New national security and intelligence agency on cards

New national security and intelligence agency on cards
Paul McBeth
A new agency to lead New Zealand’s security services focusing solely on threats and intelligence issues is among the recommendations the government has agreed to in principle from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into last year’s terror attacks.Justice William Young and former diplomat Jacqui Caine delivered 44 recommendations in their 792-page report to improve the nation’s counter-terrorism effort and firearms licensing regime, support the survivors and witnesses of the attacks, and improve NZ’s response to an increasin...

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