Hostile Countries ‘Aggressively’ Seeking Australia’s Secrets, ASIO Warns

Published on February 22, 2024

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has told the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Security that “hostile foreign states and their intelligence services are aggressively seeking secrets” and that more needs to be done to stop them. The wanted information includes details about Australia’s defence capabilities, government decision-making, political parties, foreign policy, critical infrastructure, space technologies, academic and think tank research, medical advances, key export industries, and personal information. The Committee is reviewing a proposed amendment to the Defence Act which would prevent people with knowledge of sensitive defence information from training or working for certain foreign militaries or governments where that activity would put Australia’s national security at risk....

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