ASIO Warns of Renewed ‘Political Warfare’

ASIO Warns of Renewed ‘Political Warfare’
Australian delegate Duncan Lewis (R) listens to an Asian delegate during a break in the high-level Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum on Avian and Pandemic Influenza Preparedness in Brisbane, Australia, on Oct. 15, 2005. Heather Faulkner/AFP/Getty Images
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The outgoing director of Australia’s domestic spy agency says he’s unsure if the country has the necessary mindset to neutralise the tools of modern political warfare, such as disinformation and subversion.

Australian Defence Force chief General Angus Campbell said in June that state “grey zone operations” that subvert international norms but fall short of prompting military retaliation were increasingly prevalent.