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The Australian Secret Intelligence Service, or ASIS, is Australia's equivalent of Britain's MI6 or America's CIA, gathering intelligence for Australia overseas. In the 60-year history of ASIS, no head of the organisation has spoken publicly. On 19 July 2012 the ASIS Director-General, Nick Warner, did so at a Lowy Institute lecture. Mr Warner  was interviewed on ABC's PM program.. 

Rory Medcalf, Program Director International Security, was interviewed on Radio National's Asia Pacific program on the role of ASIS, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, along with Mr Nick Warner, Director-General of ASIS, on the contents of Mr Warner's speech to the Lowy Institute on 19 July, 'ASIS at 60'.

In an article in The Australian on the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's reluctance to embrace the new order of conducting business online, Nick Bryant quotes Lowy Institute Research Fellow Fergus Hanson.

Lowy Institute Military Fellow James Brown was interviewed on SKY News Australia's PM Agenda program on Australia's military budget.

In an article in The Australian on the implications of Defence budget cuts in Australia and the United States, Brendan Nicholson and Mark Dodd quote Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Wesley.

Nick Bryant, writing for BBC News Magazine about Twitter and the other online tools that governments are increasingly using to extend their spheres of internet influence, quotes Lowy Institute Research Fellow Fergus Hanson.

Baron Laudermilk, writing in The Asian Banker on analysts’ worries of a hard landing for the Chinese economy, quotes Mark Thirlwell, Program Dirrector International Economy.

Lowy Institute Visiting Fellow Dr Malcolm Cook was interviewed on ABC NewsRadio's Evenings program on Hillary Clinton's visit to Laos, the first by a US Secretary of State in 57 years, and the agenda for the ASEAN Forum.

Reporting in the Philippine Star that the Philippines will continue to monitor efforts by China to extract its warship that ran aground in a shoal off Palawan, Aurea Calica quotes Program Director International Security, Rory Medcalf.

In a long article in The Australian on the Australia-China relationship, Max Suich quotes the 2012 Lowy Institute Poll on public opinion and foreign policy.

An article in Islands Business on China's aid contributions to the Pacific Islands economies quotes a Lowy Institute Policy Brief by Fergus Hanson and Mary Fifita, China in the Pacific: the new banker in town.

In an article in The Australian on tensions over the Senkaku Islands, Rick Wallace quotes Rory Medcalf, Program Director International Security.

Rory Medcalf, Program Director International Security, spoke at the Center for Strategic & International Studies' South China Sea conference in Washington DC on 28 June 2012.Watch the video of Panel Two (Day Two): The South China Sea and Asia Pacific in Transition.

Lowy Institute Non-resident Fellow Dr Rodger Shanahan was interviewed on ABC News 24's The World program on developments regarding the situation in Syria.

In an article in The Jakarta Globe on the growth of Indonesia-Australia relations, James Losari quotes the 2012 Lowy Institute Indonesia Poll.

Sinai is ancient, religiously significant and geopolitically strategic, so how does it figure in the new, democratic Egypt?  Anthony Bubalo, Program Director West Asia, was interviewed on Radio National's Drive program on this topic on 5 July 2012.

Non-resident Fellow Dr Rodger Shanahan discussed the surprise defection of Syrian General Manaf Tlas from the Assad regime on ABC News 24 on 7 July 2012.

Research Fellow Dr Dave McRae was interviewed on Radio National's PM program on Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's call on Australia to speed up the release of underage crew caught on people smuggling boats. 

In an article in The Straits Times on the introduction of Australia's emissions tax, Jonathan Pearlman quotes findings on climate change from the Lowy Institute Poll.

Writing in The Australian on future business confidence in carbon pricing, Paul Kelly quotes findings on climate change action from the Lowy Institute Poll on public opinion and foreign policy.

Dr Dave McRae, Research Fellow in the East Asia Program, was interviewed on ABC NewsRadio's Mornings program on the visit to Australia of Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono for the second annual Indonesia-Australia Leaders' Meeting.

In an article for the Observer Research Foundation, Avrind John reports on a presentation by Rory Medcalf, Program Director International Security, entitled 'Managing uncertainty: Australia's evolving relation with the US, China and India', on 19 June 2012.

In an article in The Australian Financial Review on Australia's diplomacy with Indonesia, Greg Earl quotes the 2012 Lowy Institute Poll on public opinion and foreign policy.