Australian authorities expelled two Indian intelligence operatives in 2020 for being members of an elaborate “nest of spies”.
ASIO allegedly installed listening devices in Timor-Leste’s cabinet room to gain an edge during hotly contested negotiations over maritime boundaries in 2004.
ASIO would not name the country behind the spy operation but sources confirm it was run out of Russia’s embassy.
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.
The head of the spy agency has suggested an increasing number of disaffected Chinese officials are feeding information to Australian intelligence officers.
Former deputy NSW police commissioner Catherine Burn now holds a senior position in Australia’s most secret spy agency.