Australia is particularly strange.

The US tries hard to paint democracy as a positive world wide. I would imagine the CCP would paint themselves a good position too.

If you were in a position of power in the CCP, who wouldn’t push for positive propaganda to all nearby territories?

All innocent Australians should realize they are consuming proChinese and proAmerican /foreign/ propaganda.

I would argue the Chinese are focusing more resources in Australia compared to the US. The US is busy with Russia and Europe and likely will be for the next 10-15 years