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Why Australia’s tough national security laws cannot stop foreign interference in our elections

ASIO chief Mike Burgess recently revealed the security agency had detected and disrupted a foreign interference plot in the lead-up to an Australian election. He warned Australia was seeing foreign interference attempts “at all levels of government, in all states and territories”.

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Grattan on Friday: Morrison has sown the seeds for a scare campaign, and Albanese doesn’t know whether they'll grow

If you were to believe the Morrison government, you’d think Anthony Albanese as prime minister would sell out Australia’s interests to China, give criminals a break, and perhaps sneak in a death tax.

The Conversation

Morrison and Dutton are puffing themselves up like mini-me McCarthyists – and it’s beyond reckless

The prime minister and the defence minister are imperilling Australia’s national security as they try to hang on to power

The Guardian - AU

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Australia's spy boss says politicising national security 'not helpful'

Australia's spy chief has warned in a rare TV interview against politicising intelligence advice as an election looms, saying unsuccessful attempts by foreign governments at interference had targeted both sides of politics.

Reuters

Minister asked why refugees still stuck in Park hotel if not security risks – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Politicisation of foreign interference 'not helpful': ASIO boss

The ASIO director-general said foreign interference doesn't go after 'one particular party or the other'.

The Canberra Times

Michael Pascoe: The chutzpah of calling black white

It takes a certain chutzpah to call black white with a straight face, but that’s what Josh Frydenberg and Peter Dutton are doing.

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Coalition tries to set up showdown with Labor on deporting criminals

Morrison government ramps up pre-election bid to wedge Labor on national security issues as Kevin Rudd condemns ‘rancid lies’ on China

The Guardian - AU

Chinese businessman hits back at senator

Chinese-Australian business developer Chau Chak Wing has hit back at the Labor senator who named him as the man at the centre of a foreign interference plot.

AAP

Speculation on Tudge’s future; integrity commission plans shelved – as it happened

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Asio chief says intelligence is ‘not here to be politicised’ after Dutton accuses Labor

Mike Burgess’ comments come days after defence minister claimed Chinese government had picked Anthony Albanese ‘as their candidate’

The Guardian - AU

Labor senator Kimberley Kitching names billionaire Chau Chak Wing as 'puppeteer' in foreign interference plot

A prominent Chinese-Australian political donor is named in federal parliament as being the mysterious "puppeteer" behind a thwarted foreign interference plot to back political candidates in the next election.

ABC News

Australia thwarts Chinese plot to fund election candidates - media

Chinese spies sought to fund candidates for Australia's centre-left Labor opposition party in an upcoming federal election but the plot was foiled by the national security agency, Australian media reported on Friday.

Reuters

Anthony Albanese hits back at ‘nonsense’ suggestion China wants Labor to win federal election

Opposition leader says Asio has not raised any concerns about ALP candidates while NSW branch questions ‘timing and source of allegations’

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Albanese denies Chinese spies tried to bankroll Labor candidates

Anthony Albanese has emphatically denied allegations a Chinese spy ring tried to bankroll Labor candidates, declaring “total confidence” in his party.

ABC News

China behind failed attempt to bankroll Labor candidates in federal election

A Beijing-orchestrated plot to bankroll NSW Labor candidates in this year's federal election has been foiled by ASIO.

The Guardian - AU

Victoria’s ‘code brown’ to end; WA records second Covid death – as it happened

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Peter Dutton has plumbed new and dangerous depths by suggesting China is backing Labor

Did the defence minister not hear the Asio boss warn that stoking community division has ‘the same corrosive impact on our democracy as foreign interference itself’?

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Intelligence officials identify Russian efforts to interfere in Australian politics

Russia has been identified as one of the main countries attempting to interfere in Australia’s democracy, with intelligence agencies monitoring continuing efforts by Moscow to influence politics here.

The Independent UK

Australian spy agency disrupts foreign election interference

An Australian spy agency says it has disrupted a foreign government’s attempt to illegally bankroll the election of candidates who are politically sympathetic or vulnerable to inducements

The Guardian - AU

Election plot disrupted, Asio chief reveals – then vows to counter foreign meddling

Australia seeing attempts at interference at all levels of government, Mike Burgess warns

The Guardian - AU

Religious discrimination laws in limbo – as it happened

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AAP

COVID pandemic fuels extremists: ASIO

The director-general of intelligence and security has warned of the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of extremist behaviour.

ABC News

Dating apps like Tinder and anti-COVID vaccine mandate protests drawing ASIO's attention, according to annual threat assessment

Foreign spies are using Tinder and other dating apps to recruit Australians with access to sensitive government secrets, ASIO warns.

The Guardian - AU

‘Violent extremists’: Asio boss warns of ‘angry and isolated’ Australians radicalised during pandemic

Mike Burgess says lockdown and vaccination grievances sometimes ‘turned to violence’ as he foreshadows foreign interference in 2022 federal election

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