Substantive piece from John Fitzgerald on PRC transnational security activities in Australia.

Unfortunately this is not surprising given the dangerous moves Chinese coastguard ships have been staging in the South China Sea. Hopefully everyone is safe and well - China rams own warship while chasing Philippine vessel bbc.com/news/articles/…

The “language of sacrifice” is no longer part of political discourse said former Uk national security adviser Lord Mark Sedwill. “That kind of sentiment is absent in modern politics, but I think it’s going to have to come back.” thenightly.com.au/politics/austr…

Loving Brisbane and the Glasshouse mountains in #queensland

Thanks a lot to the Financial Review for including my op-ed into today’s print edition

The last place I expected to feel an earthquake was in … Noosa, QLD 🤔

Today, and every day, we celebrate and support Ukraine’s freedom, independence and culture.

The Australian government has vowed to strengthen the rules covering agreements between state, territory and local governments and universities with overseas authorities to block proposals of high risk to national security ⁦Financial Review⁩ afr.com/politics/feder…

The Ukrainian Prime Minister is taking you on a tour of the main Government building to show the damage inflicted by Russia

An entire state parliamentary division of the Coalition has now apologised for Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s comments about Indian-Aussies. 🤯 And yet Price and some of her supporters insist an apology is not necessary.

The Albanese government is on track to sign a significant new mutual defence treaty with neighbouring Papua New Guinea to boost security ties afr.com/politics/feder…

My statement formally recognising the State of Palestine.

Humanitarian workers save lives. Their work should never cost them their own. More than 100 countries have joined the Australian-led Declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel. Together, we commit to practical action to protect aid workers in conflict zones.

The recognition of Palestinian statehood is a “very significant step” but Australia must do more to help end the conflict in Gaza, says Chris Sidoti, the author of a United Nations independent expert report alleging Israel is committing genocide. afr.com/politics/feder…

Thoughts with Taiwan, Hong Kong, Philippines

Australia and New Zealand have a unique opportunity to benefit from Ukraine’s innovations in autonomous systems: maritime, ground, and aerial. Ukraine is also exploring the possibility of establishing manufacturing in Australia, enabling the Defence Australia and NZ Defence Force to

Ukrainian ambassador to Australia ⁦Vasyl Myroshnychenko⁩ said Kyiv was “ready to share” unique skills it has developed in deploying and counteracting unmanned systems that have played a pivotal role in its war with Russia since Moscow invaded in February 2022. afr.com/politics/feder…

The Albanese government’s response to the Optus Triple Zero outages is coming under fire afr.com/politics/feder…

The Australian govt sat for nearly a year on a plan to introduce a national 000 watchdog, which would have forced Optus to immediately alert authorities of outages, but is now expected to rush legislation for the critical safeguard within a month. afr.com/politics/feder…

I send my condolences to the people of Manchester after the heinous attack on a synagogue on the most sacred day on the Jewish calendar. There is no place for terrorism and all Australians stand with the UK at this dreadful time.