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Australia news live: Penny Wong says removal of Chinese security cameras has been accelerated. 

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The Guardian Australia news live: Penny Wong says removal of Chinese security cameras has been accelerated Was this content a good use of your time? Your feedback will help us improve the product LIVE – Updated at 01:21 Follow live. 01:21 Greens welcome decision on family reunion visas for refugees who arrive by boat The Greens have welcomed the government’s decision to scrap ministerial directions that prevent processing of applications for family reunion visas from refugees who arrived in Australia by boat. Greens immigration spokesperson senator Nick McKim said it would address “one aspect” of a “humanitarian crisis deliberately created by bipartisan immigration policies”. These discriminatory and unfair directions … have seen families unnecessarily separated for more than a decade. However, this decision alone is not enough to resolve the broader issues facing refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia. Many of these refugees have suffered trauma and abuse, and the government must provide adequate support to help them heal and rebuild their lives. We now need to ensure that these family reunion visa applications are processed without delay. McKim also urged the government to deliver its election promise to abolish temporary protection visas and provide a pathway to permanent residency for refugees and asylum seekers currently in Australia. Penny Wong on Chinese surveillance cameras: ‘We are removing them’ 01:18 Daniel Hurst The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, says she has asked her department to accelerate the replacement of Chinese surveillance cameras in the wake of media reporting this week. The Liberal party frontbencher James Paterson this week publicised figures breaking down the use of Hikvision and Dahua devices including CCTV equipment by government department. Figures published by the Australian said 28 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade sites used such equipment. Paterson called for an urgent plan “from the Albanese government to rip every one of these devices out of Australian government departments and agencies”. The government has accused the opposition of politicising the issue (given that the cameras have not suddenly been installed since the change of government, and some concerns were raised as far back as 2018). Wong told ABC Adelaide today: We are removing them. I’ve asked my department to accelerate the replacement of these cameras, the defence minister has asked Defence to make sure they’re removed and replaced. So I think this can be resolved. The advice to me is that they’re not connected to the internet, so there’s minimal security concerns, but obviously given what has happened in other countries, it’s probably a good idea to do it ... Obviously there was a decision made to remove them, and I’ve asked that that be accelerated. Wong said it was important to “decide as a country where you’re going to source certain equipment from, where you’re going to source some of the things you use, and where there are, where it’s important to make sure you take a very cautious approach, that’s what we should be doing”. Late night a spokesperson for China’s foreign affairs ministry, Mao Ning, warned Australia against “erroneous practices of over-stretching the concept of national security and abusing state power to discriminate against and suppress Chinese companies”. Mao added: We hope the Australian side will provide a fair, just and non-discriminatory environment for the normal operation of Chinese companies and do more things that could contribute to mutual trust and cooperation between our two countries. /-