‘Three or four’ countries involved in foreign interference in Australia including ‘friends’, Mike Burgess says

Asio director general says some of the countries trying to intimidate diaspora communities would surprise you'

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Australia's spy boss, Mike Burgess, has confirmed that Iran is one of at least three or four" countries involved in foreign interference in Australia's diaspora communities.

Speaking on ABC's Insiders on Sunday, the director general of security in charge of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation said he could think of at least three or four [countries] that are we've actually actively found involved in foreign interference in Australia and diaspora communities".

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