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I work as an investigative journalist.
I write widely, specialising in national security and politics.
I have written for ABC News, The Australian, The Guardian, 7NEWS, The Nightly, The Australian Financial Review and ASPI's The Strategist.
My stories have appeared internationally, from Italy's Formiche to the United States's POLITICO.
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I also have a career background in national security.
I have worked for Five Eyes national security consulting firms.
My principal areas of practice have been counter-foreign-interference, counter-espionage and cybersecurity.
This includes international political and security risk, intelligence capability, advanced persistent cyber threats, national security law and public policy.
My Australian international risk management matters have related to: National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Act 2018, Criminal Code Act 1995, Defence Amendment (Safeguarding Australia’s Military Secrets) Act 2024, Defence Trade Controls Act 2012, Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Act 2020, Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Act 2018, Customs Act 1901, Weapons of Mass Destruction (Prevention of Proliferation) Act 1995, Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018, Airports Act 1996, Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975, Australian Research Council Act 2001, List of Critical Technologies in the National Interest and Guidelines to Counter Foreign Interference in the Australian University Sector.
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Stories
Stories
The Nightly: Exposing an accused Russian spy in the Australian Defence Force | POLITICO: "Moscow's Woman in Canberra"; 7NEWS
The Nightly: Revealing a cafe next door to Australia's top intelligence agency was co-owned by the wife of a couple honoured by Xi Jinping for their united front work in Australia | Interview Sky News' Sharri | Formiche
Australian Financial Review: Revealing the life of the accused Medibank hacker—Australia's largest data hack | POLITICO Weekly Cybersecurity
The Nightly: Revealing a government conspiracy behind the Iraqi jailing of Australian father Robert Pether
The Guardian: Revealing company emails that discredit Iraqi prosecution testimony against Robert Pether | Ten's The Project: "Bombshell documents prove Aussie imprisoned in Iraq is innocent"
The Nightly: Revealing accused Russian spy Kira Korolev was an Australian Defence Force star | 7NEWS; 7NEWS; 7NEWS Sunrise; The Nightly: The Coalition demands urgent investigation
The Nightly: Revealing Chinese spymasters targeting Australia’s top security research institute | Interview Sky News' Sharri | Sky News' Sharri with Shadow Home Affairs and Cyber Security Minister James Paterson; The Canberra Times
The Nightly: Revealing the text messages of the son of a senior Chinese Government official claiming responsibility for a cyber attack that infected software used by Australia’s intelligence agencies
The Australian: Revealing that the Albanese Government and NSW Premier Chris Minns have helped fund a Sydney Islamic centre, one of whose clerics preached alongside Iran’s supreme leader, president and foreign minister while his Hezbollah-linked affiliates vowed Israel would be “erased from the history books”.
The Australian: Revealing that a leader of a Shia Islamic group that was praised by NSW Premier Chris Minns and his counter-terrorism minister is linked to two Iranian revolutionary networks—co-founded with Hamas and Hezbollah—and lauded the October 7, 2023, massacres and the “jihadist path” of the Ayatollah’s terror army.
The Australian: Revealing that NSW Health hand-picked as a trusted community voice an Australian cleric who repeatedly praised Hezbollah fighters and the Iranian regime now accused of sponsoring young men to allegedly set an Australian synagogue ablaze.
Co-author ABC News: Revealing Chinese Communist Party influence in Confucius Institutes at universities and schools worldwide
7NEWS: Revealing Australia's top security-cleared officials are using PRC Government-surveilled WeChat for their most personal conversations, including about work
7NEWS: Revealing a Liberal candidate represented Opposition Leader Peter Dutton at a business dinner backed by a PRC Government-funded “overseas Chinese liaison station” while the opposition criticised the government for CCP united front interactions | The Bureau
7NEWS: Revealing Victoria Police's Special Operations Group have a $22.6 million counter-terrorism training base at Avalon Airport and the Australian Federal Police considered the airport a high terrorism risk yet neither had any ongoing presence there when an armed intruder hijacked a plane bound for Sydney
7NEWS: Revealing that the Dural caravan anti-semitic "mass casualty" counter-terrorism investigation spread interstate
The Nightly: Interviewing an Australian victim of an Islamic State attack in Afghanistan | Initial story The Nightly: Australian tourist reportedly injured in Bamyan, Afghanistan shooting
7NEWS: Exposing and tracing a luxury hotel fraudster exploiting men across Australia who was wanted for as long as seven years | QNews; Star Observer | 7NEWS: NSW convicts Dongqiao Li | Star Observer; OUTinPerth; QNews
7NEWS: Revealing a violent gay hate crime near Oxford Street in Sydney and interviewing the offender | Star Observer
7NEWS: Revealing internal NSW Police documents about a wave of perceived ethnic and sexual orientation hate crimes across Sydney
Analysis
Analysis
Analysis; co-author ASPI The Strategist: Crowdstrike outage and vendor security
Analysis The Australian: Democracy needs big tech in the tent
Interviews
Interviews
The Australian: Dymocks 1 million customer hack
The Australian: Accused Chinese spy Alexander Csergo
Australian Financial Review: Defeating electoral misinformation
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