Category: Penny Wong

Australian Media Revealed Life Behind Bars of Detained Australian Journalist in China

August 25, 2022
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Australian media has revealed the life behind bars of Cheng Lei, the Chinese-Australian journalist who has been detained in Beijing for two years since she was first detained in 2020. The Daily Telegraph has released a documentary, “Disappeared – The Cheng Lei Story” on Aug. 24, which introduced in detail her experience in custody. Cheng,…

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Life Behind Bars of Detained Chinese-Australian Journalist Revealed

August 25, 2022
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Media outlets have revealed the life of Cheng Lei behind bars. The Chinese-Australian journalist has been detained in Beijing for two years since 2020. The Daily Telegraph released its documentary, “Disappeared – The Cheng Lei Story,” on Aug. 24, which revealed the news anchor’s experience in custody. Cheng, 47, previously worked as an English-language anchor…

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Poll: Nearly 50 Percent of Australians Believe CCP May Attack Australia

August 24, 2022
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Nearly half of Australians believe the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will launch a military attack on Australia, according to new research by the Australian Institute’s International & Security Affairs. The data, which was released on Aug. 22 as part of the “Polling – Australian and Taiwanese attitudes to China” research paper (pdf), came from a survey…

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Democracies Must Align Against Authoritarian Challenge: Latvian Foreign Minister

August 10, 2022
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The Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs has used his first official visit to Australia to call for democracies around the world to align against authoritarian regimes. Speaking at a joint press conference on Aug. 8 with Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Rinkēvičs said the current Latvian government believes democracies are being challenged by authoritarian regimes. “We…

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Beijing ‘Discontent’ Over ‘Finger-Pointing’ about Taiwan

August 7, 2022
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Beijing said it was “discontent” with Australia, Japan, and the United States for their condemnation of the launching of military ballistic missiles into the waters around Taiwan, calling it “finger-pointing” and “absolutely unacceptable.” In a joint statement, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa, and the U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken…

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Australian Government Provides $1.5 Million for Indonesia’s Foot and Mouth Vaccine Program

July 15, 2022
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The Australian government will give financial support for foot and mouth disease (FMD) vaccinations in Indonesia to prevent the disease from spreading to Australia and wreaking havoc on the agriculture sector. Following a formal request for assistance from the Indonesian government after FMD spread to Bali, the Australian government has agreed to contribute $1.5 million…

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Australian Telco Finalises $1.6 Billion Buyout of Digicel to Keep It out of Chinese Hands

July 14, 2022
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Australian telecommunications giant Telstra, with backing from the federal government, will finalise its purchase of major Pacific mobile network provider Digicel Pacific. In October 2021, the previous Morrison government launched the bid to keep out potential Chinese suitors from gaining control over Digicel’s data network—the largest in the Pacific region. Current Foreign Minister Penny Wong…

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Beijing Must Acknowledge Its Mistakes: Australian PM

July 14, 2022
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called on Beijing to admit it was a mistake to impose economic coercion on Australia and to remove trade barriers that have been place since 2020. The comments by Albanese come days after Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met on the sidelines of the…

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‘Extremely Optimistic’: Nuclear-Powered Subs in Australian Waters by 2030

June 29, 2022
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Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says he is “optimistic in the extreme” that a 2030 deadline for new nuclear-powered submarines will be met. This is despite Marles—also the country’s defence minister—claiming earlier that under the previous government’s deadline, the submarines would be available in the late 2040s. “I think the truth of where the…

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Having Australian Nuclear Subs Operational By 2030 is ‘Extremely Optimistic’ Says Defence Minister

June 29, 2022
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Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has said he believes the 2030 deadline for the country to have nuclear subs in our waters is “optimistic in the extreme.” Marles who is also Australia’s defence minister said that he believed the deadline set by the previous Australian government was in the 2040’s rather than 2030. “I…

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