The Defence Minister said his department would remove the Chinese Communist Party-linked surveillance equipment after an audit found almost 1,000 cameras and recording devices had been installed in government buildings.
The equipment, made by companies Hikvision and Dahua, was discovered after a six-month audit into all Commonwealth Government agencies.
Defence Minister Richard Marles confirmed on Thursday morning his department would act to remove the surveillance units, after being alerted to the revelations. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage “We’re doing an assessment of all the technology for surveillance within the Defence estate and where those particular cameras are found, they’ll be removed,” he told Radio National.
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