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Australian universities face having their controversial Confucius Institutes shut down within months, with the University of Sydney among the first to submit contracts for scrutiny under the Commonwealth’s foreign veto scheme.
At least one centre - RMIT University’s Chinese Medicine Confucius Institute - will close this year, with the university saying it would cease operations due to budget pressures caused by COVID-19.
China’s then Vice-President Xi Jinping and then RMIT Vice-Chancellor Professor Margaret Gardner officially open RMIT’s Chinese Medicine Confucius Institute in 2010.
Credit:John Woudstra
The institutes, which are hosted by 13 Australian universities in partnership with Chinese universities, have come under scrutiny from the federal government amid concerns they function as a plank of the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda effort.
on the pavement of learning something.
As I see my shadow, I notice I have a small head. No wonder I can’t remember much and I have to work my butt off (may be I should use my brain) to comprehend anything. Meanwhile there are some (too few) mighty minds around.
For example, Dr Spence, AC BA LLB Sydney DPhil PGDipTheol Oxford, was appointed the 25th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney in 2008. His aims have been to maximise the University’s great strengths: depth and breadth of disciplines, a commitment to challenge ordinary thinking and a genuine desire to do good in the world all through excellence, engagement and simplification.
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Tom Harleyâs Dragoman hurriedly updates Foreign Influence register
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It sounded more than a little strange when last month (as reported by
The Australian), French defence contractor Naval Group âengaged Dragoman consultants ⦠to develop a strategy to better work with Australian suppliers and repair its damaged image in Australiaâ.
Naval Group is, of course, facing the escalating prospect of losing its $90 billion contract to build 12 submarines for the Royal Australian Navy over its reluctance to finalise an earlier commitment to spend 60 per cent of the contract value in the Australian supply chain.
Dragoman Global is, of course, the lobbying firm of Liberal Party ornament
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