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ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess.

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”.

  • Matthew Knott

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Foreign Minister Penny Wong appointed Ewen McDonald as Australia’s first special envoy for the Pacific.

Wong concedes Australia’s treatment of Timor-Leste ‘not in the spirit of friendship’

ASIO allegedly installed listening devices in Timor-Leste’s cabinet room to gain an edge during hotly contested negotiations over maritime boundaries in 2004.

  • Matthew Knott
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Fake Russian diplomats revealed as heart of ‘hive’ spy ring in Australia

ASIO would not name the country behind the spy operation but sources confirm it was run out of Russia’s embassy.

  • Nick McKenzie
The decision to not reopen Australia’s embassy in Kyiv is starting to bother some officials.

‘First out and last back’: Australia’s decision not to reopen Kyiv embassy questioned

Britain, the United States, France and Canada all reopened their much larger missions in Kyiv in April and May. Australia’s Ukraine embassy is still in Poland.

  • Anthony Galloway
ASIS director-general Paul Symon says Chinese officials are keen to have a relationship.

ASIS chief hints Chinese officials are feeding information to Australia

The head of the spy agency has suggested an increasing number of disaffected Chinese officials are feeding information to Australian intelligence officers.

  • Anthony Galloway
Catherine Burn is now deputy director-general of ASIS.

Former NSW deputy commissioner now one of Australia’s most senior spies

Former deputy NSW police commissioner Catherine Burn now holds a senior position in Australia’s most secret spy agency.

  • Anthony Galloway

Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/topic/australian-secret-intelligence-service-1nw7