Australia plans to remove Chinese-made surveillance cameras from defense offices
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Australia plans to check Chinese-made CCTV cameras at defense offices due to security concerns
Australia plans to check Chinese-made CCTV cameras at defense offices due to security concerns
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles has announced that the government will review the surveillance technology used in Ministry of Defense offices
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Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles has announced that the government will review the surveillance technology used in Ministry of Defense offices, amid reports that Chinese-made cameras installed there pose increased risks to Security. He pointed out that the problem was important but that he does not. don’t think “we [the Australian government] should overdo it. He spoke as Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made it clear he was not worried about how Beijing might react to the possible withdrawal of the cameras. The remarks came after opposition lawmaker James Paterson said its own audit found that nearly 1,000 units of surveillance equipment by two partly state-owned Chinese companies have been installed in more than 250 Australian government offices.Companies include Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology and Dahua Technology Co. have sought to mend diplomatic relations, which soured when Canberra in 2018 banned Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei from Australia’s 5G broadband network and called for an independent investigation into China’s alleged role in the COVID-19 pandemic China has responded by imposing trade barriers to Australian exports – barley and lobsters over wood and coal – and cutting off all ministerial contact. In July 2022, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters that “the Chinese side is willing to take the pulse”. [on bilateral ties]recalibrate and start again.
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Sino-Australian relations, Chinese-made cameras in Australian Department of Defense offices, Beijing’s drive to recalibrate Sino-Australian relations
Sino-Australian relations, Chinese-made cameras in Australian Department of Defense offices, Beijing’s drive to recalibrate Sino-Australian relations
It comes as Beijing and Canberra sought to ‘recalibrate’ their relationship, which was marred by Australia’s 2018 ban on Huawei from its 5G network and a subsequent investigation by Canberra into China’s alleged role in the the COVID-19 pandemic.
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles has announced that the government will review the surveillance technology used in Ministry of Defense offices, amid reports that Chinese-made cameras installed there pose increased risks to Security.
“It’s a problem and […] we are doing an assessment of all the surveillance technology within the defense (department) and where those particular cameras are, they are going to be removed,” Marles told Australian news outlet Thursday.
January 7, 2021, 11:27 GMT
He underlined that the problem was important but that he did not think that “we [the Australian government] should overdo it.
He spoke as Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made it clear he was not concerned about how Beijing might react to the possible withdrawal of the cameras.
“We are acting in accordance with Australia’s national interest. We are doing it transparently and that is what we will continue to do,” Albanese told reporters.
The remarks came after opposition lawmaker James Paterson said his own audit found nearly 1,000 units of surveillance equipment from two partly state-owned Chinese companies had been installed in more than 250 government offices. Australian. Companies include Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology and Dahua Technology Co.
Paterson, who is the shadow minister for cybersecurity and countering foreign interference, urged the government to urgently come up with a plan to remove all those cameras.
A spokesperson for Hikvision, meanwhile, told US media that it was “categorically untrue” to portray the company as a threat to Australia’s national security because the company could not access end users’ video data, manage their databases or sell cloud storage. in Australia.
September 21, 2022, 09:57 GMT
In July 2022, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters that “the Chinese side is willing to take the pulse [on bilateral ties]recalibrate and start again.
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