Infiltrating Australia https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-17/modis-indian-government-accused-of-spying-silencing-critics/103974414 The long arm of the Indian state is reaching Australians and threatening national security. A Four Corners investigation has uncovered the promotion of far-right Hindu ideology, the quiet amassing of political power, and never-before-reported details of a “nest of spies”.
Greens senator David Shoebridge said close ties should be forged, “but it’s bloody foolhardy to do it and not protect yourself when you know there’s an active threat in play”. “We have a very recent case study in Australian history about what happens when all you see is money and trade and a growth economy and you don’t see any of the kind of concerns. We did it with China. It turns out we are repeating many of the same mistakes with India and that’s just setting us up for trouble.”