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Sydney (AFP) - Australia will strip Chinese-made security cameras from government buildings, the country's defence minister said Thursday, as it was crucial to make facilities "completely secure". 

More than 900 products made by Hikvision and Dahua discovered at 250 federal premises

An audit of Commonwealth offices uncovers more than 900 units of surveillance equipment that have been built by companies linked to the Chinese government and are banned in the US and UK.

There are calls for the nearly 1000 Chinese surveillance cameras and other recording equipment in government buildings to be replaced, and Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek could kill off more fossil fuel projects after she knocked back Clive Palmer’s Queensland coalmine.

Australia's national war memorial will remove several Chinese-made security cameras installed on the premises because officials are concerned they could be used for spying, local media reported on Wednesday.

Almost a dozen cameras will be removed from the War Memorial over spyware fears, as new chair Kim Beazley insists the devices are only being used outside the building.

Surveillance cameras installed at the Chinese Embassy in Portugal's capital Lisbon were removed or repositioned on Thursday after concerns of a "blatant violation of privacy" were raised by residents.

Campaigners concerned that ‘same racist technology used to repress Uyghurs is being marketed in Britain’

Banned Chinese companies include popular manufacturers of video surveillance cameras

WASHINGTON: The US government has banned the sale of new telecommunications equipment made by the Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE, as well as video surveillance equipment from some other companies, citing national security risks.

The five-member FCC said it has voted unanimously to adopt new rules that will block the importation or sale of certain technology products that pose security risks to U.S. critical infrastructure.