA. Australia is quite far from Europe. Travelling by boat in early 1800s and early 1900s took months at sea by ship. Then ww1 broke out causing migration slowed. Then the late 1920s the great depression hit the world. Then ww2 in 1939 to 1945. This also took migration slowed. Australia also had a white only policy till it was removed in 1960s. 1980s Australia population was only 14 million people. Migration has only really begun kicking of in Australia the last 30 years

[@dantemadden1533]

@@qhuizatlantis8484 that’s a funny joke

[@dylanwoods6173]

I am an aussie, through and through. My grandparents were "10 pound poms" who came here in the late 50s, early 60s.. Alot of this is correct but alot is missed, like the fact videos like this are part of the reason me and my young family I'm starting might be homeless come April 2023, there is a serious shortage of long term housing due to people from other countries literally flooding in and no rentals available.. especially at the price we have been able to afford and all the while because of the demand it's getting out of reach. There are so many things not mentioned in this video and I'm not going to get myself started over it so I'll just stop here.

[@Yogi-Megan]

Sad that this chanel has sunken low with click bait contents.

[@hughmartin1891]

I’m Australian and and I have seen lots that tell me just how lucky I am to live here

[@autothrust330]

Chinese bkockade over Australia? They need to pass Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia first.

[@aditya-ml6km]

Plus it is not practical to blockade a country as massive as Australia.

[@zhanewithah7462]

australians thought that we had a mutual beneficial agreement to trade prosperity, because of this we turned a blind eye to a cruel regime even took in incredible amounts of chinese nationals, and china spat in the face of this agreement to both our detriments. now australia has to think about posturing and showing to the world we are not to be messed with, which inevitably means more money towards military projects and less towards rural australia, natural disaster prevention and rising costs of living.

[@JoelReid]

China would fail in a blockade as they would need to work with South East Asian countries. indonesia in particular could cause significant problems if China crossed them. Indonesia has a relatively neutral stance between East and West and even objected to AUKUS simply becasue they were worried about the rising tensions and tehm being in the middle of a potential cold war. If either Australia or China start using Indonesia to blockade the other then Indonesia may have something to say about it... and 300 million people is not something to baulk at.

[@blokeabouttown2490]

All it takes is an election in Indonesia where a pro-China administration is elected. Then China will start building bases there like they have done in Solomon Islands.

[@JoelReid]

@@blokeabouttown2490 Indonesia has territory disputes with China concerning oil in the South China Sea... good luck gettign a pro China government elected. LOL

[@harukrentz435]

@@blokeabouttown2490 so clueless even pro-china administration cant go his own way because the constitution prohibits Indonesia to take a side.

[@petersinclair3997]

Australia has been cautious about Indonesia for 50+ years. The Indonesian Politic is highly influenced by a cadre of generals. One reason why Australia has not developed nuclear weapons. China’s hegemony has created a rethink, though. Today, because of China, Indonesia will have to live with AUKUS. Why worry? AUKUS hasn’t designs of Indonesia.

[@blokeabouttown2490]

@@harukrentz435 There is nothing in the Indonesian constitution that stops them from being open and friendly towards China if they wanted to be.

[@bangscutter]

Australia's "Achilles Heel" is its weak domestic manufacturing industry. It has primary industries and tertiary industries in spades, but outsources nearly all of its secondary industries overseas. Basically what this means is Australia exports the raw ores and agriculture produce, and imports back the processed version of them to be consumed domestically. For example as you mentioned, exporting crude oil abroad to be refined, and importing petrol back. To overcome this dependency weakness, Australia needs to develop its refining and manufacturing sector domestically. But this is easier said than done, because secondary industries are outsourced abroad due to cheaper human labour abroad.

[@jeffreygilbert4967]

Here in the USA we have the same problem. Gotta start in-sourcing all phases of manufacturing to eliminate this dependence on bad actors.

[@dantemadden1533]

This is all due to privatisation, companies don’t give two fucks about us, when these things were state owned we were manufacturing and all sorts here

[@fransdebruijn6763]

Not to mention the size of the population does not make some industries financial viable compared to importing it. this works great until there is an international crisis.

[@twoheadedtasmanian1481]

Human labour is becoming less important. Once automation starts to ramp up things will change as the cost of electricity will be the main driver in where things are manufactured not cheap labour as it currently is.

[@inodesnet]

You failed to mentioned Chinese dependence on Australia for energy and iron ore. Australia called for an inquiry into Covid to the WHO purely for ensuring intelligence could be gained for the global healthcare community. It was not a finger pointing or blame exercise. China's response was immature and petulant; far from the response a global power of its size and power should deliver. Really shows how out of touch China is with the global economy. Bullying tactics DO NOT WORK. China should have looked at its imports. It needs Australia, and blocking was to cause far more harm to itself than good. China is an industrial powerhouse. It demands for electricity and power are well above any other country globally. 60% of that power comes from coal. Most of those imports came from Australia. China blocked Australia coal and what was to follow was laughable. It must be remembered that Australia is by far the largest exporter globally of both iron ore and coal. Both are also of extremely high quality and less tonnes of each are required from Australia than most countries (Brazil has very high quality, but further away). Australian coal alone accounted for over 20% of all China's power generation. China started experiencing blackouts. Power needed to be rationed. Factories started shutting down and reducing production leading to global shortage for some goods such as computer chips needed for the car industry (a well known example). They attempted to import from Indonesia to fill gap, but floods there didn't allow for this to occur. Australia was a domino in their economy that they knocked over to spite, and it hit them where it hurt. Australian Coal ships that were sitting at sea (some for a year), were redirected to other countries that Australia exports to such as India (largest importer) and Japan (second largest importer). China needed more coal and reversed their decision in part allowing Australian coal in, but by then it was too late. China had shot itself in the foot. In the beginning China should have done the simpler thing.... "Yes, we need an investigation into Covid. Thanks Australia for suggesting that..... We know Covid started in our borders and that Australia is not casting blame, but rather is stepping up to assist". It would have been case closed and China would have gained a lot more respect from the rest of the world. Instead China is really a global embarrassment in diplomatic relations, with only Russia and North Korea appearing to be worse.

[@jakedee4117]

Where are you getting your information from ? A quick search shows n July 2020, China imported 8.68 million tonnes of all grades of Australian coal. But in 2021 Chinese coal production climbed to an all-time high of 4.07bn tonnes. Your figures just don't add up. As the Chinese say "Seek the truth from the facts"

[@fredsmith2277]

i'm glad my parents emigrated to australia, life is good here, we lack for nothing !!!

[@SuperSnickerS19of88]

The overuse of stereotypes is pure cringe

[@dolphingaming2278]

Lets say that fighting Australia, you wont be fighting “The Australians”😂😂

[@jamesl6377]

If you are referring to China invading Australia... common get real As of today China's navy simply does not have the capability. Only countries that have impose blockade in the past 500 years are from the so-called western countries. England impose blockade the US in its war for independence. And more recently, US imposed blockade against Cuba and in limited capacity Iran

[@sharptoothtrex4486]

Even if more Chinese people moved to Australia and New Zealand is something they must deserve this kind of freedom. Leave the Chinese people alone CCP and let them move to Australia and New Zealand.

[@michaelwalsh2659]

Great video If only he pronounced Canberra the way it’s actually pronounced “Can-bra”

[@hli7877]

Nah nah can-BEAR-a is clearly how should pronounce it now hahaha 🤣

[@tyamada21]

Could it be??? I'm more inclined to believe that it will be and soon...

[@laosasean8482]

Australia human right abuse against the Aborigine people is unacceptable and how could you have a gut to lecture China bout human right.

[@joebloggs6131]

They've had every chance and every opportunity to make something of themselves but decide to stay at home and booze it up. Not responsible for what they put down their throat or their bleeding heart. Lucky country, abundant, but only because white fella way steered it to #1 wealthiest per person 2021 & 2022.

[@betula2137]

11:24: this part is ridiculous because of one detail -- the gas fuel we export back from those countries...came from us to begin with. Japan doesn't produce much gas for instance, they buy it from us (we're the largest LNG exporter in the world). The reason we buy back our own gas as silly, because we allow foreign-owned companies to profit from the export revenue while the domestic consumers pay for it (because we still need gas). This is why it's useful to compare the eastern states with Western Australia, who actually keep a domestic supply mechanism to prevent this loop. So, if China theoretically blockaded the route, it would stop us from sending our gas off, which means we could either choose to find other markets, or keep more of the would-be export gas domestically.

[@paulfri1569]

Australia needs a mix of European and North + South East Asian immigration. These groups mix well and usually live in harmony.. Red China would love nothing more than a fractured nation from within..

[@chasindigo]

We already have that...

[@paulfri1569]

@@chasindigo We need more..

[@priceprice_baby]

Outside of gulf states bringing in masses of migrant workers we have the highest immigration rate in the world

[@gvoah]

Be honest, you are asian, aren't you?

[@theawesomeman9821]

what are you talking about? Plenty of Asians complain about racism in Australia.

[@appa609]

No? Australia is not a Chinese province in rebellion. If they invade somewhere after Taiwan it'll be towards india or russia.

[@metalmessia86]

Half a million (US$) per household on average... Well my household maxxes out at jst over 50k .. I love how averages work... 🤦🏼‍♂️ I need a new job lol

[@Destroyer_V0]

Yup. The realistic average is far, faaaar lower, even in a well off household. A doctor and a senior aircraft mechanic, roughly, would bring in maaaaybe 100k to 200K, AUD per year. Whereas many families are far, far lower. And living expenses being what they are... that rough take home pay I mentioned earlier? Halve it, even for a frugal spender. Paying for car insurance and maintenance cause our cities are designed for cars, not people. electricity, internet, water and groceries.

[@corsarogonzalez9831]

Bro just come to japan. I make 5k Aud a month driving around dropping off hot n sticky bitumen loads. Shit's easy and you barely need n4 Japanese. 3 years with a car license and just go do a test. Cost of living? $550 a month on rent (could be $300 if I was a tight arse without a wife), food is $200 a month with the occasional cheeky bevvy. Could eat out every day and spend like $50-80 a day If I wanted to be stupid. Insurance is paid for, internet is 900mbs DL and 1.2gb upload, FREE. $30 a month for unlimited 4g. UHHHH 100 bux a month in winter on electricity and gas. Come to Japan before it gets nuked. Its tops.

[@metalmessia86]

@@corsarogonzalez9831 as a jdm fan boy I'd VERY much like to goto japan. But with 2 little kids in school it'd be a bit much to uproot everyone.. If I was in my 20s with no kids I'd probably already be there... (I drive a stagea and love one piece japan is a dream holiday spot for sure)

[@ParallelComparison]

Fanboys here have no clue of how extremely difficult it is to invade an fortified island country. Crossing the sea transporting heavy armored vehicles and millions of troops while anti ship missiles firing your direction, the beach being bombarded while trying to land, maintaining the supply line across the strait. And if the war doesn't end within a year typhoon season. Taiwan could call up 1.6 million troops. 1:3 rule states that an invasion force will need 4.8 million troops to be successful, this is not even considering an amphibious type invasion. Does China even have enough transportation ships? How many times do they have to go back and forth while being bombarded at the beach? The last time China tried invading another nation(Vietnam) at their border without a sea to cross, they got kicked out in 4 weeks and loss 26,000 troops in a single month. What more trying to cross the Taiwan Strait? Logistic nightmare. Side note: (for reference, the US loss 241 troops per month on average in the Vietnam war). Now compare that to China's 26,000 troops loses in a month

[@RobertLibby85]

I moved to Australia from the USA and I wont go back, you can take the Australian health care from my cold dead hands! Lol

[@johnepskamp7341]

Excellent. I bet you know how to say Canberra too! 😉

[@Liboch]

A few things: 1) in the grand scheme of things, Australia defence is just a twig. 2) but China would not send send their navy to block Australian waterways without compromising defence of the mainland China. Australia is thousands of miles away. Consider the size of the continent, its own energy and and large agricultural sector. A blockade would not be very effective. 3) apart from its vast natural resources, Australia has nothing much to shout about, no noticeable industries.

[@loots0533]

It would be a big move for China to attempt a naval blockade. Not sure how it would work without blocking passage of all ships in the area, including Malaysia Singapore, India, etc. I’m also not sure how long they could sustain it for. We seen Russias problems with logistics.

[@nanaholic01]

The plan is those militarised islands in South China Sea which is currently where most of the traffic goes through. It's the reason why China wants to claim and get official recognition of the Nine Dash Lines.

[@kingboruto6973]

problem is when russia+china +north korea+pakistan team up cuz both korea and pakistan are chinese vassal with russia having us hatred.

[@loots0533]

@@nanaholic01 noted. Although they still need naval patrol boats to board vessels to determine who can pass. Otherwise what’s the point. It’s like having customs on the sea. Seems like a dumb idea to me. If a vessel is not a threat just let it pass. I understand those militarized islands. It’s a way of China claiming most of the South China Sea. It’s also to project power. I hardly think they going to sink vessels by shooting missiles from those islands. This will just lead to an environmental catastrophe for them as cargo vessels carry a lot of fuel. They will have to clean it up unless they want to sabotage all the marine life in the sea as well. I really don’t get why all the posturing. China could do a whole lot better by getting along and opening up their market.

[@nanaholic01]

@@loots0533 It doesn't have to be the navy - China also pay the "fishermen" to do the patrolling and harass boats in the South China Sea area. The fishermen are quite happy to comply because they get to control most of the fishing the area while getting extra money from the government, and when called into action they just pretend to be "civilian fishermen" and ram other civilian ships. Very sneaky bastards.

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

@@nanaholic01 Yeah but if China were to block the Strait of Malacca they're going to have to get past Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and India (countries that have EEZ overlapping or in close proximity to the Strait of Malacca and/or rely on it).

[@RobertWilliams-us4kw]

Im sorry VisualPolitik, but as an Australian, your analogy about Australia seems a little more Utopian than what I experience. I put out a facebook post to my mates asking how many of them as a household make $500k per year? I didn't get an affirmative reply. One thing you failed to mention with your analogy of Oz being 'the lucky country' is the fact that per capita, we're also one of the greatest indebted. I find it interesting that you make light of Australia once having 'eight oil refineries, which has been reduced to two'. Is this not more a gauge of Australian political/government stupidity at the behest of corporate influence? One of the greatest highlighted and learnt outcomes for the Second World War was the strategic necessity of oil refining and tye manufacturing of aluminium.... Also sadly which you fail to mention (as do most media) is the reality that the U.S., EU and Australia governments openly and eagerly allowed, encouraged and embraced the notion of giving their respective manufacturing to China as a means of deriving greater profits for their business/corporate sectors. The irony here is that the U.S., EU and Australian just didn't seed manufacturing to China, they specifically gave Chine their state-of-the-art technologies by which to manufacture it! The thing your story does not show is how consecutive Australian government and corporate universities encouraged, welcomed and made billion and billions of $$$ from educating Chinese people in some of the STEM, which with the manufacturing on a silver plater, has given China the opportunity and fortitude to not simple be the Wests equal, but the potentially rival the West economically and militarily - so in essence, since the 1970's, the U.S., EU and Australian thought that they could be and continue to be a pimp and a prostitute.....wrong! As for your analogy of the 2018 timeframe onwards being a time when China pushed back, I'd hope you'd appreciate that this was in fact a strategic decision and campaign formulated and initiated by the U.S. who finally saw that it had explicitly failed as the 'pimp'. Australia's criticism of China had less to do with 'political interference in Australian politics/governance by China', rather it was everything to do with the coming of Donald Trump and his decision to use 'China- bashing' as a domestic political tool. Add to the the sickening bromance of then Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison with Donald Trump and his perverse use and manipulation of marketing (Scott Morrison - aka Scotty from Marketing, literally copied Donald Trump and Trumpism) to emphasis to Donald Trump (and later Joe Biden) that Australia would gladly and willingly act as the mouthpiece for the United States, as the good loyal tail-waging ally...... The truth is and I would have seriously hoped VisualPolitik would have alluded to it, is the fact that this 'reset' by U.S., EU and Australia is a delayed and desperate response to the United States realisation that its hegemony is being threatened. Unfortunatly for myself as an Australian, I'm really really concerned that our overt 'all the way with the U.S.A!' has and will continue to effect our sovereignty as an independent nation, whilst threatening our economy with our biggest trading partner - China. Finally, if I may, most people either don't know or care, that China studied the explicite failings of Imperial Japan's to wage such an envisaged war against Australia and isn't stupid to do the same. China wisely and as it is entitled has and will continue to find other countries with and to trade the strategic resources it need requires. So Australia might rightfully think it can be the 51st State of the U.S.A, eat all the apple pie it sees in American culture. But ironically if VisualPolitik was to expand on its investigation into this topic, ironically, the U.S. for all its bluster of fairness and equality rhetoric, has and continues to take and fill Chinese markets from Australia, whilst Australian politicians/governments are pissing into the wind.

[@mec0013]

lol I'm Canadian I prefer winter. Australian dream seems like a cute concept but you have similar issues as us but you have less water unless it's a flood and will never be a super power. Simply another American lackey like us.

[@bighands69]

Australia is nothing like Canada. The limitations that Canada has does not apply to Australia. Australia is flat and hot but that is not a limiting factor for building transport. Lots of snow is. Now if Canada got its head out of underneath its self it would grow and become powerful but that will not happen by the looks of it hence why it is subservient to the US.

[@mec0013]

@@bighands69 There's lots of similarities. Very few big cities, for example, and ridiculous housing prices. Water is Australia's Achilles heel.