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ASIO staff are working overtime as public servants wait for clearance to handle top secret information

Doug Dingwall
Updated September 9 2021 - 9:36pm, first published 6:00pm

Staff at the nation's domestic spy agency are working overtime to reduce long waits for officials needing high-level security clearances to handle top secret information.

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Doug Dingwall

Doug Dingwall

Parliamentary bureau chief

Doug Dingwall is The Canberra Times' parliamentary bureau chief. He writes about government and federal politics, and has an interest in integrity, industrial relations and foreign affairs. Previously he worked at The Examiner in Launceston, where he won a Tasmanian Human Rights Award for his reporting. Contact him on doug.dingwall@canberratimes.com.au

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