Australian Financial Review article about Anne-Marie Brady

Angus Grigg, national affairs correspondent for the Australian Financial Review, wrote, “In her latest research paper, Professor Brady highlighted how mainland Chinese companies and universities could use their relationships with New Zealand institutions to transfer sensitive technology that could be used by the Chinese military.”

The AFR quoted Anne-Marie’s lawyer, a former parliamentarian who specializes in freedom of speech and academic issues, Stephen Franks, as saying that "We are concerned she may lose her job." He said, “This matter says it is now apparently OK to seek disciplinary action against a fellow academic whose research you don’t agree with.”

Senior fellow at the Lowy Institute Richard McGregor told AFR that Professor Brady was "a fearless and independent China scholar, which inevitably meant she was going to uncover uncomfortable truths about the country". He said, "That should make her a valued commodity in New Zealand at a time when China is more important than ever, not someone to be demonised and shunted aside."