Nick Zhao may or may not have been approached by Chinese state operatives, offering $1 million for this Liberal Party member to run for Parliament. He’s dead and a coronial inquiry is under way.

The new ASIO head, Mike Burgess, says, "Australians can be reassured that ASIO was previously aware of matters that have been reported today, and has been actively investigating them." That’s good, if sobering, news because it tells us the allegations are credible.