Mike Burgess of ASIO refuses to comment on the flying objects, other than that he is unaware of any of those balloons over Australia.
They don’t need balloons when they have security cameras installed everywhere here 
James Paterson beat up, with a possibility of derailing the steps towards improving trade access.
This was public 4 years ago . No one is going to go public on actions taken since that time to do any necessary debugging
Hence the joke emoji
Appropriately posted by GiventoFly
In response to a Q, Pentagon does not rule out space aliens or extra terrestrials.
Intelligence community investigation pending, including earth based country of origin
Is the Mothership parked on the dark side of the moon or in the Gobi desert?
There are data security concerns if using Chinese manufactured hardware and digital services. Particularly for critical infrastructure.
But scope for disabling ?
Depending on the software or hardware yes but some cases no.
If it is a beat up (and maybe it is) @bigallan ……why is the government (Department of Finance) removing 88 Chinese made surveillance cameras from federal MPs offices ? That means it’s a beat up by the government because they’re running the Department of Finance. Sounds like it’s a legitimate concern …along the same lines as Turnbull banning Huawei
They seem to be very keen to shoot down whatever is floating around up there. I watched the white house address today and it seems like they believe it’s a legitimate intelligence threat - slow moving hard to trace object has more time to spy /listen in on US military bases ……can’t wait until they recover the balloon shot down over Carolina
Friendly countries spy on each other as well as on the bad guys.
There is usually knowledge and officials are briefed on minimising.
There is selectivity about the timing of the naming and shaming.
After a Coalition position of all things China bad and dangerous, the present government has adopted a more nuanced approach.
The Chinese camera concerns have been public for some time. They were being addressed. Paterson chose to call a presser and scaremonger at a time when the government was re establishing bilateral relations, including access for some of our previously profitable exports. All this without prejudice to our strategic interests.
In the US there has been questioning about highlighting China in the overflights.
Blinken justified this to postpone a scheduled meeting in the next day or so. China responded publicly, more in sorrow than in anger and Blinken is on his way there next week.
There seems to be some US China mutual scene setting and positioning. Or maybe shots across the bows.
But that would not be apparent from click bait news sources.
Yes and the nuanced approach to China - the beef farmers wine makers and miners are very happy I’m sure
Btw you always have an interesting take on things @bigallan . Not saying I agree with all your positions but certainly different and thought provoking
China causing trouble in the South China Sea again
Nothing to do with the US now having access to 9 bases and building the largest military presence outside the US.
smart move considering its a matter of time before China decides to go all in on Taiwan