Read articles supporting this.
OZ sells to a lot of the world. I have friends in GODZONE who are actively predisposed to the Chinese menace.
To now them is to distrust them, IMO.
Not sure if the Abo or Maori movements in OZ & NZ are going to be as manipulated as the US blacks.
Final thought: Australia was populated by convicts and the indentured poor, who encountered a very harsh land, with the majority of the interior barely habitable. Maybe the coastal cities are effete, but the interior isn’t. Not sure about the NW, but I’ve been in the NE and outside the tourist towns, it is pretty raucous.
Not a lot of white guilt there.
errata:
...actively predisposed AGAINST the Chinese Menace.
To KNOW them...
The reality that they are back in line with the 4 other Five Eye countries, tells me all I need to know.
At one time the Aussie PM, in 1973, then, did not know about the Five Eyes agreement.
The Post-Snowden Era: Mass Surveillance and Privacy in New ...books.google.com › books:
Even Australia’s prime minister in 1973 reportedly did not know of its existence. ... divided responsibilities between the Five Eyes nations, establishing a secret ... employee non-disclosure agreements were also standardised and enforced; and ... economic purposes – most of them reflecting US political interests at the time.