The nation’s top spy wants to be as open as possible with the public about the operations of his agency which is undergoing a “revolution”.
Words have power and ASIO has determined that attaching the terror threat to subsets of the population could provide cover for nefarious actors.
Foreign spies are targeting Australia’s mining and agricultural industries in a bid to get sensitive information on how the nation is diversifying trade away from China.
The ASIO boss says the names and labels it uses are powerful in how they frame an issue,while also disclosing ASIO busted a “nest of spies” from a foreign intelligence service.
Foreign spies are taking to social media and networking sites like LinkedIn to pose as global talent headhunters in a bid to get sensitive information from Australians.
Kristina Keneally has asked why Alan Tudge was not advised against an appearance with a Liberal Party member under investigation by national security agencies.
The boss of Australia's cyber spy agency has conceded it cancelled a contract with the ANU to write its official history after it sought to gain editorial control over the project beyond secrecy provisions.
The nation's domestic intelligence chief will write to all federal MPs warning they are potential targets for foreign spies looking to steal Australia's secrets and gain a foothold in the nation.
The domestic spy agency says it foiled a plot by foreign intelligence operatives to recruit senior government staffers to provide them classified with information about Australia's counterespionage activities.
Labor wants Australia's register of terrorist groups to catch right-wing extremists after New Zealand put the Christchurch mosque killer on its terror list.
Australian security agencies are on alert for extremists who could have been inspired by the Christchurch mosque killer and other massacres overseas,as small far-right cells across the country are becoming more organised and sophisticated than ever before.