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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.

  • George Brandis

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Ex-ASIO chief Duncan Lewis has backed the government’s new foreign veto powers as a ‘necessary’ instrument to protect Australia’s national security.

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.

  • Lisa Visentin
The head of ASIO, Mike Burgess, said covert agents of foreign powers made up just a tiny minority of diaspora communities.

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.

  • Peter Hartcher
ASIO's former Director-General of Security Duncan Lewis is joining the Thales Australia board.

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.

  • Anthony Galloway
Labor Prime Minister Ben Chifley sent in the troops as strike breakers, despite a US intelligence officer's claim that there was "not one chance in 10 million" of any effective action against communism until Chifley was removed.

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.

  • Brian Toohey
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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?

  • Peter Hartcher
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison sought to play down the significance of former ASIO boss Duncan Lewis's comments, saying the government had been on top of the issue.

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.

  • Anthony Galloway
In a post-retirement interview, former ASIO boss Duncan Lewis said while it was not only China that preoccupied the Australian authorities, it was "overwhelmingly" China.

'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.

  • Peter Hartcher
Outgoing ASIO chief Duncan Lewis, addressing senior public servants, described the nation's apolitical bureaucracy as "precious jewel".

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.

  • Shane Wright
ASIO boss Duncan Lewis said he saw no reason for a major shift in resources dedicated to right-wing extremism.

'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.

  • Michael Koziol

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