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    Erm, excuse me but .... "Re assert"? Kinda wishful thinking that.

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    You don't know about Australia's influence and projects, military programs etc?

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    One hopes the OZ citizens can afford such "investments".

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    Mr Morrison will promise to expand Australia's development assistance in South-East Asia by announcing several new programs designed to improve health, governance and infrastructure.
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    China's Government has poured billions of dollars into major infrastructure projects across South-East Asia
    The numbers suggest a tightening of belts all around will be required?

    Australia GDP
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    A tray full of GOLD is not worth a moment in time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    You don't know about Australia's influence and projects, military programs etc?
    Care to substantiate your allegation?

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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    Care to substantiate your allegation?
    "Allegations"?
    This isn't a Chinese communist 'truth' tribunal. I'd suggest you educate yourself just that little bit to enter this discussion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    I'd suggest you educate yourself just that little bit to enter this discussion.
    No examples to support your allegation then.

    How unusual.

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    Quote Originally Posted by OhOh View Post
    No examples to support your allegation then.
    You need to find out what an 'allegation' is as you have no clue and say it yourself:
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    How unusual.
    Ok, here's a hint . . . read up on Australian forces Borneo . . . that'll give you a start - then maybe you can tell us what you find funny about a small child being sexually molested, as you so happily chat about in another thread

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    PNG & Oceania we maybe have some sway- otherwise no point pretending Australia is any big schwinging dick on the international stage.
    Neither should we try to be imo, our best policy is to maintain friendly relations with all countries, as best as possible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    PNG & Oceania we maybe have some sway- otherwise no point pretending Australia is any big schwinging dick on the international stage.
    Neither should we try to be imo, our best policy is to maintain friendly relations with all countries, as best as possible.
    Or perhaps to not eschew relations with stronger, friendlier international partners rather than the robbing, blackmailing chinkies.

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    We certainly know what you think 'arry, but of course you also will be aware of their vital importance to us economically.
    Even if I personally think my best customer is a cnut, but he brings in the bikkies and pays on time- well I find absolutely no upside in telling him so!

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    Quote Originally Posted by panama hat View Post
    Australian forces Borneo
    Anything in the 21st century of note?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    We certainly know what you think 'arry, but of course you also will be aware of their vital importance to us economically.
    Even if I personally think my best customer is a cnut, but he brings in the bikkies and pays on time- well I find absolutely no upside in telling him so!
    Even if he starts telling you what you can say and do.

    Bend over for the chinky dick you pussy, and don't forget to swallow when you're told.

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    And laugh all the way to the bank. We care not what a pom working in the mid east might think or say. We do care about what puts ample bread on our rather expensive table, and keeps it that way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Bend over for the chinky dick you pussy, and don't forget to swallow when you're told.
    Oz and NZ have had centuries of practice.

    SE/East Asia sign up to a future as equals:

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    And laugh all the way to the bank. We care not what a pom working in the mid east might think or say. We do care about what puts ample bread on our rather expensive table, and keeps it that way.
    Aren't you originally from the foggy isles, sabang?

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    Aren't you originally from the foggy isles, sabang?
    aren't all of them?

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    Yup, born in brum- I have dual citizenship. But my family left blighty when I was nine- and my country of first affiliation is obviously the lucky country.
    ^Think our indigenous folk might get a bit uppity about that! Above all, we are multicultural. And lucky.

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    Very quick, lom!

    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    Yup, born in brum- I have dual citizenship. But my family left blighty when I was nine- and my country of first affiliation is obviously the lucky country.
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    You can follow Oz sports teams when they're winning and you can follow English sports teams when we're winn...

    ...Nevermind.

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    Some stereotypes are true- sports obsessed, this place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    And laugh all the way to the bank.
    Most countries who bend over for the chinkies end up owing them money.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    "Re assert"
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    examples
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    Ok, here's a hint
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    Anything in the 21st century of note?
    Typical disingenuous fuckwit again, eh Ohoh . . .



    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    Most countries who bend over for the chinkies end up owing them money.
    Very true


    But simply talking abut China and how big and strong they are and how we should suck their . . . misses the point of the article. Why are so many here Skidmark-like and skim the title and then go on to completely miss the point:

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    development initiatives to reassert Australia's influence in South-East Asia
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    improve health, governance and infrastructure.

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    ASIO launches first public awareness campaign to warn Australians of foreign spies on social media

    The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is warning of the dangers posed by foreign spies who use social networking sites to cultivate and groom potential targets in espionage operations.
    Key points:

    The ASIO director-general said spies were targeting Australians they believed may give up sensitive information
    He said more than one country was using social networking sites to identify and groom Australians
    A former CIA officer was recently convicted of espionage after being recruited via LinkedIn

    In its first public awareness campaign, ASIO has collaborated with its international Five Eyes intelligence partners to urge people online to "think before you link".

    ASIO director-general Mike Burgess said foreign intelligence agencies were known to target Australians through social media and professional networking platforms if they believed they may give up sensitive information.

    "As my mum always used to say, 'If it's too good to be true, it probably is,'" Mr Burgess told the ABC.

    "Now that might sound a little risk adverse or paranoid, but actually if someone is offering something really good and you don't really know who it is, you might want to pause and think."

    Last year, ASIO warned in its annual report that "hostile intelligence services" were using social media to target people across business and government.

    In the United States, former CIA officer Kevin Mallory was recently convicted of espionage after being recruited via professional networking site LinkedIn.

    A report in the New York Times in 2019 also said China was using LinkedIn to try to cultivate foreign spies.

    The ASIO boss is declining to say which particular nations are behind online attempts to lure Australians, but Mr Burgess believes there are several culprits.

    "It is the view of my organisation, ASIO, that there is more than one country using social networking sites to identify, groom and cultivate relationships with Australians that have access to sensitive information," he said.

    Mr Burgess revealed some social media platforms were reluctant to cooperate with his intelligence agency when it asked for assistance in shutting down espionage threats.

    "We get cooperation from companies across the board — some of them are helpful, some of them are not so helpful," Mr Burgess said.

    https://www.abc. net.au/news/2020-11-17/asio-warns-foreign-spies-grooming-australians-on-social-media/12889228

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    Of course, the snooping little chinky fuckers want whatever they can get.

    Commercial information, intellectual property, state secrets, they'll take the lot if you don't stamp on the little bastards.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    Australian Intelligence
    Hmm....

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    ^^
    Quote Originally Posted by Looper View Post
    A former CIA officer was recently convicted of espionage
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    In the United States, former CIA officer Kevin Mallory was recently convicted of espionage
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    A report in the New York Times in 2019 also said China
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    Mr Burgess believes there are several culprits.

    "It is the view of my organisation, ASIO, that there is more than one country using social networking sites to identify, groom and cultivate relationships with Australians that have access to sensitive information
    One or possibly two convictions v one report.

    Many countries have diplomats/spies in OZ as is the case elsewhere.

    At least the UK diplomats can act, swim and retrieve!

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