Although the Opposition, the centre-left Australian Labor Party, had been tipped to win, it was the conservative coalition led by Morrison that returned to power. The discussion is symptomatic of the wider divisions in Australian public policy conversations on how best to manage China’s rise. But Beijing reacted by publicly warning Canberra and imposing new restrictions on Australian coal exports to China. Under the Morrison government, there is likely to be continuity in Canberra’s China policy and this would involve the continuation of its substantive outreach to India. With S. Jaishankar at the helm of the ministry of external affairs, the Narendra Modi government should begin to engage Australia more substantively.

Source: The Telegraph June 04, 2019 11:03 UTC