Kim Beazley isn’t someone I normally agree with but in this instance he’s just about right on the money, so to speak…


When Anthony Albanese sits down with Donald Trump next week, he must remind the President of Australia’s undeniable strengths and how they are critical to the US machine.

That was the advice handed down by former Deputy Prime Minister Kim Beazley on the ABC today.

The US President will arrive at the meeting fresh from declaring an end to one war in the Middle East and juggling another in Ukraine. The challenge for Albanese is how to cut through the noise and keep Trump’s attention on Australia.

Beazley says the key lies in a part of the world that Trump cares deeply about.

“Interestingly I think the president of China has made this visit even more vital to the US than would normally be the case,” Beazley said. He says Beijing has begun “to tweak the knob on cutting back American access to the critical minerals and particularly the quality of critical minerals that is absolutely essential to the Defence position of the West and Defence position of the US”.

That’s where Australia comes in.

According to Beazley, Albanese can walk into the White House with something far more compelling than a symbolic gesture.

“We actually have to have in our possession a total solution to the problems you confront,” he continued. “We have the minerals, we have in particular the heavy rare earths, we have mining and processing know-how. And we have the capacity to put that know-how to resolving the problem.

“The Americans now have where their weapons systems and a lot of other Defence equipment is totally dependent on these imports of the product of the heavy rare earths into the US,” Beazley explained.

America’s war-fighting machinery, from fighter jets to precision missiles, relies on supply chains that China is squeezing and Australia must argue its case to fill the gap, Beazley says.

We are a critical minerals powerhouse globally, not just important to the US, it’s important to the rest of the Western world,” he said.

“I know they’re working on sophisticated proposals, the government has a very sophisticated approach to the question of rare earths and critical minerals and I think the Americans ought to be able to be convinced of it.”

From news.com.au

Dnarever wrote on Oct 15^th, 2025 at 5:57pm:


I guess Beazley is thinking it may be a way to have the tariffs removed.

Dnarever wrote on Oct 15^th, 2025 at 5:57pm:


Agreed. Why would Albo want to bother with AUKUS?

The plates have shifted. The US is now in freefall. The West can't expect to wait this administration out anymore. By the time Trump's done, it'll be too late.

Australia's always been the pragmatic middle power. It may well be better to go all the way with Chairman Xi.

China, our largest importer, has the long game in mind. It's busily constructing a global hegemon.

Trump and his sycophants are destroying one. Sheesh, if our friends in Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea can work this out, why can't our blinkered public service, DFAT and security officials in Canberra?

Keating has. Perhaps, and I hate to say this, we're better allied to China than America. At the very least, we can't fund a twenty year nuclear sub plan in the current global climate. The US may turn out to be more militaristic and authoritarian than China.

I never liked the idea of nukes anyway. Australia might be better off putting AUKUS aside until the Dems get in. God knows the rest of our allies are biding their time, waiting for Trump to go.

And for those like Starmer who try to use Trump as a trade opportunity, the loss of political capital will probably do him in. Not only will Donnie inevitably shaft Stier, it will be a brutal, public humiliation that will undo him in the end.

Albo is better off staying away. AUKUS should wait until there's a US you can deal with. I'm sure many in his cabinet and office are advising just that.

You?

Armchair_Politician wrote on Oct 15^th, 2025 at 7:41pm:


Just as likely to get them increased or to obtain other threats.

Dnarever wrote on Oct 17^th, 2025 at 11:48am:


Just so. As the newly indicted CRIMINAL John Bolton has pointed out, the big fella's way of handling foreign policy comes down to one thing only:

What have you got for me?

A bit of Bitcoin, some real estate or cold, hard cash. He's not adverse to the odd award either. A knighthood, an honorary doctorate, a Nobel peace prize.

Of course, DL doesn't spend too much time on the details. He's never considered actually studying for a doctorate or trying to achieve peace. He's always been far too busy making or losing money to bother with that.

No, instead, DL expects these things to be given to him. And if they aren't, watch out. He's just ordered Pam to dig up something on the chair of the Nobel Committee. He's also planning an additional tariff on Norway. And if he really gets mad, it's possible that we'll see Norwegian North Sea oil rigs torpedoed, like all those Colombian fishing boats he keeps blowing up in the Caribbean.

Imagine, details like these once sounded made-up. Today, nobody questions them. Everybody knows what the big fella's like.

Unfortunately for Albo, the big fella has no interest in previous administrations' submarine contracts, the security of close US allies like Australia or whether Chi-na takes over the Pacific. He can't be bothered with all that. If Fox ran the story, he'd flick over to CNN.

What he does care about is becoming the world's richest prez. Albo needs to play it smart. Think big, as they say. Don't talk about honoring US deals, the spirit of ANZUS, securing the Pacific or any of that foreign policy virtue signalling. DL likes golf clubs, right?

Pitch him a golf course down in Oz. Don't even bother talking subs, just cut right to it.

Here you go, sir. What we have, for a very limited time only, is this hot new golf course we're prepared to make you the sole proprietor of. Yes, it's currently a public course, but it'll come with all the right approvals for a luxury, high-class resort. You can wall it off, make it elites-only and have all your friends come and play. Quality people, no shitholes. No one with a net worth less than a bil.

When Albo's done, DL will sign on the dotted line, believe me. By the time he's twigged that Albo's given him a patch of dirt next to the Cooper Pedy runway, our subs will be ready to go.

Not many of our Trump-supporting friends say this, Dnarever, but I think it's the way to go:

We will make Australia great again, no?

Karnal wrote on Oct 17^th, 2025 at 3:02pm:




Dear Karnal,
many blessings:

Trump?
What are they going to say about him?
What? Are they going to say he was a kind man?
He was a wise man? He had plans?
He had wisdom? Bullshit, man!
Am I going to be the one to set him straight?
Look at me - wrong.
YOU.

https://www.bitchute.com/video/3QXuh2t5tKsv/

Karnal wrote on Oct 17^th, 2025 at 3:52pm:




That's right, Karnal,

why would a nice guy like you wanna kill a genius?...

The man is clear in his mind, but his soul is mad.
Oh, yeah. He's dying, I think. He hates all of this.
He hates it, but the man's, uh. He reads poetry out loud, all right?...