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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Ben Doherty

Isaac Herzog held secret meeting with Asio boss during Australia trip, intelligence agency confirms

Israeli president Isaac Herzog meets Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese at Parliament House in Canberra
Isaac Herzog meets Anthony Albanese. The Israeli president visited Australia after the Bondi terror attack with questions raised in parliament about whether he went to Asio headquarters. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, had a secret meeting with Australia’s director general of security, Mike Burgess, during his visit to Australia last month, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation has confirmed.

Under questioning in the Senate from the ACT independent senator David Pocock on Tuesday, the foreign minister, Penny Wong, said questions about Asio “were often very sensitive”, but refused to confirm the meeting.

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