Sharri Markson - The Australian - Saturday 8 May 2021 Chinese military scientists discussed the weaponisation of SARS coronaviruses five years before the COVID-19 pandemic, outlining their ideas in a document that predicted a third world war would be fought with biological weapons. The document, written by...
Senator James Paterson joins Phillip Tarrant from Defence Connect to discuss Australia's resilience to emerging security challenges in our region. Senator Paterson and Phillip Tarrant discuss the future of the Indo-Pacific, the importance of regional and international alliances and the federal government's proposed new laws...
Ben Packham - The Australian - Tuesday 4 May 2021 The Chinese company operating the Port of Darwin says it will “actively respond to the call of the state”, as it works toward “the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation”. Landbridge, whose 99-year lease of the port...
Rashida Yosufzai - SBS News - Sunday 2 May 2021 Members of Australia's Taiwanese community are calling for the government to push harder to get Taiwan into the World Health Organization, saying its inclusion could help stave off the next pandemic. Only countries that are members of...
Marion Rae - The Canberra Times - Friday 30 April 2021 Tech giants want to set their own rules for what ASIO calls the "echo chambers of hate". But federal parliament's intelligence and security committee chair Liberal James Paterson has told a public hearing on Friday he...
Senator James Paterson joins Afternoon Agenda host Kieran Gilbert to discuss predictions by the head of ASIO that a terrorist attack in Australia is likely within the next 12 months....
Olivia Caisley - The Australian - Tuesday 27 April 2021 The director of ANU’s taxpayer-funded Centre on China in the World says she feels “persecuted and misinterpreted” after she publicly cited an “anonymous article” that cast doubt over grave human rights abuses towards Uighur Muslims in...
Senator James Paterson talks with Chris Kenny from the Kenny Report about the possibility of conflict between China and Taiwan, an ANU Professor's retraction of controversial comments about the treatment of Uyghurs and the US Climate Summit....
Karen Barlow - The Canberra Times - Saturday 24 April 2021 Australia appears to have been somewhat liberated in its troubled, but important, relationship with its biggest trading partner, China. After a year of provocations, originated by the Prime Minister questioning the origins of COVID-19 and continuing...
Senator James Paterson - Menzies Research Centre - Friday 23 April 2021 You can cause great harm to a country without ever firing a shot or putting a soldier on the ground, simply by curtailing their freedom. Australia is not immune from threats not just to...