Australia needs to get ‘used to’ the increased threat of foreign espionage

The Lowy Institute's Sam Roggeveen says Australia needs to get "used to" the threat of foreign espionage occurring at levels unseen since the Cold War. "The Cold War gives us some confidence even small and medium-sized countries like Australia can withstand the threat of foreign interference and espionage," Mr Roggeveen said. "The centre point of this US-China struggle is the Asia-Pacific... we're more important to China than we've ever been. "With the right resources and right kind of resolve from our politicians... we can deal with it." Mr Roggeveen said he believed "the reluctance" of politicians and government bodies to 'name and shame China' as a perpetrator of foreign interference was "related to the fact we have this overwhelming economic relationship" with the Asian superpower.

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