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TikTok has reportedly been banned from all Australian government devices, a move the social media giant says has been driven by “politics, not fact”.A widespread social media review was commissioned by Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil…

Politicians are using burner phones or their staff members’ devices to access TikTok, as pressure mounts on the government to enact a total ban of the Chinese-owned app on all government devices. The Opposition’s spokesman for cybersecurity…

The federal government has called for an end to politicking, as it reveals Australia was first made aware of Chinese-owned surveillance technologies operating in the country’s defence buildings as early as 2018. The opposition has put…

An aircraft carrier battle group. Advanced high-altitude drones. Fighters. Bombers. Wolf Warriors. 2023 is off to a tense start, with China keen to show the world it has a powerful new military – and isn’t afraid to use it.On January 1, a…

It was the Communist Party’s 73rd anniversary of founding the People’s Republic of China. And it was no coincidence that its arsenal of offensive “carrier-killer” missiles took pride of place in its inevitable military posturing.China’s…