CANBERRA, ACT, Oct. 16 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
I am pleased to announce that the Governor-General has agreed to the appointment of Ms Kathy Klugman as the next Director-General of National Intelligence, the head of the Office of National Intelligence.
Ms Klugman will take up her appointment when the current Director-General, Mr Andrew Shearer completes his term of appointment.
Ms Klugman is the first woman to lead the Office of National Intelligence or its predecessor the Office of National Assessments.
Ms Klugman has had a distinguished career in the Australian Public Service holding senior positions in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of the Prime Minister an...