Australia-Tuvalu deal on climate and security may be at risk, intelligence boss says

Anthony Albanese and Tuvalu’s former prime minister Kausea Natano in November 2023. A senior Australian intelligence chief says a climate and security deal signed by the two leaders may be under threat. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

A senior Australian intelligence chief has acknowledged a landmark climate and security deal with Tuvalu may be at risk after the Pacific nation’s election.

Andrew Shearer, who leads the government’s Office of National Intelligence (ONI), said his agency was “obviously aware of recent political change and turbulence in Tuvalu”.