Australia set to pass laws to curb foreign interference

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"Covert interference and espionage by nation states are an unfortunate but longstanding global reality, and have the potential to cause immense harm to our national sovereignty, to the safety of our people, to our economic prosperity and to the very integrity of our democracy,"

Note also the figurative language used:

"In its original form, the Bill… was very much using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, when what in truth was required was a more scalpel-like approach,"

Qn: Is foreign intervention in the affairs of a country ever justified?