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Australia spy chief warns of espionage as US-China rivalry grows

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) director-general Mike Burgess said the amount of espionage and foreign influence operations focused on Australia was unprecedented [File: EPA-EFE/Mick Tsikas]

The Indo-Pacific region is witnessing “great power competition” between China and the United States, while a “thirst” for covert information has driven espionage and foreign interference operations targeting Australia, the country’s intelligence chief has warned.

Australia now faces unprecedented threats with more Australians being targeted by foreign agents than ever before, Mike Burgess, the director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) said late on Tuesday.

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