October
PM appoints aide as first female director of national intelligence
Kathy Klugman will replace Andrew Shearer, who will become Australia’s next ambassador to Japan.
August
Xi Jinping’s spy games on Chinese Australians are only getting bolder
Surveillance and harassment of Australian citizens and residents have stepped up, and call for novel responses from Australia.
August 2024
Rare recruitment guide reveals what it takes to be a spy (sort of)
Australia’s most secretive spy agency puts the emphasis on HR speak rather than the glamour of spying as it tries to recruit staff.
December 2023
Spy boss warns of intelligence failure without faster tech adoption
The director-general of the Office of National Intelligence says policymakers need to ensure technology is adopted faster or risk an intelligence failure.
May 2023
Time to tap the huge investment opportunity of defence private sector
The public and the corporate world now see investment in a secure country as a social good.
December 2022
First female chief for Australia’s foreign spy agency
Kerri Hartland had mostly recently been overseeing reforms to Parliament’s workplace culture. Now she is being thrust into the world of geopolitics.
November 2022
Top spy agency is hiring 1900 workers. Here’s what it takes
The Australian Signals Directorate is on the hunt for 1900 recruits, with some of those positions reserved for cyber spies. Here’s what they actually do.
July 2022
Dreyfus orders Bernard Collaery case dropped
He was scheduled to face trial later this year over the leaking of classified information about Australia’s efforts to spy on the government of East Timor.
May 2022
Top spook Andrew Shearer spied at Scotch
After Tokyo, the Office of National Intelligence head has plenty of time to make another commitment. This one at his old alma mater.
How do we keep an eye on our spies?
Our intelligence services have never been more important to us, and democratic governance is part of their strength. But do we need to look at this again?
March 2022
Isolated Putin a ‘lonely, vulnerable man’, says Australian spymaster
As Russian forces escalate the war by shelling near a nuclear power plant, Australia’s overseas spymaster says the future “does not augur well” for Vladimir Putin.