Australian minister Karen Andrews accuses China of election interference

Karen Andrews, who is responsible for the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, the nation's main domestic spy agency, and has access to classified secrets from other intelligence agencies - said Australians should be "taking notice of and paying some attention to" the timing of the Solomons' announcements. "Beijing is clearly very aware that we're in a federal election campaign here at the moment. Why now? Why, right in the middle of a federal election campaign is all this coming to light?" Andrews told Brisbane Radio 4BC.

via Economictimes