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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Albanese confirms ASIO probed Bondi shooter’s IS links

Law enforcement agencies face questions about whether they could have done more to prevent the worst terror attack on Australian soil.

  • Matthew Knott, Perry Duffin and Mostafa Rachwani

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ASIO Director-General of Security Mike Burgess during a press conference following a shooting at Bondi, at Parliament House in Canberra on Sunday 14 December 2025. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

ASIO on alert for further threats after Bondi shooting, leaves terror level at probable

An official terror designation will allow law enforcement authorities to use specialist powers to investigate the Bondi mass shooting.

  • Matthew Knott and Shane Wright
Photos taken from the LinkedIn profiles of Amanda Qiu, the chief executive of BR-YR Executive Search, and Shirly Shen, co-founder of the Internship Union.

The two women at centre of Britain’s latest Chinese spy fears

The agents are using LinkedIn to reach out to possible sources they can exploit for information, MI5 told British MPs in a written alert.

  • David Crowe
The far right is becoming more visible.

Sanitise, manipulate, infiltrate: inside the neo-Nazis’ plot for power

Like middle managers on a recruitment drive: How neo-Nazis are taking hate mainstream.

  • Jordan Baker and Matthew Knott
ASIO boss Mike Burgess said Chinese hackers have been caught trying to access critical infrastructure, with foreign regimes more willing than ever to cause damage.

China lodges complaint over ‘irresponsible’ ASIO speech

China’s Foreign Ministry has lodged complaints over ASIO Director Mike Burgess for calling out Beijing for state-sponsored hacking.

  • Matthew Knott
Thin blue line meets thick black line: the rally outside Parliament House on Saturday.

The wicked dilemma we face in confronting Sydney’s neo-Nazis

They plan to form a political party. Do we ignore them – or watch their every move?

  • Alexandra Smith
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ASIO boss Mike Burgess says Australia faces a serious risk of sabotage.

ASIO boss sounds alarm on ‘devastating, disruptive’ Chinese hacking threat

ASIO director-general Mike Burgess has warned that Australia has “now reached the threshold for high-impact sabotage”.

  • Matthew Knott
ASIO boss Mike Burgess.

Spy boss warns of ‘realistic possibility’ of foreign-ordered killings in Australia

The nation’s spy boss has issued a chilling warning about the growing risk of foreign governments trying to murder dissidents in Australia.

  • Matthew Knott
The destroyed interior of the Adass Israel Synagogue after the alleged arson attack.

Mossad names mastermind of Australian antisemitic attacks

The secretive foreign intelligence service identified senior commander Sardar Amar as the official who drove the arson attacks in Sydney and Melbourne.

  • Matthew Knott
Who is impersonating Ben Roberts-Smith?

The mystery of the Ben Roberts-Smith impersonator

For $150, you can buy a “motivational video” from someone pretending to be disgraced soldier Ben Roberts-Smith.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook