Australian intelligence agency advised departmental discretion on using Chinese equipment 14 months ago
by Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspon from World news | The Guardian on (#68QQC)
Government's new commitment to remove devices made by Hikvision and Dahua from buildings sweeps 2021 advice aside
An Australian intelligence agency declared a year ago it was up to government departments whether to use equipment from Chinese companies Hikvision and Dahua, despite a new bipartisan push to remove such devices.
The advice from the Australian Signals Directorate was published in late 2021, at a time when the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, was defence minister.
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