Intelligence officials have disrupted numerous attempts by hostile countries to kill or harm critics in Australia, and in one recent operation even thwarted a plot to lure an unsuspecting human rights activist overseas, who was to be silenced in an "accident".
The boss of the country's domestic intelligence agency has delivered his annual threat assessment, where he's also expressed concern antisemitic attacks have "not yet plateaued" here, and warned Russia could soon conduct sabotage against Australia.
ASIO boss reveals multiple nations plotted to murder critics in Australia