Australia's international spies have 'marginal advantage' over adversaries

Sally Whyte
Updated November 3 2020 - 7:44am, first published 12:00am
Australian Secret Intelligence Service Director-General Paul Symon. Picture: ASPI
Australian Secret Intelligence Service Director-General Paul Symon. Picture: ASPI

Australia's international spies have a "marginal advantage" over their overseas counterparts and are increasingly operating in a "grey zone" of international tensions without outright conflict, the head of one of Australia's spy agencies has said in a rare interview.

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Sally Whyte

Sally Whyte

Federal Politics Reporter

I report on a range of issues in federal politics and the public service, with a real passion for how decisions made in Canberra affect the lives of Australians.

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