There are growing calls to unmask a former Australian politician caught up in a foreign spy ring, with MPs saying it leaves a cloud over everyone's head.
Opposition leader Peter Dutton has joined calls for Australia's intelligence agency to expose the "traitor" ex-politician recruited by spies working for a foreign nation. On Wednesday, ASIO director-general Mike Burgess said that an "A-team" of foreign spies had targeted Australians, including a former politician who then "sold out Australia".
" He said Burgess risked impugning "anyone that has ever served in politics". The former ambassador to the US also claimed Australia's reputation abroad is at stake, as it could lead allies to question which politicians they can trust. Burgess said the person in question was no longer an active threat and had been "neutralised".
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