Australia orders review into Chinese-made cameras in defence offices

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Australia orders review into Chinese-made cameras in defence offices

SYDNEY: The Australian government will examine surveillance technology used in offices of the defence department, defence minister Richard Marles said on Thursday, amid reports the Chinese-made cameras installed there raised security risks.

The move comes after Britain in November asked its departments to stop installing Chinese-linked surveillance cameras at sensitive buildings. Some US states have banned vendors and products from several Chinese technology companies.

“This is an issue and … we’re doing an assessment of all the technology for surveillance within the defence (department) and where those particular cameras are found, they are going to be removed,” Marles told ABC Radio in an interview.

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