Lawyer group, Greens question legality of new foreign-interference laws

Australian Greens Senator Nick McKim during Question Time in the Senate chamber. Source: Getty

An Australian legal group has joined a Greens senator in predicting the Federal Government's landmark foreign-interference and espionage reforms would fail if challenged in the High Court. Senator Nick McKim led the Greens' stand against the changes to the national-security laws, which cleared parliament on Thursday night.

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