Tonight, two former spies speak out about their under cover work for Australia.  Their revelations raise serious questions about the conduct and priorities of our overseas intelligence operations.  As a result, we're holding over our advertised program.

The Australian Secret Intelligence Service - ASIS - is by necessity a
shadowy organisation.  Its job is to gather information abroad that could be important to Australia ... in other words, to spy on other countries.
Few would suggest that we should never indulge in such covert activities.
At times, it's clearly vital.  But as you'll see tonight, spying is also
fraught with danger ... for the agents ... and for the broader interest
they're supposed to serve.