Why some of ASIO's most controversial powers have been expanded

An unlikely alliance of left and right politicians fails to block an expansion of spy agency powers that would allow it to ...

Former ASIO agent offers to give evidence to Bondi royal commission from abroad

The former agent, known as Marcus, worked with ASIO to infiltrate Islamic State networks in Western Sydney years before the ...

‘Oppressive’: Why this Liberal senator crossed the floor on expanding ASIO powers

A bipartisan bid to expand ASIO’s powers was opposed by an unusual array of opponents, including two Liberal senators. One of ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

A failed ASIO sting involving a double agent. A dead man on a golf course. They haven't been linked until now

In the late 1950s an over-confident Russian diplomat asked Kay Marshall on a date. Unbeknownst to her, she was being brought into the murky world of Soviet intelligence. For years she worked closely ...
Couriermail

ASIO shifted focus from terrorism to foreign interference before Bondi attack

It instead focussed on countering foreign interference from countries like China, Russia, Iran and India, and monitoring right-wing extremists and pro-Palestinian activists. It comes as Prime Minister ...
The Guardian

Asio conduct in Daniel Duggan case transcended ‘the bounds of propriety’ in one aspect, watchdog finds

Duggan’s family and spy agency both confirm one negative finding but Asio says despite this IGIS found Asio acted ‘both ethically and within the law at all times in matters regarding Daniel Duggan’ ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

ASIO chief Mike Burgess defends resourcing decisions and warns of 'unprecedented number of threats'

ASIO director-general Mike Burgess has used a major speech to defend the agency's resourcing decisions in the years before the Bondi terror attack. Its resourcing has ...