• But it didn’t age well: Albanese: ASIO has ‘no concerns’ over Labor candidates.
• Just in: Chinese spies in plot to install ALP candidates at coming federal election.
• Just in: Chinese spies in plot to install ALP candidates at coming federal election.
the two articles are in total contradiction to each other.
ASIO would contact some-one at the ALP if the story was true and stop the pre-selection.
Has this occurred?
Dutton provided no evidence for his charges this morning confirming both he is one of the biggest grubs in canberra and there is no substance to anything he said.
Dutton went too far, yes.
I’m getting tired of Western ‘intelligence agencies’ whining about foreign interference, to be honest.
They roll up at a senate hearing, claim they saved the country and ask for another couple of billion. It’s a scam.
Non Mentis
Aldi bags full of banknotes ring any bells? Or they just an innocent attempt to encourage the use of Chinese restaurants in Sydney?
PS, Albanese admitted to being briefed on something. Recent menu changes?
LOL, as if. That would be “interfering in domestic politics”. The ABC would have conniptions.
I suspect Homer is right.
ASIO would not allow a spy to enter Parliament.
Unless… they wanted to use him to snare others.
At least two people would have been contacted. Albo and the NSW general secretary. None were.
If the past is any guide the Chinese are pretty stupid when it comes to ‘influencing’ parties and very unsuccessful.
Oh and ASIO would have every right to interfere if they believed manchurian candidates were possible.
Who cares about the Chicoms. What we really want to know is who the Garage Nazis backing.
Keneally?
Non Mentis
Oh and ASIO would have every right to interfere if they believed manchurian candidates were possible.
How have the oh-so-pompous left embraced fascism so enthusiastically? Because they see it as the path to power.
From the WA State Security thread:
I’m old enough to remember when the (now fascist) left were opposed to Police Special Branches (ie, State Security Investigation Groups). Now, they embrace them with enthusiasm. And from Non Mentis’ comment, it seems that they now have full confidence in the political propiety of ASIO!
It seems the only reason they never trusted the apparatus of state control in the past was because they didn’t have their people in there. No such problem these days.
The ALP will have more than it’s fair share of Spooks, don’t worry about that.
I’m old enough to remember when sections of the ALP were convinced Bob Hawke was being funded and promoted by the CIA.
It might be puffed up but China has been openly hostile to Australia for some time, and Morrison, to his credit has pushed back.
Nick posted a very good article about it over at Adam’s cat last year.
You mean like Grace Tame’s evidence-free claim of a threatening phone call to her?
In the glory days of the NSW Right, Bruvver Ducker at the NSW Labor Council was informing ASIO on Communist activity in the unions. And quite right too.
He has, of course, achieved nothing.
It’s called “Small criticism, big benefit”
You can look it up. Means Chicoms understands there needs to be some vocal opposition to work the democratic system (appease the western masses) before the deal is done off camera.
okay thanks to the ABC we can can now reconcile ASIO’s ‘investigations’ and the ALP’s lack of knowledge on this.
Firstly ASIO if we are to believe them ensured these people did not go through to gain pre-selection because ASIO intervened directly.
This leads me to doubt ASIO’s understanding of the political processes. You rarely spend money in attempting to gain a pre-selection in either party. You target a seat then ensure over a LONG time you are the main candidate from the faction that counts.
Also very important every leader ensures the candidates who can win seats for the party are the best the party can offer. This means they know anything they need to know about the candidates. People do not win pre-selection contests simply by turning up.
It sounds lot like ASIO is exaggerating a potential problem.
Let us assume for a moment this plan outlined worked and the ALP suddenly had some Manchurian candidates. Would policy change? It is very hard to envisage. It isn’t a very vote winning strategy.
I really do not think China nor ASIO come very well out of this episode
Yes.
Non Mentis
Also very important every leader ensures the candidates who can win seats for the party are the best the party can offer.
Bridge for sale! If you genuinely believe that the current mob are “the best the party can offer”, you must be very depressed.
The rest of your comment is even more trashy than usual.
They roll up at a senate hearing, claim they saved the country and ask for another couple of billion.
That Mike Burgess is quite the drama queen. The steely intensity, the carefully timed pauses; he’s like an actor in a soap opera playing a spook.