There is an ongoing dispute between Australia and China and the motivation is most likely to drum up support for how the government is dealing with China (not e

There is an ongoing dispute between Australia and China and the motivation is most likely to drum up support for how the government is dealing with China (not explicitly blaming China is in fact loudly yelling IT WAS CHINA to anyone following the current narrative). There is also a chance it is to start blaming others for the shoddy National Broadband Network that the ruling party is responsible for and might be becoming a bigger issue with COVID-19 making more people aware of the problems, due to work and schools needing teleconferencing, and streaming services lowering quality to cope with the load.