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The name of the 'traitor' who sold Australia's secrets to the Russians revealed (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The untold spy story of a mole in ASIO's ranks who sold the Soviets highly classified intelligence and got away with it.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Australia has pretty brutal anti-defamation laws. Just look at what YouTuber Jordan Shanks aka FriendlyJordies went though. A politician basically admitted to corruption, Jordan essentially quoted him in the video, but then Jordan was found to be guilty of defamation because what the politician said was covered by parliamentary privilege. So, basically, even an absolute truth is not always a defence.

That being said, the dude in question is long dead, so I'm not sure who exactly could claim to have been damaged by the assertion that the dude in question was a traitor.