Some in Australia insist on banging the same old drum

A worrying trend is gaining momentum in Australia as the country's media are giving increasing coverage to political figures and academics airing far-right, even racist views.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has just offered the latest example of this in a program that it claimed was intended to expose so-called Chinese interference in Australian affairs.

Four Corners, ABC's current affairs program, rolled out a lengthy report last week in a bid to provide new evidence of China's interference in Australian media, universities and political process. Anyone without bias could easily judge it was not only full of prejudice against China but also sought to whip up anti-China sentiment in Australian society.