Former spy chief says recommendations regarding intelligence agencies shouldn’t wait for royal commission’s final report
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Improvements to public safety and intelligence in the wake of the Bondi terrorist attack “cannot wait until December”, former spy chief Dennis Richardson has said just days after he sensationally quit the antisemitism royal commission.
“You cannot leave matters that go to public safety till the end of the year, particularly when you have a small section of the community living in such fear,” Richardson told an ABC podcast.
A former director-general of Asio and ambassador to the US, Richardson resigned from the royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion, headed by former high court judge Virginia Bell. This reportedly followed disagreement over when recommendations would be made over potential failures in security arrangements and the work of intelligence agencies.
