Public Statements

ANU National Security College - Dialogue with Students - 29 October 2024
ASIS Director-General Kerri Hartland addresses students from ANU and the University of Canberra about the mythology surrounding ASIS's work.

The Mandarin - Sticky Notes - 8 April 2024 
A profile of ASIS Director-General Kerri Hartland.

The Australian Business Review - 8 April 2024
ASIS Deputy Director-General Capability, Corporate Management and Transformation Catherine Burn provides insight into how the Service views artificial intelligence.

ANU National Security College - An interview with ASIS's Chief Technology Officer - 8 August 2023
For the first time in ASIS's history, an unidentified officer sat down with the ANU National Security College podcast to talk about strengthening national security through diversity.

Women in National Security: Catherine Burn - 19 May 2022
The first public interview of Catherine Burn in the role of ASIS Deputy Director-General Capability, Corporate Management and Transformation.

Foreign espionage: An Australian perspective – 10 May 2022  

To mark the 70th anniversary, ASIS Director-General Paul Symon addressed the Lowy Institute on the past, present and future of foreign espionage from an Australian perspective.

The ASIS Interviews by ASPI – 28 September 2020 – 8 October 2020 
A four-part interview series with ASIS’s Director-General who talks about the purposes and principles of ASIS and spying in the 21st century.

Qantas Travel Insider – 12 December 2019
ASIS's Director-General speaks about leadership, and how he protects secrets and his employees.

Australia in the World Podcast – 25 July 2019
In his first ever interview since being appointed as Director-General of ASIS, Paul Symon provides insight into the unique organisation.

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