McCarthyism: Does it exist in Australia?

During the past few years, Australia's actions to curtail foreign interference, especially from China, has been compared to "McCarthyism". However, the description of “McCarthyism” is often inconclusive and vague. So what exactly is “McCarthyism” and does Australia's China debate have this problem?

Watch our segment and let us know what do you think of McCarthy? Is the current attitude of Australia towards China an emergence of “McCarthyism”? Leave your comments below!

Photo credit: Bob Carr at a 2016 press conference to discuss security cooperation of South China Sea during the fifth World Peace Forum at Beijing's Tsinghua University (Photo by Qi Tian/Getty Images)
Kevin Rudd at the 2021 public hearing into Media diversity in Australia. (Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images)
Kevin Rudd in conversation with Stan Grant (Photo by Michael Masters/Getty Images)

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