PM to meet President Xi Jinping; injured Greens candidate to face court

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While the prime minister meets for more friendly talks between Australian mining chiefs and Chinese resources bosses, Nationals Senator Matt Canavan has spoken out in criticism of China’s funding of manufacturing in Indonesia. BHP suspended nickel mining in Western Australia in July last year, with the mining giant blaming the shutdown and subsequent job losses on a global oversupply of nickel that has stemmed from Chinese-backed producers mining in Indonesia. “We’ve already seen the aggressive industrial tactics of China in Indonesia, they’re financing coal-fired power stations and nickel expansions in Indonesia that cost 10,000 Australian jobs last year, when our...