ASIO Chief Puts CCP on Notice in Foreign Interference Warning

Burgess says Beijing remains firmly in focus of the intelligence agency.A Chinese PLA Navy ship (background L) is seen while the an Australian Navy destroyer (R) takes part in a maritime cooperative activity near Scarborough Shoal, on Sept/ 3, 2025. Ted Aljibe/AFP via Getty Images11/4/2025|Updated: 11/5/2025Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) chief Mike Burgess signalled that Beijing remains firmly on Australia’s security radar.The director-general had avoided naming China in his latest address to the Lowy Institute, where he warned of three nations willing and capable of “lethal targeting” or an assassination attempt on Australian soil.Naziya Alvi Rahman is a Canberra-based journalist who covers political issues in Australia. She can be reached at [email protected].Author’s Selected Articles