Ignored warnings about fuel security have left Australia vulnerable

It’s not as though we haven’t been warned before – in 2012, politicians from both sides were calling for the nation to shore up its fuel supply.

ASIO’s compulsory questioning powers to be made permanent

Labor’s law to make the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s (ASIO) compulsory questioning powers permanent is now before the Senate, after passing the House of Representatives in mid-February.

Introduced on July 23 last year, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Bill (No. 2) aims to give the spy agency the right to question non-suspects for up to 24 hours.

Australian Submarines - Dangerous Cold War Missions (from the archives)

Submarine & Nuclear Matters .. gone

Australian Submarines - Dangerous Cold War Missions

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Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Azure Australia certified good enough for government work • The Register

 "IRAP is run by the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD), an signals intelligence agency that also has a substantial role in setting Australian government security standards. Foresight's assessors are registered by the DSD."



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Wednesday, 29 October 2014

AWS scores same Oz gov sec creds as Azure

"IRAP is run by Australia's sigint agency, the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD), and is pretty much the same as the USA's Fedramp cert. Those who score an IRAP tick are allowed to store non-classified government data."



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Friday, 10 October 2014

SmartCompany - Federal government releases “cloud-first” policy in a bid to cut ICT costs in a move welcomed by Microsoft

"Microsoft is set to be major beneficiary of the policy, announced just days after Azure became the first public cloud service in Australia to pass an Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) Industry Security Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessment."



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Distressed Holt took 'pep pills', claims former GG

PRIME Minister Harold Holt was distressed and may have been over-confident from ''pep pills'' before entering the sea and going to his death in December 1967, according to taped statements from former governor-general Sir Paul Hasluck.

Distressed Holt took 'pep pills', claims former GG

ASIO can’t be bothered: less accountable, less productive

Despite ASIO’s endlessly increasing budget, its latest annual report shows an organisation doing less work and being less accountable — even the report itself is lazily cobbled together.

Bernard Keane

Oct 28, 20094 min read

Plan for food security in the face of supply chain issues

The Australian Government has now commissioned a National Food Supply Chain Assessment, as part of the National Food Security Strategy. The assessment is designed to feed into the work of the newly established Fuel Supply Taskforce, and provide advice to government on practical steps to strengthen preparedness for disruptions to food production and supply chains.

US bans sale of new foreign-made routers

 

Australians could have to reconsider their choice of network and Wi-Fi routers, if the ACSC opts to follow a new US government ban on foreign-made routers that’s set to block the sale of some of the world’s most widely used devices

ASD's ACSC issues guidance on cybersecurity for low-earth orbit satellite communications

 

Key Takeaways

• Cybersecurity Risks: LEO SATCOM faces threats such as jamming, unauthorized command injection, spoofing, malware, and tampering.
• Legacy Systems: Older satellite systems may lack secure architectures and rely on unencrypted protocols.
• Ground Stations: Highly interconnected and susceptible to malware, social engineering, and denial-of-service attacks.
• User Terminals: Vulnerable to poor endpoint security, unpatched software, and insecure configurations.
• Supply Chains: Risks include hardware backdoors, component tampering, and inconsistent vendor security practices.

Boy charged for collecting terrorism material

 

Published:

Wednesday 25 March 2026 at 2:29 pm

This is a joint release between the Australian Federal Police, Victoria Police and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

A boy has been charged by the Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) with allegedly collecting manuals, guides and material promoting ISIS-inspired terrorism.