ASIO Chief Puts CCP on Notice in Foreign Interference Warning

Burgess says Beijing remains firmly in focus of the intelligence agency.
ASIO Chief Puts CCP on Notice in Foreign Interference Warning
A Chinese PLA Navy ship (background L) is seen while the an Australian Navy destroyer (R) takes part in a maritime cooperative activity near Scarborough Shoal, on Sept/ 3, 2025. Ted Aljibe/AFP via Getty Images
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Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) chief Mike Burgess signalled that Beijing remains firmly on Australia’s security radar.

The director-general had avoided naming China in his latest address to the Lowy Institute, where he warned of three nations willing and capable of “lethal targeting” or an assassination attempt on Australian soil.