Foreign spies could benefit from 'secret' national security trials becoming more public: Mike Burgess

Sarah Basford Canales
Updated June 9 2021 - 5:13pm, first published 1:30pm
ASIO's director-general Mike Burgess warned national security trials would attract foreign spies if laws were changed to allow for more openness. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
ASIO's director-general Mike Burgess warned national security trials would attract foreign spies if laws were changed to allow for more openness. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Foreign spies would gain a wealth of information if details of some secret trials relating to national security breaches were made more public, Australia's domestic spy agency has warned.

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Sarah Basford Canales

Sarah Basford Canales

Politics and public sector reporter

I'm a federal politics and public sector reporter with an interest in national security, integrity and regulation. Contact me with general tips and thoughts at sarah.basfordcanales@canberratimes.com.au or confidential tips to sbasfordcanales@protonmail.com.

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