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Mike Burgess — Espionage is a growing and costly threat to Australia

Mike Burgess — Espionage is a growing and costly threat to Australia

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Foreign spies attempt to infiltrate media organisations, break into restricted laboratories, target public servants on sites such as LinkedIn, approach academics at conferences … the list goes on. On Big Ideas, you have the rare opportunity to hear Mike Burgess give an unfiltered look at the threats of espionage and reveal for the first time the true costs it has on the Australian economy.

Counting and Countering the Cost of Espionage, the 26th annual Hawke Lecture presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, University of South Australia.

Speaker

Mike Burgess Director-General of Security, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) 

Further information

Why national security and intelligence is women’s work Big Ideas, 22 October 2022

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Mike Burgess — Espionage is a growing and costly threat to Australia

Mike Burgess — Espionage is a growing and costly threat to Australia

Australian Broadcasting Corporation