Anthony Albanese evacuated from The Lodge after bomb threat

SARAH ISON and LYDIA LYNCH - 24 February 2026

Anthony Albanese was forced to evacuate The Lodge on Tuesday night after a bomb threat was made and police were sent to search his Canberra residence.

The Prime Minister was taken away to a secure location about 6pm Tuesday as Australian Federal Police “responded to an alleged security incident”.

An AFP spokesman said a “thorough search of a protection establishment was undertaken and nothing suspicious was located”.

“There is no current threat to the community or public safety.”

Earlier on Tuesday Mr Albanese hosted Karl Stefanovic to record a live-streamed episode of the journalist’s podcast show at The Lodge, the Prime Minister’s official residence in Canberra where he married wife Jodie Haydon in November.

Mr Albanese’s office confirmed there had been a police response on Tuesday night and thanked officers involved.

“We trust the AFP to do their jobs and thank them for their work,” his spokesman said.

The Australian understands no further information would be provided until Wednesday morning at the earliest.

The AFP said it would release more details at “an appropriate time”.

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor said he was “pleased to hear that the Prime Minister is safe and well after being evacuated from his residence in Canberra”.

“Threats against any parliamentarian are utterly abhorrent, especially in a country built on expressing our differences through debate,” he wrote on social media.

The incident came weeks after AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett warned that federal politicians and other high office holders were being targeted by violent offenders.

“We are witnessing the continued rise of individual grievance, including those who are willing to make threats in the online world and then carry them out in the real world,” she told an estimates hearing earlier this month.

“Some of these offenders are not seeking or needing a partner in crime or a network to carry out threats or violence – this personalised grievance is often connected to world events, their own sense of injustice or a fixation on people or weapons.”

Last financial year there were 951 referrals or threats against parliamentarians, AFP figures show. The number of threats have almost doubled in recent years.

The head of Australia’s domestic spy agency Mike Burgess warned in ASIO’s 2025 annual threat assessment that the risk of politically motivated violence was “already flashing red” and was expected to remain elevated until 2030.

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Several cases of threatening behaviour towards parliamentarians have gone to court in recent months. Karim Mohamed Salem, from the NSW mid-north coast, was alleged to have uploaded a video to his Facebook account in November in which he threatened to shoot the Prime Minister.

Queensland man Norman Dean Lake, 40, was charged last year after he allegedly posted “mark my words I will assassinate the Australian prime minister” on his Facebook account. Below the post he allegedly made several other comments including: “watch the news in two weeks”, “I don’t have much to live for”, and “I am ready to sacrifice myself for God and the people”.

Police last week charged a 55-year-old Western Sydney man with sending death threats to Treasurer Jim Chalmers. During a search warrant, police allegedly seized three gel blasters, three slingshot mounts and a pair of handcuffs.

Last year, The Australian revealed former Opposition Leader Peter Dutton was allegedly the target of a Brisbane private school student charged with buying ­ingredients to make bombs and testing “homemade explosives” in preparation to launch a terrorist attack.

Earlier this month, after a Victorian man was charged after allegedly making death threats and antisemitic comments to members of parliaments, Mr Albanese said security for MPs was monitored constantly.

“The truth is that we do live in circumstances where the number of threats that have been made towards elected representatives has increased substantially,” he said.

“We need to be able to have civil discourse in this country. I do not want to see this sort of polarisation we see in some of our democracies around the world happen here.”

Tuesday night’s security threat also came a day after a man was shot dead by Secret Service agents after breaching the perimeter of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Mr Trump and his wife Melania were in Washington at the time.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/anthony-albanese-evacuated-from-lodge-after-threat/news-story/d72ef8bf7d2909ac4852d3f76c64cd1d

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYhb9gKCbnA

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Chinese dance troupe Falun Gong claim threat against PM and the Lodge was made to stop them

BEN PACKHAM and SARAH ISON - 25 February 2026

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A Chinese-language bomb threat that forced Anthony Albanese to evacuate The Lodge on Tuesday night warned “blood will flow like a river” if a classical dance troupe banned by Beijing was allowed to perform in Australia.

The Australian confirmed the threat was made by email to the Shen Yun Performing Arts group, warning explosives at The Lodge would be detonated if its opening concert went ahead on the Gold Coast.

“Large quantities of nitroglycerine explosives have been placed around the Australian Prime Minister’s Lodge, located on Adelaide Ave in the Deakin area of Canberra, Australia,” the February 22 email said in Mandarin.

“If you insist on proceeding with the performance, then the Prime Minister’s Lodge will be blown into ruins and blood will flow like a river.”

The Prime Minister was taken to a secure location about 6pm Tuesday as the AFP responded to the threat. He returned hours later after the police searched the grounds of The Lodge and confirmed it was false.

The link to the dance company was first reported by the Epoch Times, a newspaper published by the Falun Gong spiritual movement, which is deemed by China to be a “dangerous cult”.

The New York-based Shen Yun troupe was founded by Falun Gong adherents. Its show, “China before communism”, was scheduled to open at Surfers Paradise on Wednesday night, before travelling to Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide.

The threatening email followed an earlier warning that the “personal safety of Anthony Albanese and all other Australian high officials” would be in jeopardy if Shen Yun’s performances went ahead, the Epoch Times reported.

“If Shen Yun’s performance goes ahead, something will happen to Anthony Albanese,” it said.

“It doesn’t matter as long as you can afford the cost. I won’t try to talk you out of it anymore. Just don’t regret it later.”

Similar threats were made towards British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer ahead of Shen Yun’s performances in the UK in January, while the group’s February 2025 show at Washington’s Kennedy Centre was also hit by a bomb hoax.

The Australian Federal Police and the Prime Minister’s office declined to comment on the nature of the threats, but The Australian has confirmed the link to Shen Yun’s Australian tour.

Mr Albanese on Wednesday urged people to “turn the heat down” following the bomb scare at his Canberra residence.

“I think it’s just a reminder, take every opportunity to tell people, turn the heat down for goodness sake. You know we can’t take these things for granted,” Mr Albanese said in Melbourne.

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The Falun Gong movement, known also as Falun Dafa, was founded in China in the early 1990s. It was banned by the Chinese Communist Party in 1999 amid allegations that it undermined public order. According to Human Rights Watch, there is “substantial evidence” of torture and other abuses against Falun Gong practitioners by the CCP.

Falun Dafa’s Australian president Lucy Zhao said the “terrorist threats” would not succeed.

“I believe our government will not allow such CCP foreign interference to continue and will investigate further and take action to prevent it,” Ms Zhao said.

Finance Minister Katy Gallagher said she could “not recall a situation like this”, and believed the threat reflected an increase in political violence across the world.

Nationals leader David Littleproud said the threat was “a poor reflection on society”.

“When these sorts of incidents happen, it’s a deterioration of where we’re heading as a country,” he told Sky News.

“And I think, while many don’t agree with me or the Prime Minister on certain issues, it’s important that we keep that at a debate level rather than one that perpetrates threats upon one another. I think we’re better than that as a country.”

More than 950 referrals or threats were made against parliamentarians last financial year, AFP figures show. The number of threats have almost doubled in recent years.

AFP commissioner Krissy Barrett told a Senate Estimates hearing this month that there was a rise in the number of aggrieved people “who are willing to make threats in the online world and then carry them out in the real world”.

“Some of these offenders are not seeking or needing a partner in crime or a network to carry out threats or violence – this personalised grievance is often connected to world events, their own sense of injustice or a fixation on people or weapons,” she said.

The head of Australia’s domestic spy agency Mike Burgess warned in ASIO’s 2025 annual threat assessment that the risk of politically motivated violence was “already flashing red” and was expected to remain elevated until 2030.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/chinese-dance-troupe-falun-gong-claim-threat-against-pm-and-the-lodge-was-made-to-stop-them/news-story/7fb3fac2bf9ed486d907af740fb95f88

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTe4asaQUNI

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Australian Prime Minister Evacuated From Residence After Chinese Bomb Threat Over Shen Yun Performance

The bomb threat sent to local presenters said, ‘If you insist on proceeding with the performance, then the prime minister’s Lodge will be blown into ruins.’

Cindy Li & Daniel Y. Teng - 2/25/2026

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was evacuated from his residence in Canberra on Feb. 24, following a bomb threat made in Chinese against him and other high-ranking officials.

The threat came just days before a scheduled performance by New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts, a classical Chinese dance and music company that has been a target of Beijing for years.

Ahead of the company’s Australian tour, due to start on Feb. 25, emails in Chinese sent to local presenters demanded that they cancel the shows or else face dire consequences. One email, obtained by The Epoch Times, falsely claimed that explosives had been placed around the prime minister’s residence and that they would be detonated should Shen Yun’s performances proceed.

The prime minister was taken to another location for several hours while law enforcement conducted a search at The Lodge in Canberra. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) on Feb. 24 found “no current threat to community or public safety,” a spokesperson told The Epoch Times.

Threats Targeting Shen Yun

Local Australian presenters for Shen Yun said they received a Chinese-language email on Feb. 10 with the message, “If Shen Yun’s performance goes ahead, something will happen to Anthony Albanese.”

The email threatened the “personal safety of Anthony Albanese and all other Australian high officials.”

“It doesn’t matter as long as you can afford the cost. I won’t try to talk you out of it anymore. Just don’t regret it later,” it read.

A second email, sent on Feb. 22, was titled “Suggestion to stop Shen Yun.”

The email stated in Chinese: “Large quantities of nitroglycerin explosives have been placed around the Australian prime minister’s Lodge, located on Adelaide Avenue in the Deakin area of Canberra, Australia.

“If you insist on proceeding with the performance, then the prime minister’s Lodge will be blown into ruins and blood will flow like a river.”

The sender of the second email claimed to be Chen Pokong, a U.S.-based columnist, political commentator, and YouTuber who played a key role in the pro-democracy movement in China during 1989, for which he was imprisoned and subsequently exiled to the United States. However, the CCP has a history of impersonating individuals, including foreign officials and dissidents, when making these types of threats.

The Epoch Times has contacted Chen for comment.

The local Australian presenters delivered both threats to the AFP on Feb. 24.

“We strongly condemn the Chinese Communist Party’s escalating campaign of transnational repression targeting Shen Yun Performing Arts and Falun Gong practitioners worldwide,” the presenters said in a statement. “All threats have been reported to Australian national security and law enforcement authorities. We appreciate the steps taken to ensure public safety and to protect elected officials, including the Prime Minister.”

They also called for a thorough, public investigation of the threats to “address the national security implications of these incidents, strengthen counter–foreign interference safeguards, and hold responsible actors accountable under Australian law.”

Weeks earlier, similarly worded threats were made against the leaders of the UK, South Korea, and Denmark, with no actual incidents reported.

The performing arts company, which seeks to revive 5,000 years of Chinese civilization, was founded by artists who practice Falun Gong. The spiritual discipline, also known as Falun Dafa, features meditative exercises and teachings based on the principles of truthfulness, compassion, and tolerance.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) began a nationwide persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in 1999. Under the persecution, millions have been arbitrarily detained, tortured, subjected to forced labor, and even killed for their organs to fuel the regime’s lucrative transplantation industry.

Shen Yun’s performances feature dance pieces that tell the stories of practitioners who’ve faced persecution in China. The Epoch Times is a media sponsor of Shen Yun.

Over the past two years, Shen Yun has been subjected to a transnational suppression campaign involving bomb threats, email threats, and media campaigns.

The latest emails follow a Jan. 2 statement by the Chinese consulates in Sydney and Melbourne urging Australians not to watch Shen Yun.

The consulates echoed CCP propaganda in calling on “friends from all sectors” to remain “vigilant” and to “stay away from the ‘Shen Yun’ performance.”

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That message followed two bomb threats in November 2025 targeting a Sydney screening of “State Organs,” a documentary that exposes the CCP’s organ harvesting from Falun Gong practitioners in China.

Lucy Zhao, president of the Falun Dafa Association of Australia, condemned the latest threats.

“This is a hate crime and terrorist threats aiming to silence dissidents and stop Shen Yun,” she said in a statement. She said the association will only work harder to “ensure that Shen Yun’s shows run safely and successfully in Australia” and to hold activities to expose the CCP’s persecution of Falun Gong.

“I believe our government will not allow such CCP foreign interference to continue and will investigate further and take action to prevent it.”

‘Unacceptable’

In response to the latest emails, One Nation federal MP Barnaby Joyce said it was “totally unacceptable in Australia to intimidate someone who is practicing their religion, in a form that is no threat to Australian culture, and does not intrude on the rights of others.”

“We live in an Australian culture. Australian culture has guardrails as to how you act. … It supports freedom of the press, freedom of religion, freedom of movement, it believes in the centrality of the family … and patriotism to Australia,” he told The Epoch Times.

The Epoch Times has contacted both the Prime Minister’s Office and Leader of the Opposition Angus Taylor for comment.

Taylor did later write on X: “Pleased to hear that the Prime Minister is safe and well after being evacuated from his residence in Canberra.

“Threats against any parliamentarian are utterly abhorrent, especially in a country built on expressing our differences through debate.”

Former Australian Federal Police agent Paul Johnstone said the latest emails could have come from overseas.

“The use of the word ‘Australia’ in this context appears unusually formal and somewhat inconsistent with typical Australian correspondence, where such wording would rarely be used. This linguistic irregularity may warrant closer examination as a potential indicator of external authorship,” he told The Epoch Times.

Johnstone, who has trained police and security personnel across Asia, said the threatening nature of the message suggested alignment with propaganda channels or elements linked to the Chinese People’s Liberation Army or Ministry of State Security.

“Beijing does not regard Shen Yun as merely a cultural organisation, but as a platform that highlights human rights abuses and challenges the authority of the Chinese regime,” he said.

“Chinese diplomatic missions overseas, including in Australia, have reportedly sought to discourage or prevent Shen Yun performances through formal correspondence, engagement with venues and sponsors, and behind-the-scenes pressure on officials.”

Johnstone said that these efforts are part of a broader strategy to “shape global narratives and protect China’s international image, which is progressively eroding especially amid rising regional tensions, including maritime confrontations with the Philippines, economic friction with Japan, and internal political upheavals with purges within the PLA and government.”

The incident is the latest in an ongoing campaign targeting Falun Gong practitioners and companies started by them around the world, including Shen Yun.

The Falun Dafa Information Center, which has been tracking the campaign, has counted more than 130 death and bomb threats made against Shen Yun since March 2024. Dozens more violent threats have targeted U.S. officials and institutions that support Falun Gong, according to the center.

Most of the emails are in Chinese, with the senders claiming, falsely, that they would stage acts of violence should the performances go ahead. In February 2025, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, now named the Trump Kennedy Center, was evacuated due to a bomb threat targeting Shen Yun.

Other threats have directly targeted Shen Yun’s performers, their families, and their training facilities in New York.

Shen Yun’s 2026 Australian tour will perform in the Gold Coast, Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide from Feb. 25 to March 29.

The show has been widely welcomed in Australian cities for many years, earning praise from figures such as billionaire Imelda Roche.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/australian-pm-evacuated-after-bomb-threats-amid-ccp-backed-transnational-repression-campaign-5989751

https://falunau.org/statement-on-ccp-linked-threats-targeting-shen-yun-falun-gong-and-australian-national-security/

https://x.com/AngusTaylorMP/status/2026260471511494980

https://www.shenyun.com/australia

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Shen Yun 2026 Official Trailer

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eSafety Commissioner faces review after court rules takedown notices were unlawful

STEPHEN RICE - 25 February 2026

The federal opposition has demanded a full review of the use of takedown notices by eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant, after an appeals court ruled she had been operating outside the scope of her powers in taking down a social media post about “queer theory” being taught to primary-school children.

Coalition communications spokeswoman Sarah Henderson said the Albanese government needed to investigate how many removal notices had been unlawfully issued in light of last week’s finding by the Full Court of the Federal Court.

“I am concerned there has been widespread misuse of the regulator’s powers which have improperly stifled free speech, undermining the integrity of Australia’s online safety laws,” Senator Henderson told The Australian.

The eSafety Commissioner had tried to shut down a post on X by children’s rights activist Celine Baumgarten, who had tweeted criticism of a Melbourne primary school teaching gender ideology to 8-12 year olds.

Ms Baumgarten, a member of the group Gays Against Groomers, wrote “children should not be learning about sexualities at such a young, impressionable age … This is foul. Leave the kids alone”.

Senator Henderson said she was “also concerned the commission sought to remove this post because it objected to Ms Baumgarten’s views that schools are no place for gender activism”.

After receiving a complaint that Ms Baumgarten’s post had sought to “intimidate and harass” the teacher, the eSafety Commissioner sent a “complaint alert” to X, even though the commissioner’s own investigator had concluded the post did not meet the statutory definition of cyber-abuse ­material because it did not intend to cause serious harm.

The commissioner sent the alert via X’s high-priority Legal Requests Portal – a channel reserved for law enforcement and government officials submitting valid legal requests.

The alert to X looked and acted like a mandatory order, using the regulator’s official letterhead, and citing Section 7 of the Online Safety Act as the “Legal Basis”.

Ms Baumgarten challenged the notice in the Administrative Review Tribunal, claiming it was simply “censorship of the types of gay people the eSafety Commissioner personally disagrees with”.

Commission staff revealed in evidence that they often used “informal notices” to have social media material taken down when it did not meet the statutory definition of cyber-abuse ­material because it did not intend to cause serious harm.

Last week, the Full Court of the Federal Court unanimously upheld the tribunal’s findings against the commissioner.

The judges held that a government official cannot purport to exercise power, achieve a coercive result, and then claim immunity from review because they acted outside their power.

“The Albanese government should provide Australians with the confidence the eSafety Commissioner is not censoring legitimate debate or free speech,” Senator Henderson said.

“Communications Minister Anika Wells must investigate how many removal notices have been issued by the regulator beyond the scope of its powers.”

“While the commission has updated its ‘complaint notifications’ to make clear there is no obligation for a platform to act, I am concerned there has been widespread misuse of the regulator’s powers which have improperly stifled free speech, undermining the integrity of Australia’s online safety laws.”

In Senate estimates last December, Ms Inman Grant rejected a suggestion by Senator Henderson that she acted because of her own objection to Ms Baumgarten’s views, but appeared to suggest in evidence that Ms Baumgarten was engaging in adult cyber abuse because she was “targeting another person with abuse”.

“Ms Inman Grant should clarify her evidence to make clear Ms Baumgarten was not engaging in adult cyber abuse in breach of the Online Safety Act,” Senator Henderson said.

“With excessive government spending of taxpayers’ money on such an issue, Australians also deserve to know the total cost of these legal proceedings and how the eSafety Commissioner can justify this expenditure.”

A spokesman for the eSafety Commissioner said: “eSafety acknowledges the Full Court of the Federal Court’s decision that in the circumstances of this case, eSafety alerting a platform about a potential terms of service breach, was a reviewable action … We are actively considering the decision and are unable to comment further at this time.”

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/esafety-commissioner-faces-review-after-court-rules-takedown-notices-were-unlawful/news-story/228f782dfb752463d01f262a1413b9aa

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Australian man Peter Williams given 7 years' jail for selling US trade secrets to Russian broker

Stephen Dziedzic - 25 February 2026

A US court has handed a jail sentence of more than seven years to a former Australian intelligence official who sold "incredibly powerful" hacking and surveillance tools to a Russian broker while working as a defence contractor in Washington DC.

Senior US prosecutors once again blasted Peter Williams, saying he "betrayed" the United States and allies while working as the general manager of Trenchant, a division of defence contractor L3Harris.

Analysts say L3Harris has specialised in developing cutting-edge tools it then sells to Five Eyes intelligence agencies to help them exploit vulnerabilities in computer networks and mobile devices.

In a statement, the US Justice Department said Williams had been handed an 87-month prison term, along with a further three years of supervised release with special conditions, for selling eight trade secrets to a Russian broker.

US attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said the "incredibly powerful" tools sold by Williams "would have allowed Russia to access millions of digital devices".

"By betraying a position of trust and selling sensitive American technology, Williams's crime is not only one of theft, it is a crime of national security," she said.

"Our nation's defence capabilities are not commodities to be auctioned off.

"People like Williams who endanger our national security will be met with swift and decisive consequences."

While the Russian broker was not initially identified, on Tuesday the US Treasury publicly confirmed it was Operation Zero, which "publicly advertises itself as a reseller of cyber exploits to various customers, including the Russian government".

The Treasury and the US State Department simultaneously announced sanctions against the company.

US prosecutors also confirmed Williams worked for the Australian Signals Directorate in Canberra before moving to the United States.

It is not clear exactly how much the 39-year-old earned.

Williams was ordered to forfeit $US1.3 million ($1.8 million) in cryptocurrency payments, but US authorities said he could have been paid much more, saying he received "up to $US4 million" for the exploits he sold.

He was also ordered to hand over property including a "house, and luxury items such as watches and jewellery".

The FBI's Counterintelligence and Espionage Division assistant director Roman Rozhavsky said Williams "stole a US defence contractor's trade secrets about highly sensitive cyber capabilities and sold them to a broker whose clients include the Russian government, putting our national security and countless potential victims at risk".

"Let this be a clear warning to all who consider placing greed over country: If you betray your position of trust and sell sensitive American technology to our foreign adversaries, the FBI will not rest until you're brought to justice."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-25/australian-sentenced-7-years-jail-selling-us-trade-secrets/106385636

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-general-manager-us-defense-contractor-sentenced-87-months-selling-stolen-trade

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'Never': Rudd denies talking to accused Chinese asset

Miklos Bolza - February 25 2026

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has said he did not personally know or assist an Australian man who police allege worked alongside Chinese intelligence agents.

Alexander Csergo, 59, has been accused of reckless foreign interference after providing reports to two people he believed were working for China's Ministry of State Security.

From when he was allegedly approached via Linkedin in November 2021 until his arrest in March 2023, the 59-year-old was based in Shanghai running his IT consulting business Conversys.

His reports, given to two individuals only known as Ken and Evelyn, contained fabricated statements from a number of individuals, including Dr Rudd, a jury heard on Thursday.

In a police statement, the former prime minister and US ambassador denied knowing Csergo or Conversys.

"I do not personally know this person or business," he wrote in the statement seen by AAP, which was read out to jurors on Friday.

Csergo allegedly emailed Dr Rudd asking about defence and security advice in late October 2022.

At the time, the former politician was president of the non-profit organisation Asia Society and its associated think tank while living in New York.

Csergo sent one message to Dr Rudd's old prime ministerial email address.

"This contact was not received by me personally and I never provided a response," the 68-year-old wrote.

Csergo did not contact Dr Rudd directly at the Asia Society.

On Thursday, jurors were told the IT consultant lied to Ken and Evelyn by claiming open source information in his reports was confidential.

He supplied the reports to his alleged handlers in exchange for cash while they were alone in empty cafes and restaurants, the court was told.

Crown prosecutor Jennifer Single SC said Csergo would have believed the two individuals were working for Chinese intelligence and that he was being groomed as a future asset.

He was arrested in March 2023 when he temporarily returned to Sydney.

Police officers raiding his house found a "shopping list" asking him to seek classified information on a swathe of topics including national security, foreign policy and intelligence.

"Find out the fact and rumors in cambera (sic) or DC," Ken wrote.

"Show top leaders real thinking."

Defence barrister Iain Todd said on Thursday that Csergo merely had a commercial arrangement with Ken and Evelyn, and no top secret information was ever handed over.

The trial continues.

https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9183303/never-rudd-denies-talking-to-accused-chinese-asset/