US envoy for hostage affairs Roger Carstens has named China and Russia as countries of high risk.
Michael Kovrig, a Canadian who spent over 1,000 days in arbitrary detetion in Beijing, says Australia needs to do more to ‘deny, deter and punish’ the practice.
A senate inquiry has heard that some residents are paying for risks that don’t affect the areas in which they live.
Customers have had plenty of time to prepare, Telstra said.