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An Australian state has become the first in the country to pass a law banning the public display of Nazi swastikas, as concerns grow about the rate at which local young people are being radicalized

Disinformation and foreign interference constitute a grave threat to Western democracies, particularly during elections.

ASIO chief Mike Burgess recently revealed the security agency had detected and disrupted a foreign interference plot in the lead-up to an Australian election. He warned Australia was seeing foreign interference attempts “at all levels of government, in all states and territories”.

If you were to believe the Morrison government, you’d think Anthony Albanese as prime minister would sell out Australia’s interests to China, give criminals a break, and perhaps sneak in a death tax.

The prime minister and the defence minister are imperilling Australia’s national security as they try to hang on to power

Australia's spy chief has warned in a rare TV interview against politicising intelligence advice as an election looms, saying unsuccessful attempts by foreign governments at interference had targeted both sides of politics.

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The ASIO director-general said foreign interference doesn't go after 'one particular party or the other'.

It takes a certain chutzpah to call black white with a straight face, but that’s what Josh Frydenberg and Peter Dutton are doing.