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Amid warnings of 'spy hives', why isn't Australia using its tough counter-espionage laws more?

  • Written by Sarah Kendall, PhD Candidate in Law, The University of Queensland

Australia is facing an unprecedented threat of espionage and foreign interference. According to ASIO chief Mike Burgess in his annual threat assessment this week,

More Australians are being targeted for espionage and foreign interference than at any time in Australia’s history.

To drive home just how serious the threat is, Burgess also said A...

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