Australian Defence Force Warns there are Active Foreign Spy, Politicians Call to Reduce Chinese Diplomats Number
Australian Defence Force alerted that a ‘highly-active’ foreign spy agency was planning to steal Australia military secrets. They warned that Australia spent about 9 billion Australian dollars (around 500 billion Hong Kong dollars) to Australia large warship project was an extreme threat. Australian Broadcasting Corporation(ABC) quoted a perspective of an anonymous national security officer, believing that those spy activities were from China.
The news pointed out, Australian Defence Force rejected to disclose the proposal of the shipbuilding project, which submitted to the Federal Government. However, when reporters applied publication of the project to Australian Defence Force according to the “Freedom of Information Act”, but the Force declared they would not make the information public for protecting the national profits of Australia as the spy agency in a foreign country is trying to steal relevant information.
Defense Force warns, “now there is spy agency in a foreign country threatened the national sovereignty and federal strategic interests…. The enemies are highly active and try to get information about the current and future maritime strength of Australia. They aim to expand their profits and to erode the strength of Australia”. Defense Force emphasized some people may use it intentionally if they make the information public, “It will be directly or indirectly damaging the profits of Australia.”
Senator Rex Patrick pointed that, the related statement of Defence Force are really strictly worded and unprecedented, “obviously it is a serious national security problem. The government should take actions, maximally reduce and eliminate the threat.”
Although the Defence Force did not state which country did it, ABC quoted a perspective of an anonymous national security officer, the related spy activities mainly instructed by China. China spy activities are increasingly active, and become the focus of local attention, due to the location of the naval shipbuilding project in Adelaide. The politics call on the Australian Federal Government to order the closure of the Chinese Consulate in Adelaide or reducing the number of diplomats.
Rex Patrick also said that the Chinese Consulate in Adelaide established in 2016, at the same time the Australian government announced the naval shipbuilding project. The attention of Rex Patrick also aroused the concerns of both parties in Congress. The Ruling Liberal Party Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells reminded, in the past Cold War period, the Soviet Union also tried to steal the activities in Australia military study information. She was not surprised by the “diplomatic” work which mass deploying in Adelaide by China. “When the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) or the law enforcement unit discovers any illegal activities, they should expel that 'diplomatic personnel’ .”
The member of the Federal House of Representatives Nick Champion thought, the number of Chinese diplomatic personnel in Chinese Consulate in Adelaide was disproportionally large, the Australian government should negotiate with the Chinese government, reducing the number of related diplomatic personnel.
#Adelaide #Australia #ChineseConsulate #China #Spy #RexPatrck #DefenceForce
Source: Apple Daily #Aug17
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200817/NS2PEN2GKRAKLOBCUOZRNLETFE/
Australian Defence Force alerted that a ‘highly-active’ foreign spy agency was planning to steal Australia military secrets. They warned that Australia spent about 9 billion Australian dollars (around 500 billion Hong Kong dollars) to Australia large warship project was an extreme threat. Australian Broadcasting Corporation(ABC) quoted a perspective of an anonymous national security officer, believing that those spy activities were from China.
The news pointed out, Australian Defence Force rejected to disclose the proposal of the shipbuilding project, which submitted to the Federal Government. However, when reporters applied publication of the project to Australian Defence Force according to the “Freedom of Information Act”, but the Force declared they would not make the information public for protecting the national profits of Australia as the spy agency in a foreign country is trying to steal relevant information.
Defense Force warns, “now there is spy agency in a foreign country threatened the national sovereignty and federal strategic interests…. The enemies are highly active and try to get information about the current and future maritime strength of Australia. They aim to expand their profits and to erode the strength of Australia”. Defense Force emphasized some people may use it intentionally if they make the information public, “It will be directly or indirectly damaging the profits of Australia.”
Senator Rex Patrick pointed that, the related statement of Defence Force are really strictly worded and unprecedented, “obviously it is a serious national security problem. The government should take actions, maximally reduce and eliminate the threat.”
Although the Defence Force did not state which country did it, ABC quoted a perspective of an anonymous national security officer, the related spy activities mainly instructed by China. China spy activities are increasingly active, and become the focus of local attention, due to the location of the naval shipbuilding project in Adelaide. The politics call on the Australian Federal Government to order the closure of the Chinese Consulate in Adelaide or reducing the number of diplomats.
Rex Patrick also said that the Chinese Consulate in Adelaide established in 2016, at the same time the Australian government announced the naval shipbuilding project. The attention of Rex Patrick also aroused the concerns of both parties in Congress. The Ruling Liberal Party Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells reminded, in the past Cold War period, the Soviet Union also tried to steal the activities in Australia military study information. She was not surprised by the “diplomatic” work which mass deploying in Adelaide by China. “When the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) or the law enforcement unit discovers any illegal activities, they should expel that 'diplomatic personnel’ .”
The member of the Federal House of Representatives Nick Champion thought, the number of Chinese diplomatic personnel in Chinese Consulate in Adelaide was disproportionally large, the Australian government should negotiate with the Chinese government, reducing the number of related diplomatic personnel.
#Adelaide #Australia #ChineseConsulate #China #Spy #RexPatrck #DefenceForce
Source: Apple Daily #Aug17
https://hk.appledaily.com/international/20200817/NS2PEN2GKRAKLOBCUOZRNLETFE/
Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Condemns Alleged #PoliticalCensorship at #OzAsiaFestival
//The future of government funding for #Adelaide's OzAsia Festival is under threat, after claims that Hong Kong's strict national security laws have extended to Australia's biggest Asian festival.
Hong Kong Cultural Association of South Australia (#HKCASA) chairwoman Janet Leung said it all started with a dispute over yellow umbrellas.
HKCASA was booked to host an interactive workshop and performance at the opening weekend of the festival last week.
"The workshop was supposed to show a historical timeline of how Hong Kong was transformed from a fishing village to an international financial hub," Ms Leung said.
The performance was locked in by OzAsia organisers in August, but a crucial detail then changed everything.
The workshop stall was to be decorated with yellow umbrellas.
The organiser pasted a link to a Wikipedia article detailing Hong Kong's so-called 'umbrella movement' of 2014, in which pro-democracy protesters held umbrellas in acts of passive defiance.
"Unfortunately, we are unable to approve the use of the yellow umbrellas as props decor," the email said.
Ms Leung said she was "shocked".//
Sourcs: ABC #Oct28
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-28/ozasia-participant-warns-censorship-after-workshop-canned/100575240
#Australia #Censorship #ForeignMinister #ForeignAffairs #MarisePayne #CreativeFreedom #NationalSecurityLaw #YellowUmbrella
//The future of government funding for #Adelaide's OzAsia Festival is under threat, after claims that Hong Kong's strict national security laws have extended to Australia's biggest Asian festival.
Hong Kong Cultural Association of South Australia (#HKCASA) chairwoman Janet Leung said it all started with a dispute over yellow umbrellas.
HKCASA was booked to host an interactive workshop and performance at the opening weekend of the festival last week.
"The workshop was supposed to show a historical timeline of how Hong Kong was transformed from a fishing village to an international financial hub," Ms Leung said.
The performance was locked in by OzAsia organisers in August, but a crucial detail then changed everything.
The workshop stall was to be decorated with yellow umbrellas.
The organiser pasted a link to a Wikipedia article detailing Hong Kong's so-called 'umbrella movement' of 2014, in which pro-democracy protesters held umbrellas in acts of passive defiance.
"Unfortunately, we are unable to approve the use of the yellow umbrellas as props decor," the email said.
Ms Leung said she was "shocked".//
Sourcs: ABC #Oct28
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-28/ozasia-participant-warns-censorship-after-workshop-canned/100575240
#Australia #Censorship #ForeignMinister #ForeignAffairs #MarisePayne #CreativeFreedom #NationalSecurityLaw #YellowUmbrella
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Marise Payne labels alleged censorship at OzAsia Festival 'unacceptable' after canning of Hong Kong group's performance
The future of government funding for Adelaide's OzAsia Festival is under threat, after claims that Hong Kong's strict national security laws have extended to Australia's biggest Asian festival.