In this article from Dr Vince Scappatura we can see how far down the path to war with China we are right now. Paul Dibb in the Guardian today warns that Pine Gap would be a target in the event of such a war. Former Labor foreign minister Bob Carr warns that Australia needs to push back against US war plans and to do all we can to 'avert' such a war.

"Australia would be unlikely to escape attacks on the continent in a broader US-China conflict that recent wargaming exercises anticipate would be a bloody mess with terrible loss of life. That’s without factoring in nuclear escalation which is less unlikely than many assume and would entail utterly unimaginable consequences."