Premium Case studies APS culture needs a serious shake-up to deliver Albo’s lean, green, electric dream Australian Capital Territory The bureaucracy will need to have a lot more technical people working directly for it if it wants to make the ‘renewables superpower’ dream happen.
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.
Keating calls for ASIO boss to be sacked March 6, 2024 By Dan Holmes Federal In a statement released yesterday, Keating members of the strategic policy establishment of “rattling the China can” at ASEAN.
ASIO sends overt signal to spies eyeing AUKUS March 3, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Defence Director general offers meet-and-greet service for clandestine operatives; ASIO is embedded in AUKUS programs from design to delivery.
Premium Case studies ATO Protego audit deftly navigates around what we don’t need to know February 14, 2024 By Julian Bajkowski Community & Social Would you steal money knowing you’d be caught? There’s an app for that. But let’s face it, online epidemiology has its limits.
Mandarin picked as next leader of Australia’s criminal intelligence agency December 18, 2023 By Melissa Coade Federal Former ASIO deputy director-general Heather Cook will commence her five-year appointment at ACIC and AIC on January 15.
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.
Hundreds of Australians ready to leave Israel for home October 13, 2023 By Kaaren Morrissey and Alex Mitchell Federal Prime minister Anthony Albanese says 1,600 people have registered in Israel or the West Bank, including 19 in Gaza, for repatriation and an ‘extraordinary logistical exercise’ is underway.
Premium Columnists Mike Pezzullo thinks leakers should be jailed. Does that apply when he leaks documents? September 28, 2023 By Bernard Keane Editors' Picks Mike Pezzullo was quick off the mark with a briefing after the Christchurch massacre. He was a lot slower on right-wing terrorism beforehand.
Premium Insights and analysis Mike Pezzullo’s career crater gives Albanese licence to demilitarise APS September 26, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Editors' Picks If luck is the confluence of opportunity and circumstance, Albo just hit the respin feature on reworking immigration policy.
Premium Insights and analysis Which spy agency is spending $250k on promotional merchandise? July 13, 2023 By Charlie Lewis Editors' Picks The Australian Signals Directorate, those cheeky funsters of the spying community, strike again with an effort to be noticed.
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.
Operation Ushanka? Federal police appeal for info over dead possum at Russian embassy July 6, 2023 By Julian Bajkowski Federal A dead possum at the Russian embassy sees the fur literally flying. Who was the mysterious marsupial really working for?
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.
Defence on notice to beef-up its cybersecurity efforts May 1, 2023 By Tom Ravlic 2023 Defence Strategic Review Special Report Australia will have to build more digital muscle to resist cyber attacks or even potentially use offensive tactics against foreign targets.