The federal government is now considering the results of a six-month review of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to determine whether it is fit for purpose to deal with a militarily aggressive Chinese Communist Party. The report was ordered last August by the newly elected Labor government and came just two years after the 2020…
Defence Force Review Completed, Next Steps to Be Determined in ‘Weeks’
February 14, 2023
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‘People Won’t Care Until They Feel the Burn’
February 14, 2023
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An Australian supply chain worker based in Melbourne may have forgotten about an email he wrote two years ago if not seeing the news of the Australian federal government “riddled with CCP spyware.” The email was sent to the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV), one of Australia’s largest motoring clubs, which offers a range…
‘People Won’t Care Until They Feel the Burn’: Worker
February 14, 2023
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An Australian supply chain worker based in Melbourne may have forgotten about an email he wrote two years ago if not seeing the news of the Australian federal government “riddled with CCP spyware.” The email was sent to the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV), one of Australia’s largest motoring clubs, which offers a range…
Beijing’s Online Study Ban Has Not Brought Expected Chinese Student’s Visas Boom to Australia
February 13, 2023
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Australia’s Home Affairs Department has confirmed there has been no significant increase in the number of visas issued to Chinese students despite the Chinese regime’s recent ban on online learning, forcing students to return to foreign universities around the world. During a Senate hearing on Feb. 13, the Home Affairs Department confirmed that it had…
What Are We Doing to Counter CCP Spying?
February 12, 2023
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Commentary The determination of the Chinese Communist regime to spy and collect information as part of its relentless efforts to expand its influence throughout the world was in stark relief this past week. The revelation that hundreds of security cameras in Australian government buildings were potentially collecting information for China followed the saga of the…
Beijing Spreads Social Media Disinformation About Australian Politics: Think Tank
February 10, 2023
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The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using social media to spread disinformation about Australian politics in a bid to undermine trust in Australia’s democratic institutions, researchers said. Beijing has coordinated dozens of Twitter accounts in recent months to amplify allegations of sexual assault and misconduct in Parliament House using the propaganda network Spamouflage, according to…
US, UK, and Australia Carry Out China-Focused Air Drills
February 9, 2023
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NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada—The United States, Britain, and Australia carried out joint air drills on Wednesday over the Nevada desert and beyond as part of an effort to simulate high-end combat operations against Chinese fighter aircraft and air defenses. Reuters accompanied British forces for several hours during the U.S.-hosted, three-week-long Red Flag exercises aboard…
First Official Shipment of Australian Coal Arrives in China After 2 Years of Trade Bans
February 8, 2023
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The first official shipment of Australian coal has landed in China as Beijing scrambles to “normalise” relations with the new Labor government. Around 72,000 tonnes of metallurgical coal arrived at Zhanjiang Port on Feb. 8 in the southeast of China, the first in two years after economic sanctions were placed on Australian exports in 2020….
CCP Will Lift Trade Ban on Australia as It Failed: Former Australian PM
February 8, 2023
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Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Beijing will lift its trade ban on Australia as it looks for a way out of the failure of its trade sanctions. The 29th Australian prime minister was speaking at an online forum on “Responses to China’s Economic Coercion” hosted by the Alliance of Democracies Foundation on Feb….
Solomon Islands Government Ousts Provincial Leader, Long-Time Critic of CCP
February 7, 2023
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The pro-Beijing Solomons national government has finally got its man. Daniel Suidani, the premier of the most populous Malaita Province, has, for years, been a political hurdle standing in the way of closer ties with the Chinese Communist Party. On Feb. 7, Suidani faced another no-confidence vote against his leadership, and this time, the dissenters…
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