Researchers targeted by foreign actors: ASIO

Katie Burgess
January 2 2021 - 4:30am
ASIO told a parliamentary inquiry institutions had been threatened with funding cuts over research critical of foreign actors. Picture: Jay Cronan
ASIO told a parliamentary inquiry institutions had been threatened with funding cuts over research critical of foreign actors. Picture: Jay Cronan

Universities are bristling against the prospect of more regulation to combat foreign interference, as Australia's domestic spy agency warns the threat cannot be left unchecked.

Katie Burgess

Katie Burgess

Federal politics reporter