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  • Mate, give it another read. They’re pointing out that foreign state interference in our military and society should be a number 1 priority for ASIO.

    Antisemitism should absolutely be combatted, ASIO should be helping more, and I hope they stop wasting resources pretending that anti-Zionism is antisemitism and instead focus more on targeting actual antisemitism and the Zionist agitators encouraging it, along with the niche neo-Nazi scum trying to encourage it.


  • Is it all really genuine?

    The only recent acts of antisemitism (not to be conflated with anti-Zionism) are from fringe neo-nazis (who have always been racist pricks) and a wave of vandalism and arson which, so far, appear to have been done for pay rather than sincere political motivation, with police saying they’re looking into foreign actors funding them.

    All that to say, I doubt it’s genuine. The rest of the things I’ve seen called antisemitism in the mass media are simply protesting against the Zionist Regime (‘Israel’), which disingenuously attempts to conflate itself with all Jewish peoples.






  • I couldn’t see an Australian source saying where in the sea this occured. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs claims this happened on the Paracel Islands:

    “The Australian military airplane deliberately intruded into China’s airspace over Xisha Qundao (Paracel Islands) without China’s permission. Such move violated China’s sovereignty and undermined China’s national security,” said Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun, according to a transcript.

    “China has lodged serious protests with Australia and urged it to stop infringing on China’s sovereignty and making provocations and stop disrupting peace and stability in the South China Sea.”

    Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracel_Islands

    The ownership of the islands remains hotly contested. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) on mainland China, Vietnam, and the Republic of China (ROC) on Taiwan all claim de jure sovereignty, although the PRC has had de facto control of the archipelago since the Battle of the Paracel Islands in January 1974. In July 2012, China (PRC) established Sansha, Hainan Province, as administering the area. In February 2017, the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative reported 20 outposts of the PRC built on reclaimed land in the Paracels, three of which contain small harbours capable of berthing naval and commercial ships.

    Looking at where Australia is on a map, and that we had a surveillance jet flying near their (claimed, and effectively owned for over 50 years) territory, I understand why they’re telling our military to fuck off. Imagine if China started flying jets around the Timor Gap, I reckon we’d tell them the same.