Mike Burgess
AustraliapoliticianMale7.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Mike Burgess is an Australian intelligence officer currently serving as the Director-General of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). He has been in this role since 2019 and was reappointed for another five-year term in 2022. Burgess is recognized for his strong stance on national security, particularly in relation to countering foreign interference and terrorism. His leadership has been marked by a focus on the threats posed by authoritarian regimes, with particular attention to Russia and Iran, as well as the growing risks associated with cyber warfare. Under his direction, ASIO has successfully thwarted numerous plots aimed at undermining Australia's sovereignty and security.
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Inman Grant pointed to ASIO’s assessment that the terrorism threat level remains probable and warnings from director-general Mike Burgess about online radicalisation.
eSafety Commissioner sues messaging app over failure to remove terrorist and extremist contentAustralia· 2026-07-30
Butler said: 'We fully support the work of the ASIO director, Mike Burgess, he’s a terrific public servant.'
July 1 EOFY changes begin; Sydney, Melbourne house prices fall; Trump birthright citizenship bid struck down by US Supreme CourtAustralia· 2026-06-30
Mike Burgess is the director-general of ASIO who presented an annual threat assessment.
Mike Burgess, ASIO lashed by China ambassador Xiao Qian over foreign interference accusationsAustralia· 2026-06-30
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation chief Mike Burgess revealed he was working with the government to improve the nation's terror threat warning system.
Police hunt for menacing letter writer who calls themselves ‘Scorpio’Australia· 2026-06-30
The director-general of ASIO, Mike Burgess, gave this revealing insight during his annual national threat assessment last week.
Antisemitism is the unique hatred that inflames all others, and Australia is struggling to quell itAustralia· 2026-06-29
ASIO boss Mike Burgess criticises terror threat level.
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ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess used his latest annual threat assessment to voice his fears about a shadowy Iranian-linked group.
ASIO boss says terror threat level underestimates true danger Australians faceAustralia· 2026-06-24ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess stated that the Commonwealth had made several public interest immunity claims to block public release of documents.
Government confirms bid to hide counter-terror details from royal commissionAustralia· 2026-05-28
ASIO boss Mike Burgess confirmed Naveed had also been subject to 'residual risk processes' in NSW in 2022.
Intelligence gaps in firearms registry posed major risk to safetyAustralia· 2026-05-27
Mike Burgess is the ASIO director-general who conducted risk assessments involving Australians in the camps.
Are the ISIS brides to dangerous to return to Australia?Australia· 2026-02-27
ASIO director-general Mike Burgess said in 2022 that the agency had conducted risk assessments involving face-to-face interviews.
ISIS brides prepared to go to jail to get their children to AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-26
ASIO chief Mike Burgess has highlighted the increasing risks to politicians.
Prime Minister evacuated from The Lodge in Canberra after security threatAustralia· 2026-02-24
Mike Burgess, Republic co-founder, expressed pride and confidence in the future of the hospitality portfolio.
Queenstown hospitality group Republic sold to MA Financial in $40m+ deal
New Zealand· 2026-02-14
ASIO boss Mike Burgess has defended his organisation’s inability to prevent the worst terror attack in Australian history.
Mike Burgess defends agency's handling of Akram brothers before massacreAustralia· 2026-02-10
In 2024, ASIO director Mike Burgess said Sunni-Islamic violent extremism posed 'the greatest religiously motivated threat in Australia'.
He didn’t hold a hose, but Scomo’s still happy to fan the flamesAustralia· 2026-01-31
ASIO boss Mike Burgess acknowledged the risk but said the spy agency was 'good at' tracking people hiding from the law.
What is in the ombatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill?Australia· 2026-01-14
Mike Burgess is the chief of Australia’s spy agency ASIO who expressed concerns over the NSN's activities.
Neo-Nazi group National Socialist Network to disband after federal crackdown on hate groupsAustralia· 2026-01-13
Mike Burgess is the ASIO director-general who commented on the attack.
ASIO has a record billion-dollar budget, but fumbled terrorist threatAustralia· 2025-12-20
Mike Burgess, the head of the intelligence service, stated that combating antisemitism is a top priority.
Antisemitismus und Islamismus: Wo Australien versagt hat
Switzerland· 2025-12-18
Asio boss Mike Burgess said both Hizb ut Tahrir and National Socialist Network used tactics that 'stretch the boundaries of legality without breaking them'.
Albanese announces new hate speech laws as he concedes more could have been done before Bondi beach attack | Bondi beach terror attack
United Kingdom· 2025-12-18
ASIO chief Mike Burgess has issued warnings about the ongoing threat posed by Islamic extremism.
Bondi shooting accused terrorist Naveed Akram interviewed by ASIO, NSW Police before father Sajid was granted gun licenceAustralia· 2025-12-17
Mike Burgess stated that the national terrorism threat level is being monitored following the Bondi Beach shooting.
Apa Motif Penembakan di Pantai Bondi?
Indonesia· 2025-12-16
Mike Burgess stated that the national terrorism threat level is being monitored following the Bondi Beach shooting.
Apa Motif Penembakan di Pantai Bondi?Indonesia· 2025-12-16Mike Burgess, a top Australian intelligence official, stated that one of the suspected attackers was known to authorities.
Australia Bondi Beach mass shooting: What we know so far
Canada· 2025-12-16
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s Director-General Security Mike Burgess also briefed the meeting.
Bondi terror attack: Anthony Albanese backs urgent gun law reformNew Zealand· 2025-12-15
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Director-General Mike Burgess said Iran couldn’t be held responsible for every antisemitic attack on Australian soil.
Australia’s Jewish community saw an attack coming but no one expected the Bondi Beach horror
United States· 2025-12-15
Mike Burgess is the director of ASIO who acknowledged that one of the shooters was previously monitored.
Kẻ xả súng ở Australia từng bị an ninh theo dõi vì liên hệ với IS
Vietnam· 2025-12-15Mike Burgess, head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (Asio), said at the time that his teams had uncovered links between the alleged crimes and the commanders in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Bondi Beach shooting: Israel investigating Hezbollah, Iran tiesNew Zealand· 2025-12-15
Mike Burgess stated that the national terrorism threat level is being monitored following the incident.
Australia Terguncang Penembakan Pantai BondiIndonesia· 2025-12-15
ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess said one of the attackers was known to his organisation before the shooting.
ASIO probed Naveed Akram links to Islamic State in 2019, Anthony Albanese confirmsAustralia· 2025-12-15
