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I’m guessing that if anyone is not presently in the pay of the CCP it it the Aussies, but I appeal to Naturalman for insight on this one.
On the whole, Australians are not particularly interested - but there's enough that are that there is perfectly valid reason to be concerned.
Especially some sections of the Labor Party who are now in government at a Federal level, and in most states.
I stress some. At the moment, the Federal government lead by Anthony Albanese as PM, seems to be holding the line - I've no fan of Albanese, or his politics in general, but I think this is one issue he is on the right side of. But in my state, when we have Daniel Andrews as Premier, it's very different - Andrews actually tried to sign the state up to China's "Belt and Road" initiative which would have given them massive influence over the second most populous state in the country - but Andrews is far left, even by Australian standards, crossing the line into totalitarianism in his own right. He's an anomaly - a worrying anomaly but not typical.
China also does have a fair degree of control over the Port of Darwin, which is one of our major shipping ports. And how they got that control was a disgrace which was the fault of a conservative Northern Territory government, but it's such a disgrace, I doubt it's ever going to happen again - the one silver lining. And if China ever pushes things too far, Australian governments can take back control - it'd cause a major diplomatic ruck with China so it's not going to happen unless it's really pushed, but if things ever get bad and relationships can't really get any worse...
Overall, Australia remains a fully sovereign nation, but China is trying to gain more and more influence, and we need to be alert to that.