Other questions include whether science organisation receives funding from China and whether it is a climate or ‘environmental justice’ project

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250325042257/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/25/csiro-australia-science-agency-questioned-trump-administration-us-government-interests


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      7 days ago

      Man, it’s insane that you let a hostile, overtly evil foreign power openly operate a spy network in your nation.

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        australia doesn’t really have a lot of choices: we have a population the size of texas in an area almost the size of the whole US… there’s just no hope of protecting that without help

        our only bargaining chips are: space, location, and the huge amount of natural resources

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      8 days ago

      America would probably launch a land invasion of Australia before they ever let Pine Gap go. Previous attempts were met with harsh penalties from the US.