Foreign Interference in Australian Elections
4 DECEMBER 2020
The Stretton Institute, this week,听co-hosted a webinar on a timely topic of foreign interference, focusing on Australia Elections.听
The expert panel听explored the threats posed to democratic legitimacy and functioning by attempted interference in domestic elections by foreign entities and examined how听Australia's hybrid analogue-digital processes had听inadvertently safeguarded听our electoral system from malign influence. The panel, however, through their听research also indicated that vulnerabilities remain听in our system and offered听offer an assessment framework which is transferable to other democratic systems internationally.
The webinar was co-hosted with听the 听and the听. A听recording听is now available