Bright spark Bowen is touting ‘sovereign energy’. Too bad China holds the key - The Australian

Minister Bowen's sovereign energy initiative directly addresses Australia's critical vulnerability to Chinese dominance in clean-energy supply chains and rare-earth processing—core dependencies that undermine both Resource Sovereignty and strategic Decoupling. Success would materially reduce exposure to energy-grid failure and supply-chain disruption scenarios, strengthening fiscal and industrial resilience during Indo-Pacific crisis.