The Rise of China and the Australian Public Service
This is a speech delivered by Dr. Raby in Centre for Strategy and Governance, Canberra on 16 November 2016.
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In China's murky system, Crown may never know all the answers
The two big questions in this, to which we may never learn the answers, are "Why Crown?" and "Why now?" A number of guesses have been floated.
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Why China isn't buying cash for comment from the likes of Sam Dastyari
Once again Australia is gripped by a cash-for-comment scandal. This time it is the Chinese Communist Party supposedly paying minor bills for an Australian politician to say a few conciliator vwords about the South China Sea dispute.
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Australia-China Relations: The Next Chapter
China and Australia have a relationship anchored by strong trade bonds. Recent negotiations have led to the signing of a free trade agreement, and there is strong prime-ministerial level dialogue between the two countries.
Hangzhou G20 meeting has too many fish to fry
China's increasingly muscular and assertive behaviour in the South China Sea, its ongoing dispute with Japan over Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands, and rising tension with the new administration in Taipei will be the elephants in the G20 summit room.
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Kevin Rudd not out of UN running yet
Dr Geoff Raby had an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to talk about Kevin Rudd's chances to be become the UN secretary general after Malcolm Turnbull refused to endorse him.
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Malcolm Turnbull, Kevin Rudd and the race for the United Nations
Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull refused to endorse former Labor PM Kevin Rudd's bid to become the next UN secretary-general. Dr Geoff Raby commented on this on Australian Financial Review.
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