Darwin Mayor's wife's connections to Chinese Govt's Confucius Institute exposed | NT Independent

Darwin Mayor’s wife’s connections to Chinese Govt’s Confucius Institute exposed

by | Jun 10, 2023 | News, Subscriber | 7 comments

EXCLUSIVE: After years of denials and obfuscation around reported links to the Chinese Communist Par
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7 Comments

  1. I am bewildered as to how and why residents of Darwin even elected Mr Vatskalis, given his underwhelming tenure as local MP.

  2. What a fantastic University, recipient of much public monies and dwindling private donations, that we have.

    If you search for Vatskalis in the publicly accessible Staff Directory, no results!
    https://www.cdu.edu.au/staff-profiles?search=Vatskalis
    If you search for Confucius , Mrs Amy Vatskalis shows up!
    https://www.cdu.edu.au/staff-profiles?search=Confucius

    Unfortunately none of the other of the fantastic Confucius Institute staff show up!

  3. Bounless Possible obviously means any fool can run for office in any level of government in the NT.

  4. Boundless Possible obviously means any fool can run for office in any level of government in the NT.

  5. There is a very real perception City of Darwin Rate Payers are now funding the melomaniac dreams of a former low performing Labor Minister!

    The NT Government have people paid for certain functions, why is the Mayor spending Rate Payer resources to mimic those functions?
    The recent media release is that City of Darwin has located Indonesian workers to fill the local hospitality jobs. Those jobs are already filled by backpackers and by people located by the NT Government. Backpackers have left Darwin after several unsuccessful weeks of looking for work and have move to rural and remote parts of Australia to fulfill there visa extension objectives. In sum, thanks Kon, but we do not need the Indonesian workers, too little, too late. Can Kon, if he has time, please focus on Roads, Rates and Rubbish? I note the Rates have increased somewhat to pay for all this delusion.
    2.5% increase for 2021/22
    5% increase for 2023/24

    Pertaining to the Confucius Institute at CDU, please read the links below to what the USA is doing to those Chinese agents!
    They are treated as threats to national security meanwhile the CDU Vice Chancellor, who has a $15 million red hole in his budget , would gladly accept any income from the Chinese Communist Party:

    https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/china-risk-to-academia-2019.pdf/view
    https://www.nas.org/blogs/article/get_chinas_pernicious_confucius_institutes_out_of_us_colleges
    https://www.heritage.org/homeland-security/commentary/confucius-institutes-chinas-trojan-horse

    So there is a perception the Charles Darwin University (3000 staff) , City of Darwin (370 staff) and now the NT Government (28000 employees) have associations with the Chinese Communist Party.

  6. If anyone wants to discuss any issues with the feds:

    Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Section
    02 6141 3222
    Outside Australia: +61 2 6141 3222 (Operating hours Monday to Friday 9:00 am – 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm)
    3-5 National Circuit BARTON ACT 2600

    Links:
    Legislation
    Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018
    https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2019C00133

    The Business Unit in charge
    https://www.ag.gov.au/integrity/foreign-influence-transparency-scheme

  7. Questions that need investigation?
    Did 2017-2020 LM Vatskalis have a Greek female spy planted on NTG ALP PH L5 OCM as the Assistant Director of Corporate Services who created mischief with lies, sabotage and malicious gossip? Was everything happening on the NTG ALP Gunner/Leonardi/Rowston being fed back to CoD LM Vatskalis? Did the Communications Director feed all informtion back to his mate 2016-21 Murdoch Newscorp NT News Editor Matt Williams to spin NTG news creating propaganda? This suggests the CoD CEO, LM & Councillors have been totally politicised the especially those who have accepted profitable NTG Grants to fund their personal business?

    2006 Darwin Waterfront Corporation (DWC) Act is not fit-for-purpose in 2023 a $24m was funnelled through a secretive, expensive, conflicted NTG Statutory Body (7-members) as they also deduct Waterfront Wharf One & Two TOGA apartments (260) body corporate levies without exposing this to owners; isn’t this fraudulent behaviour by a public body? Waterfront land should be incorporated under the City of Darwin Municipality as promised by 2006 NTG ALP CM Clare Martin & ALP Minister for Lands Kon Vatskalis on 28/08/2006. Independent Gerry Wood & CLP Shadow CM Jodeen Carney fought for the rights of the Waterfront residents being maintained under the public municipality as crown land.

    On 16/11/2015 NTG CLP CM Adam Giles, Lands Minister Dave Tollner & cohort along with LNP Treasurer Scott Morrison leased the Darwin Port to the CCP for 99 years where $506m went missing in NTG General Revenue according to DCM CEO Jodie Ryan? The 2013-16 DWC Chair Graeme Lewis and ALP Michael Gunner supported the lease of an Australia Strategic Military Asset which has compromised the physical and cyber safety of Waterfront residents & yet all questions are denied by the DWC Management & Board even though on 31/10/2022 CoD LM Vatskalis was interviewed on ABC 4Corners advising he supported the USA President Joe Biden parking 6 x 52 Bombers on Tindal Base. What geopolitical side is Mr Vatskalis on? Does Vatskalis support the One Belt One Road Initiative or AUKUS because if WWIII starts Darwin Waterfront residents could be compromised first as Coonawarra Naval Base is within viewing distance?

    Halikos Northcrest is not-an-incorporated area so why are the CoD rate payers paying for maintenance? Is this fair to rate payers as CoD levies increase.

    When Councils become politicised democracy dies and rate payers are treated like fools; more transparency is needed as the CCP is a totalitarian system and the USA are war-mongering which could compromise Australians lifestyle.

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