China,Russia,terrorism are UK's biggest long-term threats,says new MI5 boss

China,Russia,terrorism are UK's biggest long-term threats,says new MI5 boss

Russia currently caused the"most aggravation to the UK"but it was China that posed the greater long-term threat,said MI5 chief Ken McCallum.

  • byLatika Bourke

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Death of Melbourne-based fraudster not suspicious,says coroner

Death of Melbourne-based fraudster not suspicious,says coroner

Former Liberal Party operative Bo'Nick'Zhao was found dead in a hotel room in 2019. He was soon to be sentenced to fraud,had up to $8 million debts and died of an overdose.

  • byNick McKenzie andPaul Sakkal
A pioneering China correspondent writes:it's much more risky today

A pioneering China correspondent writes:it's much more risky today

A Sydney Morning Herald correspondent in the 1970s,Preston reflects on the difficulty covering China then,but observes that it seems impossible for an Australian reporter to do it safely today.

  • byYvonne Preston
PM is mending the cracks in our federation that China seeks to exploit

PM is mending the cracks in our federation that China seeks to exploit

The federal government,not the states,needs to be in command when it comes to doing deals with other nation states.

  • byMichael Shoebridge
Chinese hackers suspected of hitting Vatican computers before talks

Chinese hackers suspected of hitting Vatican computers before talks

China often suspects religious groups and worshippers of undermining the control of the Communist Party and the state.

  • byDavid E. Sanger,Edward Wong andJason Horowitz
Our China spy law bares its teeth with raid on Labor MP

Our China spy law bares its teeth with raid on Labor MP

When Australian police and intelligence action puts the national relationship with China in the dock,it's more than sensitive. It's explosive.

  • byPeter Hartcher
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China-born researcher accused of ties to spying

China-born researcher accused of ties to spying

The FBI alleged Qing Wang was a participant in the Thousand Talents program,a scheme the US says is created by China to access foreign technology or data.

Sleeper agent operated in Australia for years before ASIO caught him

Sleeper agent operated in Australia for years before ASIO caught him

A sleeper agent for a foreign government operated in Australia for years before he was caught,as ASIO also reveals its terrorism leads have doubled in a year.

  • byAnthony Galloway andNick McKenzie
Suspected Chinese spy avoids ASIO's net at airport
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Suspected Chinese spy avoids ASIO's net at airport

Federal parliament will debate whether ASIO needs extra powers as more information emerges about the man who tried to put an alleged spy in the House of Representatives.

  • byNick McKenzie
Dubious friends and a big legal claim:Questions raised in spy case
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Dubious friends and a big legal claim:Questions raised in spy case

Soon after lodging a $3 million Supreme Court claim,Filip Shu started calling around Sydney journalists. What was motivating him?

  • byNick McKenzie
Self-confessed Chinese spy has assets frozen in $3m court battle

Self-confessed Chinese spy has assets frozen in $3m court battle

A self-confessed Chinese intelligence operative seeking to defect to Australia has had his assets frozen by the NSW Supreme Court.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn