Australia Launches Biggest Spy Agency Review In Decades

The Australian: Intelligence-sharing flaws spark biggest spy review in 40 years

The biggest review of spy laws in more than 40 years will be unveiled today, amid growing concerns that ­national security agencies are ­unable to pass crucial information to police and other ­intelligence services about threats to national security.

Attorney-General Christian Porter will today reveal the ­government has appointed former ASIO boss and senior federal ­public servant Dennis Richardson to head the review, which could usher in the biggest shake-up of national security legislation since the 1974 Hope royal commission into the intelligence services.

The review comes as Islamic radicals ramp up their focus on Southeast Asia and tensions mount with China over the ­Turnbull government’s foreign-interference laws.

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WNU Editor: This review is coming on the heels of this warning from Australia's intelligence chief .... Australia's intelligence chief warns of 'unprecedented' foreign interference with more spies now than during the Cold War (Business Insider)

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