Australia wants deeper energy ties to help Taiwan decarbonise, amid China tensions

Trade minister Dan Tehan sees real opportunities' to help Taiwan, as he hopes relationship with China has not become permanently adversarial

The Australian government says it wants to help Taiwan decarbonise its economy, flagging this as the next area of cooperation with the democratically ruled island, amid ongoing tensions with China.

The trade minister, Dan Tehan, said he saw real opportunities" to deepen energy ties with Taiwan, while arguing there was bipartisan recognition in Australia of the greater assertiveness that we're seeing from China".