Australian spy agency disrupts foreign election interference
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Re: Australian spy agency disrupts foreign election interference
#2> disrupted a foreign government's attempt to illegally bankroll the election of candidates who are politically sympathetic or vulnerable to inducements.
I must say that my first thought when reading the title was that they disrupted the market of foreign election interference.
Re: Australian spy agency disrupts foreign election interference
#3> disrupted a foreign government's attempt to illegally bankroll the election of candidates who are politically sympathetic or vulnerable to inducements. I must say that my first thought when reading the title was that they disrupted the market of foreign election interference.
It's really only a matter of time before an app called Bribr "democratises lobbying" by allowing users to make microtransactions directly to their elected representatives for influence.
Re: Australian spy agency disrupts foreign election interference
#4Better coverage here: https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/chinese-spies-attemp...
"A Chinese spy ring attempted to bankroll NSW Labor candidates in the upcoming federal election in an attempt to get MPs elected to Australia’s Parliament.
The plot was foiled by the nation’s counter-espionage agency ASIO, preventing the spies from installing sympathetic candidates into Labor’s preselection process."
The opposition party are already spinning this to claim that the Labor party are friendly to China.
Re: Australian spy agency disrupts foreign election interference
#5> disrupted a foreign government's attempt to illegally bankroll the election of candidates who are politically sympathetic or vulnerable to inducements. I must say that my first thought when reading the title was that they disrupted the market of foreign election interference.
It's really only a matter of time before an app called Bribr "democratises lobbying" by allowing users to make microtransactions directly to their elected representatives for influence.
and by default becomes the new form of Gov... power to the people!
Re: Australian spy agency disrupts foreign election interference
#6Well they have certainly tried before:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Dastyari#Chinese_influence...
Re: Australian spy agency disrupts foreign election interference
#7> disrupted a foreign government's attempt to illegally bankroll the election of candidates who are politically sympathetic or vulnerable to inducements. I must say that my first thought when reading the title was that they disrupted the market of foreign election interference.
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Re: Australian spy agency disrupts foreign election interference
#8I wish I could go into the site and edit the headline to read "Australian spy agency disrupts foreign interference into election" to prevent ambiguity and reduce backtracking by readers.
Re: Australian spy agency disrupts foreign election interference
#9Well they have certainly tried before: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Dastyari#Chinese_influence...
Re: Australian spy agency disrupts foreign election interference
#10Now imagine how many similar cases there are around the world that haven't been "discovered" officially. Both China and Russia are using similar tactics. I guess, at the time being, China is the more dangerous one as CCP is much richer than poor war-focussed Russia.