Australian Politician Betrayed Country to Help Spy for Foreign Regime: ASIO Reveals

The latest annual threat assessment from ASIO, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, includes several alarming revelations about the level of threat faced by the country—including from within. ASIO revealed that while some people collaborating with foreign intelligence agents are victims of deception, others willingly provide information and sometimes high-level access. In one instance, an autocratic foreign regime tried to physically harm Australian-based critics and attempted to find dissidents to make them “disappear.” Much of the activity detailed in the report is the work of a dedicated unit within a foreign intelligence service that made Australia its primary target, operating for several years until at least 2023....