Category: Scott Morrison

Australians Remain Frosty Towards China as Wariness Over Taiwan Military Threat Grows

A new study has revealed that in the event of a military conflict between Beijing and Washington over Taiwan, just over half of Australians would be against physically entering the contest on Taiwanese soil. However, Australians were keen to still support Taiwan, with 80 percent saying they would accept Taiwanese refugees into Australia, 76 percent…


LIVE 12 PM ET: Morris Johnson, Scott Morrison, and Pompeo Speak on AUKUS at Hudson Institute Event

The architects of the AUKUS agreement, former U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo; former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson; and former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, discuss the AUKUS agreement with other panelists in a Hudson Institute event at 12:00 p.m. ET on May 31. The agreement is a trilateral security pact between Australia, the…


Boris Johnson, Scott Morrison, and Pompeo Speak on AUKUS at Hudson Institute Event

The architects of the AUKUS agreement, former U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo; former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson; and former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, discuss the AUKUS agreement with other panelists in a Hudson Institute event at 12:00 p.m. ET on May 31. The agreement is a trilateral security pact between Australia, the…


No Country On Earth Can Resist Beijing’s Military on Its Own: Former Prime Minister Warns

“Interlocking alliances” between nations is the best way to counteract Beijing’s military build-up in the Indo-Pacific region, says former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Morrison, now able to speak more freely after stepping down from office, delivered a gloomy outlook on potential conflict in the region. He warned that “no country on their own” could…


Anti-CCP Activist Drew Pavlou Facing Court Over Protesting Against Xi Jinpin

Australian human rights activist Drew Pavlou is facing a court hearing over his protest against Chinese leader Xi Jinping last year. Pavlou, a vocal critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), was arrested by New South Wales (NSW) police at an anti-CCP rally in Eastwood, a Chinese community in northwest Sydney, in May 2022 and…


Anti-CCP Activist Drew Pavlou Facing Court Over Protesting Against Xi Jinping

Australian human rights activist Drew Pavlou is facing a court hearing over his protest against Chinese leader Xi Jinping last year. Pavlou, a vocal critic of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), was arrested by New South Wales (NSW) police at an anti-CCP rally in Eastwood, a Chinese community in northwest Sydney, in May 2022 and…


Hong Kong Must Face the CCP to Win Back Democracy: Activist

A Hong Kongnese activist has called for the youth of Hong Kong to get involved with democracy and to face the realities of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) if they want universal suffrage and real democracy. Elmer Yuen—also known as “Papa Yuen”—an entrepreneur and political commentator who gained widespread respect in the pro-democracy Hong Kong…


Sanction Chinese Officials Involved in Human Rights Abuses: Former PM

Australia should sanction Chinese officials involved in human rights abuses against Uyghurs, says former Prime Minister Scott Morrison. “The question naturally arises whether our new sanctions regime should be applied to any Chinese nationals for human rights abuses, especially in Xinjiang,” Morrison told attendees of an Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China meeting in Tokyo on Feb….


Chinese Ambassador Attempts to Break Strategic Alliance Between Australia and Japan

Beijing’s top envoy to Australia has attempted to drive a wedge into Australia’s growing ties with Japan by criticising his Japanese counterpart in Canberra and warning Australians against trusting their former World War Two enemy lest Japan launch another military attack on the country in the future. Chinese ambassador Xiao Qian made the comments during a…


Key Robodebt Documents From Services Australia Won’t Be Released: Tribunal

Documents that may have revealed what former ministers knew about the failed robodebt scheme will not be released, a tribunal has ruled. Advocate Justin Warren first requested access to the 12 documents in 2017 under freedom of information laws but the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on Sunday decided to only release one. The requested documents include…