Morning News: ASIO chief labels foreign interference, espionage as most dangerous

The outgoing director of Australia's spy agency has labelled foreign interference and espionage the most serious contemporary threat to the country

A journalist from the Australian Associated Press Source: AAP Image/Dan Peled

ASIO director general Duncan Lewis will this month stand down from the role after a five-year term, handing over to Mike Burgess.

Mr Lewis says there are three threats which dominate the organisation's work - foreign interference and espionage, terrorism, and cybersecurity.

But he says the extent and scale of the former concerns him the most.