Australia to Name and Shame Foreign Interference Actors as Iranian Interference Plot Foiled

Australia to Name and Shame Foreign Interference Actors as Iranian Interference Plot Foiled
Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Cyber Security Clare O'Neil speaks to media in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct. 20, 2022. AAP Image/James Ross
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Australia will now name and shame countries that perpetrate acts of foreign interference, the Minister for Home Affairs, Clare O'Neil, has said after Australian spy agencies foiled an Iranian foreign interference plot.

Australia’s domestic intelligence agency ASIO identified foreign interference as one of the biggest threats the country currently faces.

Victoria Kelly-Clark
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