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by kernoble 1742 days ago
One thing no one is mentioning is how China is the no.1 beneficiary of a pacified and monitored Australian populace. They are already completely dependent on the Aussie natural resource exports, and are deeply interested in Australia continuing to be friendly towards them, and could easily overwhelm them in a fight.
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China has nothing to do with the surveillance mandate, unless you believe that Xi got ScoMo's ear.
China has switched to near-open hostility recently.

https://www.hudson.org/research/17228-how-china-overreached-...