Australia toughens ban on training ‘certain foreign militaries’ after pilot case

Former defence personnel will now face a 20-year prison sentence if they teach "certain foreign militaries," and the ban will be expanded to include any Australians who provide military training to nations deemed to pose a threat to national security. The crackdown has been brought on by a number of incidents involving former military pilots who now reside in Australia and who worked for a South African flight school instructing Chinese pilots—pilots who, according to the United States, are Chinese military pilots. The "Five Eyes" intelligence allies of Australia—Britain, the United States, New Zealand, and Canada—will not be subject to…