The Crime and Corruption Commission will not investigate complaints against UQ's top two figureheads by suspended student activist Drew Pavlou,the university says.
A spat is brewing over claims Chinese political dissidents,including prominent Melbourne-based artist Badiucao,have been been snubbed by the University of Western Australia's Confucius Institute.
China is the biggest source of refereed scientific journal articles in the world. The Morrison government needs to tread carefully in meddling with Australians'academic freedom to conduct research partnerships with China.
National editor Tory Maguire joins China correspondent Eryk Bagshaw to discuss the state of the Sino-Australian relationship.
The Chinese Communist Party’s use of coercive diplomacy against foreign governments and companies,including in Australia,has drastically increased over the past three years.
The high-profile journalist,who has been an anchor for Chinese state media network CGTN-News since 2013,was detained on August 14.
Foreign interference at Australian universities will be examined at new parliamentary inquiry in what suspended student activist Drew Pavlou has chalked up as a"victory".
More than 827,000 people have died with the virus since it emerged in China late last year,according to the Johns Hopkins University tally.
Former defence minister Kevin Andrews launched an unguarded attack on the Chinese communist regime in a private party forum.
The federal government must take the lead in ensuring that agreements with China are not undermining its ability to take a stand on important issues.
The new laws will give the foreign minister the power to veto proposed agreements and scrap existing ones between overseas governments and Australian states,local governments and even universities if they contradict Australia's national interest.