Peter Dutton compares China's rise to 1930s Nazi Germany

Harley Dennett
Updated September 8 2021 - 6:08pm, first published 12:30pm
US Embassy's Chargé dAffaires Michael Goldman with Defence Minister Peter Dutton. Picture: Department of Defence
US Embassy's Chargé dAffaires Michael Goldman with Defence Minister Peter Dutton. Picture: Department of Defence

Defence Minister Peter Dutton has compared the behaviour of the Chinese government to the World War II build-up of the 1930s in a speech to American business lobbyists.

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Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.