SYDNEY: Foreign interference in Australian politics has become a “serious problem,” a top official said Monday, with tougher laws on espionage and overseas donations to be introduced to parliament.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ordered an inquiry in June after media revelations that the nation’s spy agency had warned the country’s political elite two years ago about taking donations from two billionaires with links to the Chinese Communist Party.
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