Adam Creighton, Washington correspondent with The Australian, joins Michael regarding one of the world’s highest-powered, yet least known, conferences on international affairs which wrapped up in Washington DC on the weekend without a single Australian among the attendees.

The Bilderberg meeting (also known as the Bilderberg Group) is an annual conference established in 1954 to foster dialogue between Europe and North America.

The group’s agenda, originally to prevent another world war, is now defined as bolstering a consensus around free market Western capitalism and its interests around the globe.

Participants include political leaders, experts from industry, finance, academia, and the media, numbering around 120, discussed 14 topics, including some directly relevant to Australia – China, Geopolitical Realignments, Disinformation, Energy Security, and Sino-US Tech Competition.

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