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A top-secret Government report has uncovered a decade-long attempt by the Chinese Communist Party to compromise Australia's major political parties. The departmental effort was led by one of the Prime Minister's former advisers, John Garnaut. It is those proposed laws – and the commentary around them – that have been a major factor in the recent chill in the relationship between Australia and China. The Prime Minister referred to the existence of the secret report when he tabled the foreign interference bills in December. "But I can say the reasons for initiating this work were justified and the outcomes have galvanised us to take action. Mr Turnbull has not named China as being the country of most concern to Australia but the secret report does. "Under the uncompromising leadership of President Xi Jinping, China's activities have become too brazen and aggressive to ignore," Mr Garnaut said. "A re-evaluation is taking place in half-a-dozen established democracies around the world, including Australia and the United States. He did not refer to his secret report but noted the scope of the Chinse influence operations had appeared in media reports around the world. Dr Chau has two defamation actions afoot and one names Fairfax Media as a respondent for articles written by Mr Garnaut, when he was that company's Asia Pacific Editor.