Asio in a sentence

Accountability Because of the nature of its work, ASIO does not make details of its activities public and law prevents the identities of ASIO officers from being disclosed.

ASIO and the Commonwealth Government say that operational measures ensuring the legality of ASIO operations have been established.

ASIO briefs the Attorney General on all major issues affecting security and he/she is also informed of operations when considering granting warrants enabling the special investigative powers of ASIO.

Asio Capital LLC increased its position in shares of Microsoft Co. () by 0.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

ASIO continues to be concerned about spontaneous violence, director-general Mike Burgess said.

ASIO director-general Mike Burgess explains himself.

ASIO has lifted our national terrorism threat level to ‘probable’ meaning a greater than 50 per cent chance of an onshore attack or attack planning in the next 12 months.

Asio head Mike Burgess said he would not be commenting on the details of the investigation but issued an invitation for Russian spies to “reach out” to his agency.

Burgess told the paper it was “incredibly difficult” dealing with child suspects and insisted ASIO and the AFP “do not radicalise people”.

Spy agency ASIO declared an attack was now “probable”, as riots continued in the United Kingdom weeks after an election there and ahead of US and Australian polls within the next year.

The country’s intelligence agencies have disrupted eight possible terror incidents in just the last four months, according to spy chief Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO).

The risk of a terrorist attack in Australia is rated as "possible," according to ASIO's tier system.

This was not the end of ASIO’s rather ham-fisted efforts to counter supposed foreign influence either.

A Nine investigation has found suspected spy and Melbourne businessman was able to avoid ASIO’s “net” and fly out of Australia last March, despite allegations he tried to insert a Chinese agent into federal parliament.

Asio has also uncovered cases where foreign spies have sought to establish sophisticated hacking infrastructure in Australia targeting computers containing sensitive and classified information.

Asked why Australia had no current right-wing groups on its list of terrorist organisations, Mr Dutton said the government was "very open" to a new listing but it relied on advice from ASIO, other agencies and the Department of Home Affairs.

The organisation's president, Sunny Duong, last month became the first person charged under Australia's landmark foreign interference laws after a year-long investigation by the Australian Federal Police and counter-espionage agency ASIO.

Without naming China or any other country which has been ramping up its foreign interference activities, Mr Burgess said ASIO would need to have “a wide range of tools in our tool box” to counter the growing threat.

A $9.8 billion surplus predicted for 2019-20 budget, ASIO and AFP to brief National Security Committee of Cabinet today and Boeing improves.

According to the report in the Sydney Morning Herald and Age, Wang provided a sworn statement to Asio in October stating he had “personally been involved and participated in a series of espionage activities”.