Shadow Defence Minister Andrew Hastie says a source has confirmed two former Australian fighter pilots have been approached to train China's armed forces.
Mr Hastie said he “made enquiries” following claims Australian pilots were offered recruitment packages through a South African flight school to train Chinese military.
"I have a very well-placed ADF source, a former fighter pilot, who confirmed that two former Australia pilots have been approached by the people who run the program but have declined to participate,” Mr Hastie told Sky News host Peta Credlin.
“I think what China’s been doing over the last two decades is buying or stealing as much Western intellectual property as possible.
“It’s no surprise therefore that they should try to buy our military secrets as well by offering large sums of money to people who are our fighter pilots or work in any other critical area of our defence establishment.”
