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Is that in the interest of democracy for us and our allies to be developing closer ties with a country like China?

With the second Trump presidency, we've seen Anthony Albanese and his entire government almost take a very different tone when they're talking about the Trump administration.

They're very careful.

Our prime minister's running line is that he doesn't want to give running commentary on things that the US president says, and a lot of the times he remains quite tight-lipped on things that he should be quite vocal about.

Do you think we're going to be seeing a similar trend with China and issues emerging from Beijing?

Do you think we're to see over the next coming years

our government being a little bit more quieter because they are trying to forge that relationship and navigate that relationship?

Dr. Jessica, thanks for joining us on the briefing.

That was expert in international conflict at UNSW, Dr. Jessica Gnauer speaking with me there.

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In fact, there are 9 million other Australians doing the exact same thing.

And that's according to a recent YouGov poll that found 40% of us have turned to AI for medical advice and we've done it without clinical oversight.