Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has used a keynote speech at the region's top security summit to urge China to reopen high-level communication channels with the United States, saying both great powers need to establish "guardrails" to ensure catastrophic conflict does not break out.
Mr Albanese delivered the warning in front of a high-powered audience of leaders, military officers and diplomats — including both US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and China's Defence Minister Li Shangfu — at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore on Friday night.
