The head of Australia’s spy agency has warned public servants against adding their security clearance to online profiles.

More than 35,000 Australians on a single professional networking site indicated they had access to classified or private information, according to ASIO director-general Mike Burgess.

Home affairs minister Tony Burke told ABC Radio on Friday. "I get that people on their profiles want to make themselves as employable as possible for the next job, but the best way to show that you are worthy of future work is to be worthy of helping keep secrets."

Watch the National Account’s Archie Milligan for the explainer:

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