Australia to recruit more spies as adversaries ‘subvert rules-based order’

In rare public address Australian Secret Intelligence Service chief suggested more Chinese officials were cooperating with the agency

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Australia's foreign intelligence service will recruit new spies with more vigour and urgency" than ever before as it seeks to counter adversaries who are seeking to weaken our institutions and bend our values".

In a rare public address, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (Asis) director general, Paul Symon, addressed a range of topics related to Australia's foreign intelligence operations, including suggestions an increasing number of disillusioned Chinese officials are assisting Asis, as well as the recent Solomon Islands-China security pact.