New ASIO head, Mike Burgess, is moving from one security agency to another
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The new director of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) will be Mike Burgess, who moves from heading the Australian Signals Directorate.
Burgess has a solid history in the intelligence area and Labor has welcomed the choice.
Announcing the appointment, Scott Morrison and Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said that in his ASD...