The vague warning by Australia's intelligence chief of election meddling by a foreign power has been weaponized by the ruling party against the opposition ahead of elections.
In his speech, Burgess said he was departing from the normally dry format of an annual threat assessment because, with the federal election roughly three months away, it was “important to explain what political interference actually looks like.”
“I think history will probably judge that the director general of ASIO made a serious error of judgment in publicizing this report at this time, so close to an election, because by doing so, albeit without revealing any details, he naturally laid open a path for a wealth of speculation without providing any significant details about who was involved and all of that, but also how serious it really was,” said Hugh White, a professor of strategic studies at the Australian National University.
quoted anonymous security sources saying the plot involved China targeting Labor candidates in New South Wales — the country’s most populous state. “I am shocked and disappointed at the baseless and reckless claim made by Senator Kimberley Kitching,” Chau said in a statement. “I am a businessman and philanthropist. I have never had any involvement or interest in interfering with the democratic election process in Australia.”against two media outlets over similar spying claims.
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