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ASIO

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abbreviation

  1. Australian Security Intelligence Organization

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Opposition leader Peter Dutton said that view firmed after a confidential briefing from Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, the nation’s domestic spy agency known as ASIO.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 27, 2022

The Australian Research Council said ASIO, along with Home Affairs, had also increased vetting of government-funded projects at the country’s universities.

From Reuters • Mar. 19, 2021

The 32-year-old ended up dead in a Melbourne hotel room in March after reportedly approaching ASIO, Australia's counterespionage agency.

From Fox News • May 1, 2020

Duncan Lewis, secretary general at Australia's top spy agency ASIO, said the organisation has never practiced torture and it never would.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2014

It said, in substance, that the U.S. agency might be forced to cut its ties to ASIO.

From Time Magazine Archive