Budget 2024: APS payroll headcount surges to 300,000 Economy & Industry Big boost in numbers as APS and non-APS agencies replenished with staff to cement in service delivery improvements and permanent headcount.
Budget 2024: Digital ID rollout accelerated, scores $288 million May 14, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Finance Department scores $35 million for digital ID “policy leadership”; ASIO to vet government-issued, made-in-Australia digital wallets.
New laws restricting post-Defence employment take effect May 7, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Careers Defence’s coders and even cleaners are among departing personnel who will need to check whether the bans apply to them.
Premium Insights and analysis Social media now officially weaponised through cognitive warfare domain October 24, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Defence When propaganda is mechanised, it’s a digital affair. Welcome to regime change by automated, militarised social media. Yep, that’s bad.
Premium Case studies ASIO’s Mike Burgess pays personal attention to Beijing’s visiting professor October 19, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Defence Want a national spy chief’s undivided attention? Send a visiting academic here to make the ASIO boss a research topic.
Review to weigh Australian intelligence delivery on security, prosperity and values September 25, 2023 By Melissa Coade Federal The PM has announced a sweeping review of Australia’s National Intelligence Community and the government agencies comprising it.
Premium Columnists New powers for intelligence watchdog will test its bite September 15, 2023 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks There are important consequences to expanding the scope of IGIS as proposed in the Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill.
Former ASIO chief to probe Home Affairs over detention centre bribery allegations July 31, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal The government has selected Dennis Richardson to conduct an audit of contracts and governance at Home Affairs.
ASIO accidentally outs rejected spooks in group email BCC stuff-up July 12, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology “We have reached out to each individual,” ASIO says. Destroy after reading. Do NOT retain. DO NOT REPLY ALL.
Office of National Intelligence chief Shearer pushes for vetting and recruitment overhaul June 18, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Defence Andrew Shearer, Australia’s Office of National Intelligence boss, warns that outdated thinking on personnel vetting needs to be modernised.
Vale Allan Gyngell: A remarkable contributor to Australia’s engagement with the world May 4, 2023 By John Blaxland Federal Highly regarded in government, academia, diplomacy and intelligence, Allan Gyngell lived an extraordinary life in service to his country.
Defence sweaty over AUKUS vetting March 14, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Defence Australia wants to build nuclear subs. But the security infrastructure required to make that happen is still undercooked. Here’s why.
New Australian-trained Ukrainian soldiers rotated out after graduation in UK February 27, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Defence Ukrainian soldiers trained to fight by Australia’s 5RAR are now ready for service, as the Russian invasion chalks up a year of fighting.
ASIO opposes publication of its university monitoring activities February 17, 2023 By Tom Ravlic Education The top intelligence agency does not want details of its university foreign interference monitoring known by Australia’s adversaries.
O’Neil wants ASIO crackdown on foreign interference, names Iran February 15, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal Clare O’Neil has told the director-general of Security to start getting in the face of foreign agents stalking lawful protestors.
