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Barnaby Joyce invokes Hezbollah pager attack in Chinese EV warning

Barnaby Joyce says Australia should follow the US and consider banning Chinese-made electric vehicles due to safety and privacy fears, questioning whether they could be weaponised for a 'malevolent purpose'.

Noah Yim and Agencies
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8:36AMSeptember 29, 2024.
Updated 4:48PMSeptember 29, 2024
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Barnaby Joyce said Australia should exercise caution after Israel secretly embedded explosives in hundreds of pagers carried by Hezbollah members. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman
Barnaby Joyce said Australia should exercise caution after Israel secretly embedded explosives in hundreds of pagers carried by Hezbollah members. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

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