Communist Chinese parties have attempted to set up a spy ring to get Labor candidates elected in the upcoming federal election.

The plan was squashed by the nation’s counter-espionage agency Australian Security Intelligence Organisation hence preventing the spies from getting the Labor candidates preselected.

Professor at Deakin University Greg Barton has told Mark Levy, “I think this is one these moments where you think behind the curtain”.

“It’s a much bigger problem than we care to believe.”

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