Mike Burgess

Some spies pretend to be journalists themselves, while others cultivate legitimate journalists in the hope they will gain access to classified information.

What is the point of a National Security Committee that doesn’t regularly listen to the heads of its ...

Why the move now to remove Australia's spy chiefs from the peak intelligence body?

'There is an active spy or has been within our government, and what we do know is that ...

This follows ASIO revelations that a former politician sold out the country to advance the interests of a ...

ASIO would not name the country, but revealed an 'A-team' of spies actively recruited locals to spy for ...

Beijing has been accused of intellectual property theft—on a sophisticated scale—“well beyond traditional espionage.”

Commentary The revelation by Mike Burgess, the head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), that foreign espionage ...

Foreign spies are posing as diplomats or reporters to engage and influence journalists, says Australia's domestic spy chief ...

Australia's top intelligence official says a small but concerning number of former defence insiders are putting cash before ...

Threat levels of violent extremism linked to COVID lockdowns have decreased markedly over the past year, according to ...

Australia's terror threat level has been downgraded, with the director general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) ...

Analysis The Australian government has called into question the federal opposition's "track record" on China declaring Labor has ...

Espionage and foreign interference have become a more serious threat to Australia than terrorism, the boss of the ...

The head of Australia’s national security service and intelligence agency said it was vital that the security service ...

Australia’s domestic intelligence chief has said he believes that a terrorist attack on Australian soil is likely within ...

Australia's domestic spy chief is standing by the agency's decision to drop the sensitive term "Islamic extremism" to ...

Australia’s domestic spy agency's decision to drop sensitive labels such as “left-right” and “Islamic extremism” has received a ...

Australia’s domestic spy agency will no longer use terms such as ‘left-wing,’ ‘right-wing,’ and ‘Islamic extremism’ when describing ...

The head of Australia's domestic spy agency has warned a Senate estimates committee hearing that politicians at all ...