The Department wishes to clarify the headline and opening paragraph in the Australian Financial Review’s article titled “China’s coercion is a bigger threat than another 9/11: Sinodinos” published on 1 September AEST / 31 August EDT.

The headline and first paragraph of the article do not accurately reflect the Ambassador’s comments in the interview with the AFR’s Washington DC correspondent Matthew Cranston.

This clarification has also been conveyed to the AFR.