Severity Impact Assessment Reported By Democratic Institutions: Department Of Home Affairs, Dated 2 May 2025 ​

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A Department of Home Affairs security assessment from May 2, 2025 documents a foreign interference incident involving alleged Chinese Communist Party influence in Australian electoral politics. On April 28, 2025, The Age published an article reporting that volunteers for federal MP Monique Ryan wearing campaign T-shirts had been captured on video stating that Ji Jianmin, president of the Hubei Association (linked to the CCP's United Front Work Department), instructed Chinese diaspora to support Ryan's candidacy in Kooyong. The incident triggered significant media coverage across major outlets and prompted Coalition Senator James Paterson to call for an Electoral Integrity Assurance Taskforce investigation into potential foreign interference. By April 30, the Australian Electoral Commission had received 15 media enquiries on the matter, and Minister O'Neil reportedly cancelled plans to include ten Hubei Association volunteers in her campaign team. The assessment documents the immediate operational response to this alleged foreign interference