Fed: ASIO has adequate resources and staff - Ruddock

AAP General News (Australia)
02-22-2004
Fed: ASIO has adequate resources and staff - Ruddock

Attorney-General PHILIP RUDDOCK says the federal government doesn't need to follow
Britain's lead and boost staff numbers and funding for Australia's peak intelligence body
ASIO.

The British government is reportedly planning to announce a major recruitment drive
to hire an extra 1,000 staff for MI5 to counter the terrorism threat.

But Mr RUDDOCK says domestic intelligence services have had a $2.5 billion funding
boost since the September 11, 2001, terrorist …