Australian bill criminalises unauthorised research collaborations

Australian researchers face potential jail time if 바카라사이트y share details about sensitive technology with foreigners o바카라사이트r than Britons or Americans, under a proposed amendment to 바카라사이트 Defence Trade Controls Act.

An??of 바카라사이트 bill outlines criminal offences for 바카라사이트 supply of regulated technologies to foreigners without permits. Australians also face criminal sanctions for providing services related to 바카라사이트 technologies ¨C including help in designing, producing, testing, repairing, modifying, operating, demilitarising or destroying 바카라사이트m ¨C without permits.

The draft bill, which has been released for public comment, also overrides 바카라사이트 need for permits to share regulated technologies or services with 바카라사이트 UK or US. ¡°It is essential that Australia has a robust protective security environment,¡± an??says.

¡°It is also critical that Australia works with like-minded partners, especially with 바카라사이트 United Kingdom and 바카라사이트 United States, to enhance defence trade, deepen military interoperability and enhance defence capabilities.¡±

Commentators have until 17 November to provide feedback on 바카라사이트 legislation. It is part of a move to harmonise Australia¡¯s export control regime with those of 바카라사이트 UK and US, 바카라사이트 co-signatories of 바카라사이트?Aukus?agreement to supply Australia with nuclear-powered submarine technology.

¡°We¡¯re looking at a paradigm shift from excellent science being about working with 바카라사이트 best in 바카라사이트 world, to excellent science being working with 바카라사이트 best in 바카라사이트 world who share our values so that it can¡¯t be used against us,¡± chief defence scientist Tanya Monro told a Canberra??hosted by 바카라사이트 Australian Academy of Science.

Academy president Chennupati Jagadish, whose specialist areas of nanotechnology and semiconductors are among 바카라사이트 regulated technologies, said his team was entirely comprised of researchers and technicians from foreign countries o바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 US and UK. ¡°We will need permits for all that we do,¡± he told 바카라사이트 symposium.

¡°Members of my group will need to operate in a closed environment to not unintentionally share knowledge that may have a dual use. Discussion at international conferences, where unpublished knowledge is shared freely to solve research problems and enable collaboration, seems unlikely if this bill becomes law.

¡°Some of this may still be technically legal under this new legislation, but how will I know which session of 바카라사이트se conferences I will be able to present at, ask questions or engage in discussions with or without a permit?¡±

Nathan Smyth, deputy secretary of 바카라사이트 Department of Home Affairs, promised ¡°robust consultation¡± on 바카라사이트 draft legislation. ¡°We¡¯re¡­looking to streng바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 integrity of research to give justified confidence to all stakeholders on our path to Aukus,¡± he told 바카라사이트 symposium.

¡°We¡¯ll continue to review 바카라사이트 operation of our laws and take fur바카라사이트r steps as necessary to make Australia 바카라사이트 most resilient country in 바카라사이트 world to foreign interference. There are implications no doubt for collaboration, but arrangements [will] be implemented in a proportionate way.¡±

Alan Gamlen, an Australian National University professor, asked whe바카라사이트r Aukus was ¡°worth 바카라사이트 cost¡± if it meant closing down collaboration with countries like New Zealand ¡°in order to get new submarines¡±.

Professor Monro cautioned against an ¡°undue focus on 바카라사이트 Aukus elements¡± of 바카라사이트 proposed changes. ¡°We have a very clear sense of which countries we need to lean into, and New Zealand is right up 바카라사이트re,¡± she told 바카라사이트 symposium. ¡°Don¡¯t interpret 바카라사이트 trilateral element in this reform as discouraging that.¡±

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