Last year consolidated the thaw that began under the Albanese government. Entering 2025, however, the Australia-China relationship will face growing uncertainties.

In May, 60 China scholars signed an open letter warning the Australian Research Council (ARC), the federal government's top non-medical research funding body, that the state of Australia's research on China had hit "crisis point".

The resignation of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has overseen deteriorating ties with China over the past nine years, has rekindled hopes for "a rebound" in bilateral relations despite mutual distrust,

Australia's Fortescue said on Wednesday that it would partner with a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Baowu Steel Group, the world's largest steelmaker, to address challenges in decarbonising the global steel industry.

The first electric vehicle priced under $30,000 is now on sale in Australia, with a stripped-back version of the Dolphin vehicle from Chinese carmaker BYD heading a growing list of lower-cost clean cars for Australia.

2025 offers no quick fixes to the economic problems of the past year, according to experts, but expect an easing of interest rates and inflation that have made life more difficult for millions of people.

Chinese electric vehicles are gaining traction in Australia but overall interest in EVs has dropped, new data suggests.

The United States and China appear destined for a military conflict, with bellicose rhetoric on both sides, an escalating arms race and Beijing widely considered the most serious threat to the

China has become the world’s second-largest holder of lithium reserves after a world-class spodumene-type lithium belt spanning 2,800 kilometres was discovered in the country’s west. A mine in the Xikunsong-Pan-Ganzi region in Tibet and some lithium salt lakes in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau were also found.

It looked like the big miners were finding support earlier this week, with the big three’s shares all higher. However, the trade that fell flat on Thursday. The banks, meanwhile, have returned to their winning form. The trade rolls on – it’s still a one-horse race.

Global alcohol companies such as Diageo, Pernod Ricard and Carlsberg are demanding unpaid dues of about $466 million from India's Telangana state, where Heineken suspended supplies this week in an unprecedented move,