POLITICS OF AUSTRALIA AND ASIA RELATIONS.

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New Colombo Plan
The New Colombo Plan is expanding Australia connections with the ASEAN region
as well as delivering continuing welfare to Australia. However, the plan requires an
incorporated national approach in order to develop its dimension balance and impact. The
new Colombo plan is introduced as a 'reverse' Colombo plan after World War II initiative
(Lowe, 2015). Under this plan, Australia for the very first time will be able to offer
scholarships to apprentices and prospective leaders coming from South and South East Asia
to study in the universities of Australia. The fundamental purpose of the plan is to develop
the upcoming generation of Asia connected Australian leaders. Irrespective of these
initiatives the program requires developing as an institution with engaging educational
facilities in the region and serves as a norm instead of something being distinctive. The NCP
is struggling to achieve its chief agenda of improving a broader Asian literacy between the
country's citizens (Welch, 2016). Harmonizing with the NCP can be restructured to push
towards learning Asian languages in Australian schools. Till present, a certain level of
opposition is observed towards learning language in the structure of the original Colombo
plan with Asian coming to Australia instead of Australians going to Asian nations for
educational purposes. However, the labour party of Australia in 2019 has committed to
correct this issue for improving their relations with Asia.
NCP is recognised as a national success narrative which has authorized Australia to
expand its ties with other countries. NCP has confirmed that this agenda of reinforcing its
types with Asia can be changed by establishing a group of Asia and Asia engaged Australian
leaders (Broinowski, 2016). Thus, certainly the program offers constructive opportunity for
strengthening national Asia literacy and expands as well as deepens Australia's expertise and
networks in the region.

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Fall of Singapore
The fall of Singapore that happened in 1942 still remains a major strategic shock for
Australia. The fall of Singapore happened significantly due to failure of Australian defences
by the Japanese which resulted in severe problems. The actual strategic shock did not involve
the fall of Singapore, what actually happened was due to the lack of British armed forces’
commitment. This obligation failed to challenge Japan’s ability to anticipate power vis-à-vis
the Western Pacific region (Chiang, 2019). Till present, it is known as a classic failure of the
alliance of Australia and Asia and of the strategic policy which got established these
associations. This failure marked a whole generation of Australians and significantly
influenced their strategic thinking for several years. With the lessons gathered from the fall of
Singapore, political leaders of Australia since 1996 and particularly since the mid-2000s
attained the confidence the security forces of Australia.
However, in recent times, few claim that Australia possibly will require safeguarding
itself and its most vital welfares in a single handed manner. The fall of Singapore is identified
as the ultimate intelligence that established a paradigm shift in foreign policy in lieu of the
Australian Government. On the other hand, the complete failure of the Singapore Strategy in
addition to the damage of nearly a quarter of Australia's foreign armed forces during the
initial phase of the Pacific War shocked the nation. It also made deliberation of a new foreign
policy with utmost precedence (Broinowski, 2016). The fall of Singapore to certain extent
weakened relations of Australia with Asia. In addition to this, Singapore’s fall initiated the
Australian association with the United States. This collaboration remained as a vital
partnership which sustained all through the Second World War, the Cold War in addition to
the Korean War as well as the Vietnam War and (Chiang, 2019). Till present, it remains at
the core of major governmental parties’ security strategies of both the nations.

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Global Financial Crisis 2008
The Australian financial system was severely affected by the global recession.
Nevertheless, while undergoing challenging times, the Australian financial system reflected a
constructive performance in comparison to other advanced markets. As per Chiang (2019), in
2009, the Australian economy increased by nearly 0.4%. On the other hand, rest of the G7
economies limited in the March by approximately 2.1 per cent. The growth was possible due
to the appropriate policy responses of the Australian Government and Reserve Bank of
Australia to the results of the GFC as well as global recession. In addition to this, the
Australian financial system continued commercializing expansively with Asian nations,
chiefly with China. This alliance led Australian economy to attain continual profit from
Chinese progress during the extremely synchronised global stoppage. In addition, the growth
of reciprocal trade among Australia and China gave rise to actual welfares to Australian
houses as well as manufacturing segments dependent on inexpensive imports (McDowell,
2019).
Furthermore, Australia’s attitude towards the trade negotiations reduced grants on
particular agrarian produces. Australia required superior services market admission along
with an improved level trading arena with Chinese competitors (Womack, 2017). Thus, it can
be noted that Australia’s robust financial performance throughout the GFC credited to its
dealings of incentives and served as a comprehensive and liquid banking system with the
strong call for energy as well as minerals by China which have been imported from Australia
(Kaur, 2015). Australian will expand its trade widely with Asian nations, predominantly with
China Moreover, bilateral trade as well as investment dealings also strengthened. Currently,
these are extremely correspondent to each other in the extents of mining as well as energy.

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Labour Tradition
Starting from 1901 to the Second World War, majority of the Australian leaders from
labor as well as non-labor domain showed greater inclination in establishing alliances with
overseas nations like United States and Japan. According to Rüland (2017), Australia showed
more interest on resolving issues like immigration, provincial security in addition to relations
with these two countries. Increasing concern for the concept of provincial financial as well as
security cooperation showed high indication under the control of Whitlam government and
the Fraser Coalition government (1975–93) (Harrison & Rutström, 2017). Nonetheless, under
the Hawke Labor government, a comprehensible theoretical approach established with an
agenda of instituting alliances with the East Asian region.
Since then, the Australia Asia relation remained a dominant factor of Australian
foreign policy discussion. The fanatical rhetoric of the labour tradition regarding Australia’s
Asia alliance and its prospect did not simply aim at the domestic consumption. Moreover, the
labour tradition reassured Australians to undergo a theoretical increase for considering their
modernization, globalization, and multiculturalism in addition to as a self-governing aspects.
These showed dynamic engagement in the East Asian region with its individual terms instead
of serving as a subordinate associate or a subdivision entity of the United Kingdom or the
United States (Rüland, 2017). Australia’s scheme of Asian engagement was considered as a
complex occurrence that expanded the capability of administration to control by itself.
However, changes in the external setting as well as dependent events, comprising of the
democratization of Indonesia, variations in Malaysia’s radical control and rapid rise of China
served as a vital role in determining Australia’s chances for regional commitment apart from
the fundamental financial services (Harrison & Rutström, 2017). However, under a Labor
Government I lead, Australian foreign policy will be self-governing, assertive and
determined.

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Media and Foreign Policy
The media release for the 2017 Foreign Policy White Paper states that the chief
foreign policy precedence of Australia focuses on increasing its endeavours of guaranteeing
the country’s association with Southeast Asia (Baldino et al., 2014). During extreme
insecurity, establishing strong alliance with ASEAN is considered as a practical policy
direction for Australia. However, for many years, Australia remained intensive about forming
‘Pacific’ or ‘Asia Pacific’ establishments with a sturdy US presence. On the other hand, the
ASEAN shows tendency of preferring an ‘East Asia’ concept as well as to concentrate on
edifying the ASEAN community single-handed manner. However, in recent times,
Australia’s support towards the ‘Indo-Pacific’ concept is showing lack of clarity. As per the
media release, White Paper’s determination that the Indo-Pacific serves as the region of
principal importance to Australia’ possibly will appear as a non-controversial modernization
in the foreign policy rhetoric of Australia (Alden & Aran, 2016). However, in Southeast Asia
and China a decline of the ‘Asia’ is observed and indicates to an anti-China approach.
There is an understanding of terms, as it has the capacity of revealing severe policy
orientation. It has been inopportune that official Australian declarations be likely to discuss
about ‘Southeast Asia’, not ‘ASEAN’. As a result, Australia requires emphasising on the fact
that has no uncertainty in relation to the project of forming a robust ASEAN community.
Furthermore, Australia will necessitate an all-inclusive and understated consideration of
ASEAN viewpoints. This raises the query of whether the administration, media still retain the
level of Southeast Asia capability which it has achieved during the 1970s (Sinaga, 2015).
Moreover, with the progression of Australia towards playing a decisive role as ASEAN’s
‘leading partner’, government administrators in addition to public experts will require
involving in highly critical discussion regarding principles and ideology.

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References
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Baldino, D., Carr, A., & Langlois, A. J. (2014). Australian Foreign Policy: Controversies and
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Broinowski, A. (Ed.). (2016). ASEAN into the 1990s. Springer.
Chiang, M. H. (2019). China–ASEAN economic relations after establishment of free trade
area. The Pacific Review, 32(3), 267-290.
Harrison, G. W., & Rutström, E. E. (2017). The effect of manufacturing sector protection on
ASEAN and Australia: a general equilibrium analysis. In The Political Economy of
Manufacturing Protection (pp. 184-213). Routledge.
Kaur, I. (2015). Early warning system of currency crisis: insights from global financial crisis
2008. IUP Journal of Applied Economics, 14(1), 69.
Lowe, D. (2015). Australia’s Colombo plans, old and new: International students as foreign
relations. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 21(4), 448-462.
McDowell, D. (2019). Emergent international liquidity agreements: central bank cooperation
after the global financial crisis. Journal of International Relations and
Development, 22(2), 441-467.
Rüland, J. (2017). The ASEAN Economic Community and National Sovereignty: Towards a
Securitisation of Labour Migration? A Press Analysis of Four Southeast Asian
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Sinaga, L. C. (2015). China’s Assertive Foreign Policy in South China Sea under Xi Jinping:
Its Impact on United States and Australian Foreign Policy. Journal of ASEAN
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Welch, A. (2016). Evolving ASEAN-Australia Relations in Higher Education. Towards a
Regional Knowledge Network?. International Education Journal: Comparative
Perspectives, 15(1), 5-25.
Womack, B. (2017). International Crises and China's Rise: Comparing the 2008 Global
Financial Crisis and the 2017 Global Political Crisis. The Chinese Journal of
International Politics, 10(4), 383-401.