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

Other countries are trying to discover everything from Australia’s defence capabilities to medical advances, and more needs to be done to stop them, ASIO says.
Hostile Countries ‘Aggressively’ Seeking Australia’s Secrets, ASIO Warns
Australian Army soldiers run during Exercise Chong Ju at the Puckapunyal Military Area on May 9, 2019 in Seymour, Australia. Scott Barbour/Getty Images
Rex Widerstrom
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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.

Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom
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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.
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