The frequency with which Australia’s director-general of security now addresses the public should give us pause. Before Director-General Mike Burgess, leaders of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) rarely spoke beyond closed briefings. Today, those …
Australia has closed a critical gap in national security legislation to ensure the government can designate foreign state entities as sponsors of terrorism and criminalise support for them. The Criminal Code Amendment (State Sponsors of …
The Australian Parliament’s Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) is reviewing legislation confirming the reality of an extraordinary, rarely used intelligence capability that has been part of national security law for 22 years: the …
Artificial intelligence is not simply another technological tool; it’s a transformative force reshaping the foundations of intelligence and national security. In remarks to the 11 October Aspen-Otago National Security Forum in New Zealand, Anne Neuberger, …
Last week Sir Richard Moore, chief of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, gave a public address before handing over the reins of the organisation better known as MI6. By tradition, he’s known as C, as will …
