Sarah Basford Canales - The Canberra Times - Thursday 15 April 2021 Rising anti-Chinese sentiment among the Australian community is immoral and feeding into the hands of the Chinese Communist Party, the chair of Parliament's intelligence and security committee has warned. Liberal senator James Paterson has called...
Tim Dodd - The Australian - Wednesday 14 April 2021 The chairman of the parliamentary committee investigating national security risks in universities has said he will shy away, if possible, from recommending new obligations on the higher education and research sectors. Speaking to Rory Medcalf, head of...
Anthony Galloway - The Sydney Morning Herald - Wednesday 14 April 2021 Liberal senator James Paterson says he is concerned about the rise in anti-Chinese racism in the wake of COVID-19, warning it is hampering efforts to counter foreign interference within Australia. The chairman of Parliament’s powerful...
NICK BONYHADY - THE AGE - MONDAY 12 APRIL 2021 Some of Australia’s top universities have called in a Chinese Communist Party expert to detect foreign interference risks, including auditing academics from at least one institution to see if they have secret secondary jobs. The universities of...
Ben Packham - The Australian - Thursday 8 April 2021 China says it will not “swallow the bitter pill” of sanctions for its treatment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang, warning that it will “respond in kind” if Australia joins other Western nations in targeting its officials...
Anthony Galloway - The Age - Tuesday 6 April 2021 Federal Education Minister Alan Tudge has attacked Sydney University’s student newspaper for taking down a report revealing academics’ links to the Chinese government, saying the move highlights the importance of protecting academic freedom and freedom of...
Latika Bourke - The Sydney Morning Herald - 31 March 2021 London: The global coalition of MPs pushing their governments to take a firmer stance against China suffered a major cyber attack on Monday (UK time). The Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China’s website was out for around nine hours...
Richard Ferguson - The Australian - 30 March 2021 Young fathers in federal parliament are pushing for smarter working hours and more help for families who want to visit their MP mums and dads in Canberra. Liberal MP Julian Simmonds, Labor MP Josh Burns and Coalition senator...
Bill Birtles - ABC - 30 March 2021 A Canberra art gallery has removed three artworks relating to Chinese leaders after receiving complaints and hundreds of angry messages, in what the artist believes was a coordinated attack. The Ambush Gallery at the Australian National University (ANU) in...
Rhiannon Tuffield - The Daily Telegraph - 24 March 2021 Anti-China activist Drew Pavlou “painted himself as a victim and the university as villain” amid ongoing tensions between the former student and the University of Queensland, its chancellor has told a senate inquiry. The university suspended Mr...