Australia Sets up Taskforce Against Foreign Interference

(Bloomberg) -- Australia is setting up a new taskforce to tackle the threat of foreign interference, amid continued headlines about Chinese meddling in the nation’s political affairs.Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government is spending A$87.8 million ($59 million) on the new body, which will be led by a senior officer from the Australian Security Intelligence Organization and draw on the federal police, the financial crimes agency and the cyber intelligence agency, according to a s