Tag: James Paterson

Australia to Name and Shame Foreign Interference Actors as Iranian Interference Plot Foiled

Australia will now name and shame countries that perpetrate acts of foreign interference, the Minister for Home Affairs, Clare O’Neil, has said after Australian spy agencies foiled an Iranian foreign interference plot. Australia’s domestic intelligence agency ASIO identified foreign interference as one of the biggest threats the country currently faces. “It’s time to bring foreign interference…


‘People Won’t Care Until They Feel the Burn’

An Australian supply chain worker based in Melbourne may have forgotten about an email he wrote two years ago if not seeing the news of the Australian federal government “riddled with CCP spyware.” The email was sent to the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV), one of Australia’s largest motoring clubs, which offers a range…


‘People Won’t Care Until They Feel the Burn’: Worker

An Australian supply chain worker based in Melbourne may have forgotten about an email he wrote two years ago if not seeing the news of the Australian federal government “riddled with CCP spyware.” The email was sent to the Royal Automobile Club of Victoria (RACV), one of Australia’s largest motoring clubs, which offers a range…


“This Is New to Me’: Former Australian PM Says He Never Heard of Chinese Spy Balloon Program

Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he wasn’t aware of the Chinese spy balloon programme until now. “I don’t recall a balloon discussion,” he told ABC’s RN Breakfast on Tuesday, “This is new to me as it is to most people.” He added this revelation is concerning and that it’s “puzzling” that the balloons…


Human Rights Activist Drew Pavlou Removed From Australian Parliament by Police

Drew Pavlou, an anti-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) activist and former Senate candidate, was allegedly ordered by Australian Federal Police (AFP) to leave Parliament House in Canberra or risk facing arrest. Pavlou, who is famous for his criticism of the CCP’s human rights atrocities and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, was due to meet Liberal Senator James…


Australian Government Accused of Leaving Country in the Lurch on Cyber Security

The federal Labor government has been accused of leaving Australians in the lurch over cybersecurity after it allegedly removed 27 cybersecurity roles from the Priority Migration Skilled Occupation List. This comes as the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has said that it is receiving one report every eight minutes, compared to every seven minutes in the…


Australia to Lead Global Fight Against Ransomware

The Biden Administration has announced Australia will head the international fight against ransomware cyberattacks as part of the U.S.-led Counter Ransomware Initiative. The announcement, on Nov. 2, by the White House comes after the administration gathered 36 countries and the European Union (27 countries), for the Second International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI) Summit October 31-November…


Australians Worry About CCP Access to TikTok Data: Poll

An overwhelming majority of respondents are concerned about Beijing being able to access Australian users’ personal information through TikTok, a poll has found. Victorian Liberal Senator James Paterson commissioned pollster Tele Town Hall last week to survey attitudes toward TikTok among nearly 630 people in the northern Melbourne constituency of McEwen and over 1,200 people…


IPAC Alliance To Campaign Globally Against CCP on Human Rights Violations

Politicians from around the world have agreed to campaign worldwide for the imposition of sanctions on Chinese human rights abusers under a multinational plan. The decision is part of the latest plan of action in response to the behaviour of Beijing from the global Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China (IPAC), which held its annual summit in…


US Should Put Aside Differences With Big Tech to Take on Beijing: Senator

The U.S. government needs to bury the hatchet with Big Tech and harvest the innovation of firms like Google, Apple, and Facebook so that the West can better compete with Beijing’s rapid technological advancements, according to a visiting Australian senator. Senator James Paterson, of the centre-right Liberal Party and now-shadow minister for foreign interference, said…