Sun-Tzu propounded was that it is possible to defeat an enemy without firing a shot. This concept is especially relevant to Australia and many other open democratic countries which welcome immigrants and adhere to the principle of free trade. Such countries are highly vulnerable to economic and political influence, with Beijing taking advantage of every opportunity to advance a vision of global hegemony

Many of the assertions being made by individuals who proclaim their Aboriginality are accepted without challenge, the questioning of those claims condemned as racist. A history built on dishonesty is worthless and, as Franklin D. Roosevelt observed, repetition does not transform a lie into a truth