Opinion

Blunt talk from intelligence chiefs is a welcome change

Australian politicians and officials used to treat China as the Voldemort of geopolitics – the country that could not be named. That is all changing.

Andrew TillettForeign affairs, defence correspondent

Mar 11, 2022 – 1.02pm

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When Malcolm Turnbull introduced Australia’s foreign interference laws in December 2017, he was at pains to say it wasn’t all about China.

“These reforms are not about any one country. Foreign interference is a global issue,” Turnbull told Parliament.

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