Foreign interference is a core threat to democracy in Australia, the minister said. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SYDNEY - Australia’s government plans to “out” foreign interference operations that are targeting politicians, academics and community leaders, Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said on Tuesday.
Overseas governments have sought to win over elected domestic politicians, photographed protesters and covertly influenced how topics are discussed at universities, she said. When foreign interference laws were introduced to Australia’s parliament in 2018, then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull cited allegations of Chinese government interference in Australian politics and universities, sparking an angry response from Beijing.Australia and China have recently sought to repair diplomatic ties and Beijing has begun to ease trade blocks on Australian coal and agricultural products.
Australia would not tolerate incidents where foreign governments were collecting sensitive personal information on dissidents, or the surveillance of peaceful protesters in Australia, and would do more to counter it, she added.
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