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A senior politician has flagged a “very high” likelihood of Chinese spies operating inside Australia’s Parliament House after a UK parliamentary staffer was arrested under suspicion of espionage. Opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson said the vast majority of staff working in parliament were not security vetted or cleared in any way and called for increased security measures to curb the risk of foreign interference. “If you work for a government backbencher, (for) anyone in opposition, including shadow ministers, then you are not required and you’re not able to be security vetted,” Senator Paterson said on Monday. “I think it’s...
