08 Feb Senator Paterson on Sky: Labor’s ‘fiscal responsibility’? Daru city plan
Senator Paterson on Sky: Labor's 'fiscal responsibility'? Daru city plan...
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08 Feb Head of Australia’s extremism inquiry vows to take rising far-right threat seriously
Daniel Hurst - The Guardian - Saturday 06 February 2021 Liberal James Paterson says he is comfortable using the term ‘far right’, despite some government conservatives objecting to the label. The new head of parliament’s intelligence committee has vowed to take seriously the rising threat of far-right...
08 Feb Senator Paterson on Sky: Focus for PJCIS, Biden’s China approach, ICC targets Israel
Senator Paterson on Sky: Focus for PJCIS, Biden's China approach, ICC targets Israel...
06 Feb Liberal Senator looking for ‘heroes’ not just ‘villains’ at inquiry into universities’ foreign links
Daniel Hurst - The Guardian - Saturday 06 February 2021 James Paterson has been appointed to head inquiry universities fear could stifle international collaboration. An inquiry into foreign interference in higher education will investigate concerns about research links with China and look for “heroes” not just “villains”...
05 Feb Well, this is hawkward
Alice Workman - The Australian - February 05 2021 Victorian Liberal senator James Paterson has been anointed chair of the “powerful” parliamentary intelligence and security committee, as flagged by our well-informed colleague Ben Packham. The 33-year-old succeeds his good friend (and fellow Wolverine) Andrew Hastie, who has moved on to greener...
05 Feb Paterson to lead intelligence and security committee
Anthony Galloway - Sydney Morning Herald - 05 February 2021 Liberal senator James Paterson will take over as chair of Federal Parliament’s powerful intelligence and security committee as it looks to begin hearings into right-wing extremism and foreign interference at Australian universities. Senator Paterson will replace Western...
05 Feb China hawk gets chair
Ellen Whinnett - The Daily Telegraph - Friday 05 February 2021 Liberal Senator James Paterson has been elected chairman of the powerful Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security. The bipartisan committee met on Thursday afternoon to elect Senator Paterson as replacement for Andrew Hastie, the former...
04 Feb MEDIA RELEASE: Election as Chair of Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security
Election as Chair of Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security - Thursday 04 February 2021 I am honoured to have been elected as Chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security. There is no more important task for government than keeping Australians safe and...
04 Feb Uyghur advocates speak out after horrifying accounts of rape and torture in Xinjiang camps in China
Stephen Dziedzic - ABC - Thursday 04 February 2021 Uyghur advocacy groups have renewed calls for the international community to take action after the BBC published horrifying new accounts of rape and torture in China's network of internment camps in Xinjiang. WARNING: Some people may find the...
04 Feb Witnesses tell of horrific abuse against Uighurs
Eryk Bagshaw and Anthony Galloway - The Age - Thursday 04 February 2020 WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Australian Liberal and Labor senators have accused the Chinese Communist Party of unspeakable human rights abuses after first-hand accounts of systematic rape, sexual abuse and torture in Uighur detention camps in...