https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/30/spy-chief-on-chinese-telecoms-in-australia-5g-rollout.html

The head of an Australian intelligence agency has addressed the decision to exclude Chinese telecoms firms from the country's 5G rollout.

Speaking at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute national security dinner in Canberra on Monday, Mike Burgess, director general of the Australian Signals Directorate, said the exclusion was a matter of national security.