Australia's domestic spy chief has warned people would be shocked to learn the identity of the countries his agency has caught actively interfering in diaspora communities.

In short:

  • Australia’s domestic spy chief says three to four countries have been caught actively seeking to interfere in diaspora communities.

  • Mike Burgess said Australians would be shocked that those seeking to interfere were nations considered friends.

What’s next:

  • He has warned that he would be willing to call out nations publicly if the threat persists.
  • No1English
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    1 month ago

    Hadn’t they already called out China and India? Or was that just the media or us guessing who they were talking about?

    • IlandarEnglish
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      1 month ago

      As I recall, ASIO/Burgess didn’t specifically name India on that occasion. He had made comments about a successful ASIO operation that removed spies from the country, and it was only later that unnamed sources confirmed those spies to be from India. Burgess implied on Insiders yesterday that it’s not helpful when government figures specifically call out countries like was done recently with Iran, and that his preferred method is to avoid releasing those details where possible.