China overplayed its hand on critical minerals, now Australia and allies are building around it - defenceconnect.com.au

The article signals that China's aggressive use of critical minerals as a coercive tool has backfired, prompting Australia and allies to accelerate sovereign and allied supply chains. This directly advances Pillar 1 (Resource Sovereignty) and Pillar 5 (Decoupling) by reducing Australia's dependence on Chinese-controlled mineral flows, a core strategic vulnerability. Success in critical-minerals decoupling materially weakens China's asymmetric leverage over Australia's defence and industrial base.