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.
Ahhh the good old fuck around and find out warning.
Unless these implied nations include New Zealand, Canada or similarly laid back countries, I seriously doubt I’d be shocked.
“three to four” countries… Who’s the fractional country having a crack?
The actual quote in the article, which the summary didn’t do a great job with:
“I can think of at least three or four that we have actually actively found involved in foreign interference in Australian diaspora communities,” he told the ABC’s Insiders program.
Belarus.
Hadn’t they already called out China and India? Or was that just the media or us guessing who they were talking about?
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Israel, India, Indonesia, and Malaysia would be my bets based on the article. All theoretical strategic allies currently going after dissidents. Most of the incidents seem to revolve around trying to harm critics of local regimes, thus the “diaspora” bit.
I might question whether non aboriginal Australians can have a diaspora, already being a British diaspora, but whatever, not the point.
