An Australia court on Tuesday found a Melbourne man who held prominent positions in Chinese community associations guilty of planning an act of foreign interference, the first verdict of its kind under a law introduced in 2018.

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    11 months ago

    The article specifies that the law only applies to secret actions. The only difference between lobbying and bribery is secrecy - lobbying has to be publicly admitted to. But I doubt it’s bribery, or he’d just be charged with that.