After Trump entered office he took US foreign policy on a new path of hostility against China, and it became either with the US or against the US. Australia, unlike NZ for instance, did not remain neutral as it historically did, instead it chose a side of "us vs them". The architect was Morrison, China didn't like that, it has almost very little to do with covid inquiry like media kept brainwashing the mass, but the fact that Australia has joined US new policy of confrontation. Albo is now reversing that policy quietly, after 7 close door meetings.
Re coal, China's GDP growth in 2022 was 5.8% under lock down, I haven't seen any chart that shows China's blackouts were higher in 2021 compared to previous years, I don't trust the media unless there's statistics to back it up.
