Analysis

Australia's greatest security threat is change itself

Harley Dennett
Updated July 2 2021 - 1:20am, first published December 5 2020 - 4:30am
Government should be wary of intelligence agency claims of 'administrative burden', warns Dennis Richardson.
Government should be wary of intelligence agency claims of 'administrative burden', warns Dennis Richardson.

Dennis Richard has not given in to the mewling cries of intelligence agencies for public safeguards to be loosened because it costs more.

Harley Dennett

Harley Dennett

Public Service Editor

Former federal politics bureau chief for the Canberra Times, via a career that's taken me from rural Victoria to Washington DC. Telling the stories of my local LGBTI community brought me to political journalism, where I've covered eight budgets, four national elections in two countries, Defence, public service and international governance.

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