AYSI: Don't want to be a buzz kill, but Australia is in a Mexican standoff with China, which could stop importing their iron ore.
OT: Good TV show related to this topic: Pine Gap on the Cine Moi network. A spy thriller set in Alice Springs, Australia. A joint U.S.-Aussie intelligence team is monitoring China. The sub-plot, if there is one, is that Australia is considering a neutrality agreement with China. The plot is the usual one--there is a suspected mole among the spies (electronic spying in a big "war room"--no cloak and dagger).