Sound advice from @jasonhinkel. Australia sees itself as joined at the hip with the USA, an AUKUS partner and as a member of the Global North. Australia's global strategy is premised on the benign security of its US protector. But the fact is, it's only one sovereign decision away from stoking the US' wrath. (Australia continually experiences US interference but decides not to notice.) The US treatment of the EU, now almost on its collective knees, simply because of its reliance on Russian energy, should be a warning to Australia developing an economic reliance on its China trade. (If loss of the rock lobster trade sent Australia into conniptions, what will a wider disruption of the China trade do?) If it's not already too late, Australia should seriously consider Hinkel's advice to 1) Take steps to improve economic sovereignty and delink from US trade and finance.  2) Substitute US imports as much as possible through [diversifying] trade and swap lines with economies outside the US orbit.  3) Build up defensive capacities and establish defence agreements outside the US orbit. Australia could start developing genuine, equal (ie not as a US agent in the region) partnerships with ASEAN and Pacific nations for a start.