EPISODE · Aug 5, 2025 · 44 MIN
Mike Burgess — Espionage is a growing and costly threat to Australia
from Big Ideas · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Foreign spies attempt to infiltrate media organisations, break into restricted laboratories, target public servants on sites such as LinkedIn, approach academics at conferences … the list goes on. On Big Ideas, you have the rare opportunity to hear Mike Burgess give an unfiltered look at the threats of espionage and reveal for the first time the true costs it has on the Australian economy.Counting and Countering the Cost of Espionage, the 26th annual Hawke Lecture presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, University of South Australia.SpeakerMike Burgess Director-General of Security, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Further informationWhy national security and intelligence is women’s work Big Ideas, 22 October 2022
What this episode covers
Foreign spies attempt to infiltrate media organisations, break into restricted laboratories, target public servants on sites such as LinkedIn, approach academics at conferences … the list goes on. On Big Ideas, you have the rare opportunity to hear Mike Burgess give an unfiltered look at the threats of espionage and reveal for the first time the true costs it has on the Australian economy. Counting and Countering the Cost of Espionage, the 26th annual Hawke Lecture presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre, University of South Australia. Speaker Mike Burgess Director-General of Security, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Further information Why national security and intelligence is women’s work Big Ideas, 22 October 2022
NOW PLAYING
Mike Burgess — Espionage is a growing and costly threat to Australia
No transcript for this episode yet
Similar Episodes
No similar episodes found.