Burgess puts would-be foreign government meddlers on notice

ASIO CHIEF’S ASSASSINATION DISCLOSURES

Most publications led to the director general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) overnight. Mike Burgess He warned that a foreign government might try to assassinate a dissident on Australian soil.

Speaking to the Lowy Institute think tank in Sydney last night, the ASIO chief said there was a “realistic possibility” that an attempt could be made and that the security services believed there were “at least three” countries willing and able to carry out such a plot. ABC reports.