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Australian spy chief under pressure to name ex-politician who ‘sold out’

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Mike Burgess during a press conference in Brisbane, Australia, August 2019 [File: Darren England/ Australia and New Zealand/EPA]

Australia’s spy chief is facing calls to name a former politician accused of having “sold out” the country to a foreign power.

Director-general of security for the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), Mike Burgess, said in an annual speech on Wednesday evening that a spy team from an unidentified country had cultivated and recruited a former Australian politician.

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