Australia spy chief: Foreign meddling common, by friends too – DW – 08/11/2024


Australia spy chief: Foreign meddling common, by friends too – DW – 08/11/2024

The head of Australia's ASIO intelligence agency said it was not uncommon to find foreign countries trying to influence diaspora communities. "Some of them would surprise you," he said, without giving names.The director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO), Mike Burgess, told broadcaster ABC on Sunday that his organization had caught several countries seeking to interfere with or influence diaspora communities in Australia.