[Forwarded from Blair Cottrell]
Australia has no legal definition for subversion.

In 1989 there was a last ditch effort by the Australian Security intelligence Organisation to try to keep “subversion” in its definition of national security, but it was removed by the Hawke Labor government after ASIO representatives failed satisfy parliament with an accurate definition of what subversion is. “Subversion” was subsequently removed from the national security act and replaced with “politically motivated violence”.

This means since 1989 national security in Australia has consisted entirely of stopping people from getting hurt or killed, but it’s been completely legal for foreign or special interest groups to purchase media companies, lobby party politicians or just straight up put their own puppets into parliament, change the national education curriculum, buy, censor and control television broadcasting, advertising, banking, literature, etc. Anything and everything has been up for grabs for whoever pays the most or wants it more.

According to the law and to those who manage and uphold it, subversion or psychological warfare doesn’t exist in my country. And because it doesn’t (legally) exist there aren’t any laws or procedures in place than can monitor, restrict or protect against it.

Sit back and let that sink in for a moment.