Ex-politician 'sold out Australia'

The director-general of security also revealed the Counter Foreign Interference Taskforce had conducted more than 120 operations since mid-2020, including stopping a plot to harm an Australian-based critic of the regime. Mr Burgess said he was declassifying details of the A-team's activities to raise awareness among Australians and organisations of the need to bolster their security, while the spy ring had been confronted over its work. Fictional companies The group used false, anglicised personas to approach their targets, with names such as Sophy, Amy, Ben and Eric, and posed as consultants, headhunters, local government officials, academics and think tank researchers,…