‘Judgment was sacrificed to ambition’:Malcolm Turnbull’s ASIO folly rightly reversed

‘Judgment was sacrificed to ambition’:Malcolm Turnbull’s ASIO folly rightly reversed

Despite the warnings of Australia’s most senior national security professionals,Peter Dutton and Mike Pezzullo convinced Turnbull to act in error.

  • byGeorge Brandis

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Protests,sabotage and terrorism:Inside the effort to make Paris safe

Protests,sabotage and terrorism:Inside the effort to make Paris safe

France is grappling with the potential for devastation on multiple fronts as it seeks to hold the most ambitious opening ceremony in history in the most volatile geopolitical environment since the 1930s.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
‘Back off’:Albanese blasts Russia over alleged spy couple

‘Back off’:Albanese blasts Russia over alleged spy couple

The PM says Russia has no respect for international law and should be regarded with contempt after its embassy accused Australian security staff of fuelling anti-Russian paranoia.

  • byWilliam Ton andDominic Giannini
Soldier,labourer,gold diggers:who are the married couple accused of spying for Russia?

Soldier,labourer,gold diggers:who are the married couple accused of spying for Russia?

It was gold Kira Korolev was obsessed with,filling her YouTube channel with footage of her never-ending search for a few glimmering flecks.

  • byAngus Thompson,Cloe Read,Cameron Atfield andAdrian Proszenko
Russian-born Australian army private and her husband charged with espionage

Russian-born Australian army private and her husband charged with espionage

Kira Korolev,40,and her 62-year-old husband,Igor Korolev,are accused of using her defence force account to spy for Russia since December 2022.

  • byAngus Thompson,Cloe Read andCameron Atfield
Crackdown targets foreign agents harassing dissidents

Crackdown targets foreign agents harassing dissidents

Australians with Iranian,Chinese,Cambodian,Rwandan and Indian backgrounds have reported foreign agents harassing and assaulting them on local soil.

  • byPaul Sakkal
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Treasury steps up to limit ‘strategic’ security overreach
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Treasury steps up to limit ‘strategic’ security overreach

The risk of foreign disruption has to be balanced in such a way that economic activity is not unnecessarily curtailed.

  • byRoss Gittins
Too anti-China? Hawkish think tank fears budget cuts

Too anti-China? Hawkish think tank fears budget cuts

Prominent American politicians and military leaders have rallied behind an influential Australian think tank known for its hawkish views on China.

  • byMatthew Knott
Court asks national security watchdog to investigate Dutton over terror leader’s detention

Court asks national security watchdog to investigate Dutton over terror leader’s detention

A Supreme Court judge has referred the detainment of terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika to the national security watchdog over Home Affairs’ failure to disclose expert reports.

  • byDavid Estcourt
When politicians fire up on ‘security’,my bulldust detector goes to DEFCON 1
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When politicians fire up on ‘security’,my bulldust detector goes to DEFCON 1

Using “security” as a justification for a policy initiative opens the door to interventions that are,in the words of former Treasury secretary Dr Ken Henry,“frankly,bad”.

  • byRoss Gittins
‘Utterly committed’:New ‘quad’ emerges to push back on China

‘Utterly committed’:New ‘quad’ emerges to push back on China

Australia,the US,Japan and the Philippines have made a show of strength against China’s growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific.

  • byMatthew Knott