Duncan Lewis
Opinion
Power player
No minister, Labor or Liberal, will ever be able to trust Pezzullo again
Mike Pezzullo’s candid exchanges with Scott Briggs cannot be dismissed as a kind of political locker-room talk that means nothing.
- by George Brandis
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Ex-ASIO boss says foreign veto powers are ‘necessary’ but should be used carefully
Duncan Lewis doesn’t see the government’s power to cancel foreign deals as “a sinister thing”, but says it’s important research partnerships don’t become a casualty.
- by Lisa Visentin
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China relations
Spies suspect 500 incidents of foreign meddling in Australian politics, society
The current head of ASIO, Mike Burgess, said covert agents of foreign powers made up just a tiny minority of diaspora communities.
- by Peter Hartcher
Former ASIO boss joins French defence giant's board
Australia's recently departed top spy Duncan Lewis has joined the board of defence giant Thales.
- by Anthony Galloway
Opinion
CCP influence
Reports of China spies and takeover plots are fanciful
China's clandestine influence efforts in Australia are real, but reports suggesting it wanted to install an MP in our Parliament and take over our political system are wildly exaggerated.
- by Brian Toohey
Power and Paranoia: Why the Chinese government aggressively pushes beyond its borders
The Chinese government’s covert operations in Australia are considerable. Can Australia push back without economic consequences?
- by Peter Hartcher
Morrison says nation's intelligence agencies up to the job on China
The Prime Minister's comments came after former ASIO boss Duncan Lewis warned the Chinese government was seeking to "take over" Australia's political system.
- by Anthony Galloway
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China relations
'Insidious': Former ASIO boss warns on Chinese interference in Australia
Covert foreign intrusion into the heart of Australian politics is "something we need to be very, very careful about", Duncan Lewis says in the only interview he has given since retiring.
- by Peter Hartcher
Retiring top spy calls for public servant training to avoid politicisation
Retiring ASIO chief Duncan Lewis says an apolitical public service is a "precious jewel" and suggested a special training college could help the bureaucracy.
- by Shane Wright
'No dramatic reset' on right-wing extremism after Christchurch massacre, ASIO boss says
Of 22 terrorism incidents in Australia in the last five years, only one was allegedly perpetrated by a right-wing extremist, the spy agency's boss said.
- by Michael Koziol
'Seriously damaging': ASIO says advice on border security was misrepresented
"The advice that ASIO gave was not what was represented on the front page of The Australian newspaper," ASIO boss Duncan Lewis said.
- by Michael Koziol
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