May 2022
If only Nick Warner was still spy chief
There is no self-deception like that which keenly inflicts the man abruptly deprived of relevance.
June 2021
Kabul spy station exit an ‘admission of defeat’
The likely closure of the ASIS station in Kabul could create a perception Australia only participated in the 20-year Afghan war to please the US government.
February 2021
Fortescue recruits Turnbull, spymaster to its green energy ranks
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals Group has hired the former prime minister and an ex-intelligence chief a week after committing 10 per cent of profits to renewable energy projects.
October 2020
Andrew Shearer to be new top spook
The senior government adviser, who is a noted China hawk, will take up his role at the Office of National Intelligence in December.
September 2020
Penny Williams replaces Gary Quinlan in Jakarta
The Morrison government will shortly appoint Penny Williams as Australia’s Ambassador to Indonesia.
December 2019
Labor opposes Andrew Shearer as top spook
Federal Labor has sent the government a warning that it would not support Andrew Shearer replacing Nick Warner as the head of the Office of National Intelligence.
October 2019
Australia's 10 most covertly powerful people
Meet the big players who manipulate the levers of influence from behind the scenes.