Mike Burgess
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Immigration
Spy chief spells out dealbreakers for Gaza refugees
ASIO director-general Mike Burgess says “people have chosen to distort” comments he made about Palestinians fleeing Gaza last month.
- by Olivia Ireland and Matthew Knott
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National security
ASIO boss caught in political crossfire over Gaza refugees
ASIO boss Mike Burgess has found himself ensnared in the political dispute over security screening of refugees.
- by Deborah Snow
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Coalition wants powerful security committee to probe terrorism definitions in visa debate
The Coalition is escalating a rare dispute with the nation’s spy chief over Palestinian refugees after a day when Anthony Albanese slammed Peter Dutton’s “20 years of form” on criticising migrants.
- by Paul Sakkal and Natassia Chrysanthos
‘Inviting radicalism’: ASIO, Coalition split over visas for Hamas supporters
Palestinian advocates are growing impatient with the government over delays in establishing a permanent visa scheme for people fleeing the war in Gaza.
- by Matthew Knott and Paul Sakkal
‘Not a problem’: Spy boss says Hamas sympathy not a visa dealbreaker
ASIO boss Mike Burgess said there was a difference between Palestinians who provided financial support to Hamas and those who expressed rhetorical support.
- by Matthew Knott
Opinion
US Votes 2024
They called him ‘Tampon Tim’ as an insult. It backfired
Positive political role models like Tim Walz are important. He shows young men that they have nothing to fear by giving things to women – be they tampons or just some basic respect.
- by Jacqueline Maley
Analysis
National security
The person keeping ASIO awake at night
Tensions triggered by the war in Gaza, which Australian intelligence officials say played a significant role in the new threat assessment, are ratcheting up the temperature.
- by Matthew Knott
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National security
ASIO raises terrorism threat level due to emerging ‘twisted’ ideologies
The spy agency has raised the national threat level to “probable” after eight recent alleged terrorist incidents in Australia and difficult-to-define ideological threats.
- by Paul Sakkal
Russian-born Australian army private and her husband charged with espionage
Kira Korolev, 40, and her 62-year-old husband, Igor Korolev, are accused of using her defence force account to spy for Russia since December 2022.
- by Angus Thompson, Cloe Read and Cameron Atfield
Crackdown targets foreign agents harassing dissidents
Australians with Iranian, Chinese, Cambodian, Rwandan and Indian backgrounds have reported foreign agents harassing and assaulting them on local soil.
- by Paul Sakkal
Indian spies booted out of Australia for trying to steal sensitive information
Australian authorities expelled two Indian intelligence operatives in 2020 for being members of an elaborate “nest of spies”.
- by Matthew Knott
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