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Coalition-Labor deal paves way for register and espionage laws to be passed

Charities, arts organisations and unions have won a limited exemption from the proposed requirement to register as agents of foreign influence under a deal between the Coalition and Labor.

On Monday the chair of the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security, Andrew Hastie, tabled a bipartisan report paving the way for the government to legislate for the foreign influence register and a separate bill on espionage offences this week.

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from Voluntary Sector Network | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2MQgMPT

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