Leak of top-secret Asio advice on Israel embassy move referred to federal police

Asio director general Duncan Lewis says Scott Morrison had not sought the agency’s advice on possible embassy relocation

The leak of top-secret Asio advice to the media concerning Scott Morrison’s proposal to relocate the Australian embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem has been referred to the federal police.

In a bulletin leaked to the Guardian Australia, Asio had warned the move may “provoke protest, unrest and possibly some violence in Gaza and the West Bank”.

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