Australia defends intelligence raids as spat with China escalates

 Australia's Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on Sunday defended the government's right to intelligence raids to prevent foreign interference, after China condemned searches on the homes of its journalists working in Australia. Dutton declined to directly confirm that the Chinese journalists were questioned by Australia's intelligence agency in June, saying an investigation was still underway, but said there was some "activity" by the country's intelligence agency. "Where (the Australian…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3101340/australia-defends-intelligence-raids-spat-china-escalates