17/01/2022
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A new chance for Australia to stand up to China
INTRODUCING OUR TEAM The Democratic Alliance Party
I was just a twenty year old Australian student in Brisbane when the Chinese dictatorship singled me out for vile death threats and sent thugs to try beat me up on campus simply because I dared speak against Xi Jinping. They dragged my name through the mud with anonymous smears, hacked my emails, targeted my friends by sending police to harass their families in China. The Chinese Ambassador to Cyprus denounced me in the Greek press and the Chinese Foreign Ministry used an international press conference in Beijing to accuse me of taking Taiwanese bribes. Ultimately they used their economic power over the University of Queensland to try expel me and take away my education. The craziness of it all still shocks me to this day.
Reading this, you’re no doubt probably asking: Why on Earth would the Chinese government go to such insane lengths to try silence one young Aussie larrikin? Why go after some random bloke without a cent to his name? Ultimately I think the Chinese government wanted to make an example out of me to intimidate Australians into silence, to show what they could do to any Australian who decided to stand against them. And they wanted to do it all in broad daylight as a show of force, to demonstrate that they were powerful enough to get away with it.
Thankfully it all blew up in their faces as evidenced by the fact that I’m still standing here three years later. In their massive arrogance the Chinese government couldn’t have foreseen how tens of thousands of Australians would stand up to this thuggery and corruption. They underestimated the Australian character, the strength of our larrikin opposition to authoritarianism in this country. And they underestimated the strength of Australian multiculturalism, especially as we began working with newly arrived Australians from Uyghur, Tibetan and Hong Konger communities who knew Chinese oppression first hand. The Chinese government simply could never have imagined that we would persevere in the face of their pressure cooker tactics and build a historic movement bringing together thousands of Australians from all over the world to resist CCP intimidation.
Now our historic movement is contesting Australian elections for the first time and I couldn’t be prouder of our candidates. Adila Yarmuhammad and Inty Elham for Sturt are making history as the first Uyghur Australians to run for election - in fact, they are the first Uyghurs to run in a democratic election anywhere in the world.
With family members in China's concentration camps, these two brave young Australian women know first hand just how brutal the Chinese government can be. Adila will be running for the Senate in South Australia where she will be campaigning heavily against Nick Xenophon, Huawei's top lawyer in this country.
Huawei have helped put Uyghurs like Adila's family members in concentration camps, so if Nick Xenophon gets up at this election, China will be given cross bench power in the Senate. We simply can't let this disastrous state of affairs come to pass.
Inty meanwhile will be contesting the seat of Sturt where the incumbent Liberals have approved the construction of a huge new Chinese Consulate compound. This compound is effectively a base for Chinese government espionage against Australia and we can’t let corrupt politicians force the residents of suburban Adelaide to accept this rotten deal with ZERO consultation.
Our candidates Adila and Inty will be joined by Max Mok, a young Hong Konger-Australian who put his life on the line fighting with the democracy movement in Hong Kong. An Australian citizen by birth, he returned home to Melbourne after watching the CCP torture and kidnap allies in the protest movement. Having seen the evil of this dictatorship first hand, Max is dedicated to fighting against CCP infiltration in Australia. That's why he will be running against Gladys Liu, the Liberal MP for Chisholm.
It's impossible to describe in one post the full extent of her shady connections to the CCP. But we do know that she’s been placed under ASIO investigation for her ties to Chinese Communist Party front organisations in this country. Perhaps that is why Gladys Liu has refused to describe Xi Jinping as a dictator when pressed in media interviews. Max's campaign will give the citizens of Chisholm a choice to vote against these corrupt and immoral ties for the first time.
And these excellent pro-democracy candidates in South Australia and Victoria will be joined by the amazing Tibetan Australian human rights activist Kyinzom Dhongdue in New South Wales.
Born in a Tibetan refugee camp in India following China's brutal invasion of Tibet, Kyinzom moved to Australia as a stateless person with just a suitcase full of clothes and a thousand dollars in cash. She's since built a highly regarded career as a human rights advocate in this country and now hopes to run for the Senate to give back to the country that has given her and her young family so much. Having first hand experience of the Chinese government threat, Kyinzom is serious about fighting for “A future made in Australia, not made in China.''
As you can see, we are building the first Australian political party dedicated to standing up to authoritarian China and all those corrupt elites in bed with them. We are building a movement dedicated to freedom, democracy and a stronger, more self-sufficient Australia.
I have to say it’s been an absolute honour to begin this journey with Adila, Inty, Max and Kyinzom. If you want politicians brave enough to reject Chinese bribes and stare down Chinese government expansionism, look no further than these incredible candidates. These Australians have all suffered at the hands of this brutal regime and so unlike our failing political class they realise we are facing one of the biggest threats in our history.
This fight will be with us for decades and it will define what kind of Australia our children and grandchildren will inherit. Our movement stands for a free Australia, beholden to no-one, standing firm in the face of dictatorship and corruption. We stand for a vibrant democracy where every citizen has a say, the complete antithesis of the soul-crushing political system the Chinese government wants to impose on the world. If you believe in this vision, stand with us and the Democratic Alliance. Please spread the word and tell your friends. Let's build a movement to challenge the elite, to give ordinary Australians their power back.
I want to say a huge thank you to all those of you who have signed up, especially to our donors and volunteers. This is going to be the fight of our lives and I am glad to be fighting beside you all. We might not have much money but we have thousands of Australians behind us, and there is nothing so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
I believe we can change Australia and I believe we can change the world. If you believe in our cause, please help however you can. Any contribution you can make today - big or small - means a lot to us. You can donate at drewpavlou.com/donate or click through to any of our candidate’s websites as they are featured on their Facebook profiles:
Our candidates will reach out to members in their respective states starting next week. Watch out for their messages and join their local volunteer teams. We are awaiting the final stages of the AEC party registration process and look forward to contesting the elections in May.
Once again, thanks so much for your support. I simply couldn’t have done all of this without you. I am just one young man with a dream of a better world. I feel so blessed to have met so many who share this same humble hope.
Drew
