Investors, Consumers ‘Waking Up’ to Threat: Former Australian Leader Takes Aim at Beijing

The 2022 election may have provided an opportunity for Beijing to step back from their failed attempts at coercion, ‘but we must not be deluded,’ Morrison said.

Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison delivers his valedictory speech in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Feb. 27, 2024. AAP Image/Lukas Coch

Former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison raised alarm bells about the real and building threat of communist China in his valedictory speech on Feb. 27.

In his final speech to Parliament, Mr. Morrison warned that Beijing’s “tactics change but their strategy remains the same.”