'Flagrantly reckless': Victoria signed China infrastructure deal without consulting DFAT

Victoria did not consult the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade before signing a controversial infrastructure deal with the Chinese government last year, leaving senior officials concerned it could undermine Australia's push to counter Beijing's growing influence in the region.

The agreement formally tied Victoria to the BRI, Chinese President Xi Jinping's signature foreign policy agenda to bankroll infrastructure around the world, which often directly benefits Chinese firms. China has been criticised by some governments including the United States for engaging in "debt-trap diplomacy" under the scheme, whereby developing countries are loaded with unsustainable debts with the intention of extracting economic or political concessions.

Executive director at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute Peter Jennings said there was a serious risk of Victorian companies directly contributing to Beijing's debt diplomacy in the Pacific under the agreement.

Gallo_Ways Be interesting to see if China gets awarded any mineral resources as almost all infrastructure agreements China has made with any country appear to have later involved mineral resources in addition to the loan repayment.

Gallo_Ways Just hope they had the Chinese version of the document they signed translated into English. As Australian resource companies have learned that’s essential otherwise may sign 2 diff documents & Ch version is valid in International law. Occurred with $PAN agreement but was settled.

Gallo_Ways What a traitor Andrew .... he is really the gum under China’s shoes!!!!

Gallo_Ways Feds are just pissed because it undermines their decision making process...not the content of the decision...

Gallo_Ways Any politician (from labour, liberal, national or any party) who signs agreement with China govt is either stupid or corrupt, or both!

Gallo_Ways Even he did check with DFAT, someone will still find problems or issues to attack the premier.

Gallo_Ways Andrews has a history of deception and untruths. Lied about East-West links contract being unenforceable, lied about the ‘red shirts’ scandal and now there is undoubted deception over the Belt and Road undertaking not to mention compromising our sovereignty & security?

Gallo_Ways Some are not fit to lead! Stop playing with Australia's future! Please put your pride aside and UNDO this blunder!

Gallo_Ways Simply refuse visas to anyone associated with this predatory investment scheme. How likely is it that Chairman Dan’s next job will be advising a Chinese firm in Australia for big dollars 💵?

Gallo_Ways Why the fuck should they? They are an elected government. The states must have power to govern. This is not a national security issue. A national security issue is having a military base in Darwin from the most psychopathic, evil country in existence.

Gallo_Ways For USA to directly threaten to Australia is dictatorship. Australia was fighting dying for USA in Vietnam, Iraq and now in Afganistan and for USA to dictate us where we can do business is direct dictatorship no free sovereign nation has to accept.

Gallo_Ways Infrastructure agreement with China was signed to create jobs for companies and people in Victoria and Australia. For USA to threaten Australia is dictatorship imposed on sovereign nation that has right to trade and conduct commercial business with any nation in free World.

Gallo_Ways Traitor !

Gallo_Ways DanielAndrewsMP Neither did anyone bother to check China's debt, budget deficits and current account balances

Gallo_Ways Melbourne, the second “Wuhan” in the making imo

Gallo_Ways I can't make up my mind whether this man Andrews is completely evil or just a bumbling idiot. Either way, he is no friend of Victorians.

Gallo_Ways Did the LNP consult Victoria when they signed the Free Trade agreement?

Gallo_Ways gee the libs and their press lap dogs must really be worried about andrew's popularity

Gallo_Ways Andrews is dealing with the unknown devil when making deals the CCP. Wonder if another bag of cash in Aldi shopping bag helped to seal the deal.

Gallo_Ways Dumb leaders for desperate times. Our responsibility to make the change. We can build back better from the opportunity now with us. Lazy population ponzi Economy creates no real jobs, mass congestion and mountains of debt.

Gallo_Ways What do we all say about the Country Liberal Party leasing the Darwin Port to Chinese, Landbridge in 2015 for 99 years and lease for $1 the Merredin airport to China Southern, why no outrage here? Water, agriculture, milk products Chinese owned with DFA approvals. 1/2

Gallo_Ways Didn't Tony Abbott sign Australia up to the Belt and Road Initiative in 2017 as part of the Australia China free trade agreement?

Gallo_Ways China's goal is to increase dependency on China. All about controls. China is just a bigger version of North Korea - Vic certainly doesn’t want to be a state of the CCP. Money can only shorten our vision. CCPLiedPeopleDied DecouplefromChina ChinaMustPay

Gallo_Ways Saint Daniel’s halo is slipping . Labor , Liberal & Greens voters cherry pick & only look at the good things their politicians have done and ignore any bad news .We will continue to have the politics & politicians we deserve if we don’t take off our tribal armour . Auspol

Gallo_Ways Andrews should be removed by the State Governor in the same way as Whitlam was.!

Gallo_Ways Australians who put Chinese Yuan above Australian sovereignty, dignity & values are traitors. Period.

Gallo_Ways Daniel Andrews - Traitor. He will be rejected by Victorian voters. Vic Labour will be rejected by Victorians. CCP is threat to Australian sovereignty & values.

Gallo_Ways China should not be trusted on anything

Gallo_Ways That’s a fairly shit partisan political article. Nowhere does it mention that the whole of Australia has a free trade agreement with China. Signed by a LNP federal government. What’s the big deal about Victoria?

Gallo_Ways The prime issue is what is China's payback?

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Gallo_Ways Why again China ?

Gallo_Ways Why has Scott Morrison called in the Governor General to dismiss Daniel Andrews? auspol

Gallo_Ways Which is why I will never subscribe to you again, you LibNat partisan hacks.

Gallo_Ways They don't have to! Murdoch and your fake news..GladysB didn't ask PeterDutton_MP to let Ruby Princess passengers off..or did she? Or when she sold all the water to overseas Cotton.PeterDutton_MP didn't tell WA that a ship infested with COVID-19 was given permission to dock.

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Gallo_Ways That is pure negligence that goes to the heart of the country's security. OS trade junkets by the states have got to stop. The states have stuffed it.

Gallo_Ways Another Aussie fuck-up; what's new?

Gallo_Ways DictatorDan look what you have done

Gallo_Ways Dr. Luc Montagnier reveals how Covid-19 is a lab accident. He was awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine for the identification of AIDS.He currently works at University in China. The characteristics of the new coronavirus could not have arisen naturally

Gallo_Ways Shows how China exploits any fissure it can find in our political system, including 'sister city' arrangements at local government level.

Gallo_Ways What “perks” did they get. Some kind of labor party election fund infrastructure perhaps. I smell a bat

Gallo_Ways It’s like reading a Murdoch paper and quoting Jennings well done going to a source to fit the narrative

Gallo_Ways Exclusive the Morrison government signed a free trade with a few countries now where we lose out and get ripped off.

Gallo_Ways Our Politicians will sign anything except their RESIGNATION LETTER . If it wasn’t for the RICHES ( natural resources)this country has , the calibre of candidates we have to run this country couldn’t run a simple takeaway sandwich shop and make money.

Gallo_Ways REMINDER: China is the blueprint for us ALL. CommunistAustralia FacialRecognition 24HourSurveillance PoliceState Cashless SocialCreditScore Blanket5GRadiation UBI DigitalID StateMandatedVaccination Technocracy Eugenics Agenda2030 1984HasArrived FreedomDead

Gallo_Ways Gladys Lieu is literally an elected LNP MP.

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