'Unprincipled,obsequious and looking for someone to blame':WA Liberal MP Andrew Hastie has blasted Premier Mark McGowan over his attitude to Beijing.
The government has been told to redraft laws which would allow government agencies to identify Australians with facial recognition technology.
Kevin Rudd said Andrew Hastie's recent comments had poured"a whole lot of petrol"onto what has always been"a complex and difficult relationship"with China.
As Andrew Hastie chairs the inquiry into laws that would criminalise journalism and speech,let's hope he champions the right of journalists,academics and whistleblowers.
Australians should be sceptical about home-grown authoritarians who would sacrifice our own freedoms and security while taking a hawkish line against Beijing.
Admiral Scott Swift,a former commander of the US Pacific Fleet from 2015 to 2018,says America lacks a"grand strategy"to respond to China.
Federal Trade Minister warns Coalition MPs against speaking out over"sensitive"foreign policy issues,as Morrison government goes into diplomatic overdrive.
Liberal MP Andrew Hastie created a storm by writing on China's ambitions and the risks for Australia. This is the story of what swayed Hastie to go public.
Dennis Richardson is confident Australia will never allow economic interests to overrule national security.
Huawei Australia chair John Lord has lost confidence that the Chinese tech giant can overturn the government's ban on its involvement in the 5G rollout.
A split is opening between senior ministers over Andrew Hastie's incendiary warning that Beijing poses a major threat to Australia.