Looks like Assange should've been an Ambassador rather than labelled a criminal.
Beyond that, all this Chinese spy stuff seems a little ridiculous, considering we sold the farm and everything else to them.

Yes, they all but own the farm and our very economic sovereignty.

As for that bail jumping, criminal and accused rapist, Assange. It remains, do the crime, do the time.

Alternatively, he could be offered exile in Putin's Russia, as a permanent resident and with that, the cancelation of his Australian citizenship/passport. Freedom and out of jail for Putin's mate!

Nobody is above the law, not even the (former) commander in chief of the world's mos6t powerful military.
Alan B.

The guy is a traitor and Australians have a right to know who it is. Maybe the ASIO boss spoke out because of fear that the plug would get pulled on the investigation?

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There is a report on espionage in the US that could throw some light on the same problem in Australia. Here are a few interesting points from the 135-page American Defense Personnel Security Research Center report that covers the 54 years 1947-2001 :

• From its founding in 1917, the Soviet Union conducted a determined espionage program in the United States that attempted to recruit American citizens to spy for the Soviets.

• Over the period from 1947 through 2001, twice as many Americans volunteered to commit espionage as were recruited into it

• Among 150 American spies, 83% were native-born, while 17% were naturalized citizens. This represents four times the proportion of naturalized citizens in the U.S. population as a whole. Naturalized citizens were 3.8% of the population

• Most American spies have been white males younger than 30

• Almost half (46%) of known American spies had only a high school education or less

• Almost equal numbers of civilians and members of the military have spied: 77 civilians and 73 military

• A majority of military spies have come from the upper enlisted ranks

• Among civilian spies, one-fourth have been employees of government contractors

• Americans most consistently have cited money as the dominant motive for espionage, and over time money has increased in predominance among motives

• Of individuals who professed a single motive for espionage, one-fourth of civilians but three-fourths of members of the military claimed that they had spied for money

• Among volunteer spies, disgruntlement with the workplace was cited as a significant motive: nearly one-fifth of volunteers with a single motive said they had spied from disgruntlement

• Among those Americans recruited into espionage by a foreign intelligence service, all but one individual succeeded in transmitting information

• Americans who succeeded in transmitting information were older, better educated, more often civilians, and more likely to be married than those who were interrupted in an attempt at spying.

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Here is Mike Burgess, Director-General of ASIO’s Annual Threat Assessment 2024 :

http://www.asio.gov.au/director-generals-annual-threat-assessment-2024

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We know that one spy was/is a member of a former politician's family. And under deep cover. So deep that the news media cannot expose this traitor!
Alan B.