Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said that China has “form”—or a record—on foreign interference in Australia and that his government is “very aware” of the influence that Beijing seeks to have in the country.
“So any suggestion that China, the Chinese government, doesn’t seek to interfere in Australia—well, we didn’t put that legislation in for no reason,” Morrison told reporters on April 30. “We put it in there to ensure that Australians’ security could be safeguarded from foreign influence in our own country.”
