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[[The Diplomat]] and Myriam Robin in the ''[[Australian Financial Review]]'' as being one of Australia's most influential national security policy think tanks.<ref name="AFR" /><ref name=dtasocialcredit>{{cite web |title=DTA attacks China-style social credit claims about Govpass digital identity? |url=https://www.itnews.com.au/news/dta-attacks-china-style-social-credit-claims-about-govpass-digital-identity-514154 |website=ITNews.com |author=Julian Bajkowski |access-date=24 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205141501/https://www.itnews.com.au/news/dta-attacks-china-style-social-credit-claims-about-govpass-digital-identity-514154 |archive-date=5 December 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Diplomat 2021" /> In February 2020, [[Australian Labor Party]] Senator [[Kim Carr]] described the ASPI as "hawks intent on fighting a new cold war" .<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=Hansard|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=chamber/hansards/c220a265-e5aa-42c9-8cd9-19390fabb066/&sid=0012|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-26|website=www.aph.gov.au|language=en-AU|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326150858/https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=chamber%2Fhansards%2Fc220a265-e5aa-42c9-8cd9-19390fabb066%2F&sid=0012 |archive-date=26 March 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-14|title=Foreign veto laws: Labor warns of 'unprecedented power' and lack of oversight|url=http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/oct/15/foreign-veto-laws-labor-warns-of-unprecedented-power-and-lack-of-oversight|access-date=2022-02-23|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref> Former Foreign Minister and former Premier of New South Wales [[Bob Carr]] has said the ASPI provides a "one-sided, pro-American view of the world".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Baxendle|first=Rachel|date=14 December 2017|title=Bob Carr returns fire after think-tank funding questioned|work=The Australian|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/foreign-affairs/bob-carr-returns-fire-after-thinktank-funding-questioned/news-story/193c89b251bf90cf7b25cb93809b1719}}</ref> ASPI replied that it "doesn’t have an editorial line on China, but we have a very clear method for how we go about our research," and claimed that the true amount of State Department funding was less than half that amount stated by Carr.<ref name="ASPI">{{cite web|title=ASPI's China research: the big picture|date=3 March 2020|url=https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/aspis-china-research-the-big-picture/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200326234230/https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/aspis-china-research-the-big-picture/|archive-date=26 March 2020|access-date=3 March 2020|publisher=ASPI}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Duckett|first1=Chris|title=Tech giants push back on forced Uyghur labour claims|publisher=ZDNET|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/tech-giants-push-back-on-forced-uyghur-labour-claims/|url-status=live|access-date=9 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701211233/https://www.zdnet.com/article/tech-giants-push-back-on-forced-uyghur-labour-claims/|archive-date=1 July 2020|quote=The think tank has drawn criticism from the likes of Labor Party factional warrior and former minister Kim Carr. "[ASPI] berates Australian researchers for collaborating with Chinese partners but ignores the fact that some of its own sponsors do the same," Carr said last month. Defending the organisation, director of the International Cyber Policy Centre at ASPI, Fergus Hanson, said there is no editorial line on China in the reports it produces. "Of course, ASPI has no monopoly on the ability to trawl through CCP policy documents and statements to unearth new insights and shed light on the party's stated plans for China and the rest of the world. It's just that so few others in Australia and elsewhere invest significant time to do so," he wrote on Tuesday.}}</ref> ASPI was criticized by former diplomats [[John Menadue]], [[Geoff Raby In October 2018, the Australian [[Digital Transformation Agency]] criticised an ASPI report on the Australian Government's [[digital identity]] program. The Agency stated that the report "was inaccurate and contained many factual errors", which "demonstrate a clear misunderstanding of how the digital identity system is intended to work".<ref name="dtasocialcredit" /> The author of the report responded to the criticism, saying his concerns were acknowledged in private despite being publicly rejected by the agency.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hendry |first1=Justin |title=ASPI's Hanson claims DTA misled on digital ID concerns |url=https://www.itnews.com.au/news/aspis-hanson-claims-dta-misled-on-digital-id-concerns-529197 |agency=ITNEWS |date=8 August 2019 |access-date=9 July 2020 |archive-date=10 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710203547/https://www.itnews.com.au/news/aspis-hanson-claims-dta-misled-on-digital-id-concerns-529197 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{clarify|reason=What concerns, acknowledged by whom, rejected by whom?|date=December 2020}}In June 2020, ASPI was criticised by [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China|Chinese Foreign Ministry]] spokesman, [[Zhao Lijian]] for claiming that the [[Government of China|Chinese government]] was behind [[Cyberattack|cyber attacks]] against the [[Australian Government|Australian government]] and Australian businesses.<ref name="abcdeny">{{Cite web|date=19 June 2020|title=China denies being behind cyber attack on Australia|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-19/china-responds-to-accusation-of-australia-cyber-attack/12375324|access-date=19 June 2020|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU|archive-date=19 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619083011/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-19/china-responds-to-accusation-of-australia-cyber-attack/12375324|url-status=live}}</ref> In response, ASPI executive director Peter Jennings said the ministry's comments were an attempt to distract attention from the think tank's research into the Chinese Government.<ref name="abcdeny" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Oliveri|first=Natalie|date=19 June 2020|title='Sophisticated state-based' cyber attack hits Australian government, businesses in major breach|work=[[Nine News]]|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/cyber-attack-australia-scott-morrison-government-private-sector-breach-of-security/e621ae47-f810-4fa7-9c11-3caa3b09f4dc|url-status=live|access-date=17 September 2020|archive-date=8 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200908071757/https://www.9news.com.au/national/cyber-attack-australia-scott-morrison-government-private-sector-breach-of-security/e621ae47-f810-4fa7-9c11-3caa3b09f4dc}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Stone |first1=Jeff |title=Australia blames a state actor for major disruptions. China is already denying it. |url=https://www.cyberscoop.com/australia-cyber-attack-china-trade-scott-morrison/ |website=www.cyberscoop.com |date=19 June 2020 |publisher=Cyber Scoop |access-date=1 July 2020}}</ref> | |||