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A secret agent, the KGB and a ‘witch-hunt’: The ASIO raid that infuriated Australia’s ex-spies
The decision by ASIO to raid a high-profile former officer is unprecedented in the agency’s recent history and has divided Australia’s intelligence community.
- by Matthew Knott and Nick McKenzie
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Five Eyes nations sound unprecedented alarm on ‘shocking’ teenage terror threat
Australian children as young as 12 are at risk of becoming terrorists, demanding a “whole-of-society” response to online radicalisation, authorities say.
- by Matthew Knott
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ADF
Want Gen Z to sign up to the army? Give them $50,000 for a house deposit
The Australian Defence Force is facing a major shortfall as it tries to boost personnel numbers. Could generous housing policies unlock a flood of new recruits?
- by Matthew Knott
‘Can’t get story straight’: Confusion over plan to allow foreigners to serve in ADF
Defence Minister Richard Marles sidestepped questions about whether permanent residents from autocracies such as China would be allowed to serve in the ADF.
- by Matthew Knott
Opinion
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Time for a long hard look at the importance of the Five Eyes alliance
Australia belongs to an alphabet soup of international groupings like ANZUS, AUKUS, the Quad and so on. One of the most important, yet difficult to categorise, is the Five Eyes
- by George Brandis
Global intelligence chiefs lash China’s ‘sanctioned’ theft of intellectual property
ASIO boss Mike Burgess also took the rare step of rebuking China even as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prepares to visit later this year.
- by Farrah Tomazin
We’ve been getting cyber wrong for years, new book claims
In “cyber persistence theory”, winning hackers don’t dominate or coerce their enemies, as they would with military arms. They instead take the initiative and restructure the landscape.
- by Chris Zappone
Australia, Five Eyes partners blame China for malicious hacking campaign
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said the government was “not going to be shy” about calling out state-sponsored hacking campaigns.
- by Matthew Knott
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Information security
Russia now knows who hacked Medibank, but it’s doing nothing about it
The Australian Federal Police has had no response after providing detailed intelligence on those it believes were behind last year’s devastating privacy breach.
- by Nick McKenzie and Amelia Balinger
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China relations
‘Illegal, malign’: China’s state-sponsored crime stretches across Pacific
Australia’s Five Eyes allies have strongly called out Chinese influence operations even as the AFP strikes a more cautious note.
- by Nick McKenzie and Amelia Ballinger
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Defence
The radical proposal to recruit foreigners to fight for Australia
Pacific Islanders should be allowed to serve in the ADF to boost numbers, military experts say, while Andrew Hastie backed it as a pathway to citizenship.
- by Matthew Knott
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