Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has confirmed he met with FBI Director Kash Patel during his low-key visit to Australia last week, following revelations Patel visited New Zealand to set up a new regional office.
The dinner meeting, held on July 27 in Sydney, also included Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw. It remained undisclosed until July 31 for “simple security reasons,” Burke told ABC Radio National.
“I certainly don’t issue a media release every time I talk to one of my counterparts,” he said.
“But the dinner was a really good discussion about the different ways we keep people safe.”…