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Australian Senate Uyghur Inquiry Crosses China’s ‘Red Line’ An Australian government inquiry into the use of Uyghur forced labour in China has been told the government’s investigation into the slave labour is crossing “a red line” for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In a submission to the Senate inquiry, analyst Vicky Xu, who was lead author on the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s 2020 report “Uyghurs for Sale,” said the CCP could not countenance any investigations...

  Australia’s government has major issues with transparency and is actively trying to keep citizens uninformed and unaware, a senator leading the charge against the culture of secrecy has said. On Saturday, independent senator Rex Patrick slammed Australia’s Freedom of Information (FOI) process, and threatened to take the freedom of information commissioner to court over “unreasonable” delays in the review process. Senator Patrick, a strong advocate for open government, has written to ...

  One of the countrys top national security officials has warned that the "drums of war" are beating as tensions with China escalate, urging Australians not to fall into the trap of thinking "war might leave us be" if we simply "wish away the curse". Home Affairs Secretary Michael Pezzullo said in his Anzac Day message released on Sunday that the country should do everything in its power to find peace, "until we are faced with the only prudent, if sorrowful, course - to send off, yet agai...

  One of the countrys top national security officials has warned that the "drums of war" are beating as tensions with China escalate, urging Australians not to fall into the trap of thinking "war might leave us be" if we simply "wish away the curse". Home Affairs Secretary Michael Pezzullo said in his Anzac Day message released on Sunday that the country should do everything in its power to find peace, "until we are faced with the only prudent, if sorrowful, course - to send off, yet agai...

  One of the countrys top national security officials has warned that the "drums of war" are beating as tensions with China escalate, urging Australians not to fall into the trap of thinking "war might leave us be" if we simply "wish away the curse". Home Affairs Secretary Michael Pezzullo said in his Anzac Day message released on Sunday that the country should do everything in its power to find peace, "until we are faced with the only prudent, if sorrowful, course - to send off, yet agai...

Share on Twitter Government officials have dodged questions about what specific action Australia is taking to respond to concerns over the widespread use of forced labour in Xinjiang. A parliamentary committee is considering an import ban on products and components produced in the western Chinese province under proposed laws put forward by independent Senator Rex Patrick.  The United Nations has urged companies and countries to closely scrutinise their supply chains over concerns a...

Last modified on Tue 27 Apr 2021 06.02 EDT The Australian government has left the door open to toughening up the nation’s laws against modern slavery amid concerns about human rights abuses in China’s Xinjiang region. Officials also revealed at a Senate hearing on Tuesday that the government was in regular discussions “with all China-facing businesses” and had used those conversations to highlight the risks of forced labour in supply chains from Xinjiang. Uyghur community representative...

"Were dealing with a government of intolerance, dictatorial, brooks no dissent, arrests people at a drop of a hat. I think theres a very strong case to be made that China should not be rewarded for its astonishingly bad behavior." — British MP Sir Ian Duncan Smith, Co-chair, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China. "We therefore call on governments to boycott the Beijing 2022 Games — anything less will be seen as an endorsement of the Chinese Communist Partys authoritarian rule and blatant di...

Government flags super performance test about-face Share Administration fees look set to be included in the prudential regulator’s annual superannuation performance test, with the government conceding dodgy providers could game the system as proposed. The change would be a win for the super sector and could smooth the way through the Senate for the Morrison government’s priority Your Future, Your Super legislation. Admin fees look set to be included in the Morrison government’s annual per...

Indonesia searching for missing submarine with 53 on board, calls on Australia and Singapore for help © Provided by ABC NEWS The 1,395-tonne KRI Nanggala-402 was built in Germany in 1978 (Supplied: Indonesian Navy) Australia has offered to support the search for an Indonesian navy submarine which is missing with 53 people on board off the coast of Bali. The German-made submarine, KRI Nanggala-402, was conducting a torpedo drill in waters north of the island but failed to relay the results as...