That Striped Sunlight Sound: Redgum - Everything's Legal Anything Goes

"Break-in, stake out, tell it in code
Everything is legal, anything goes
The nights get darker and the ill wind blows
Your life's in a databank at ASIO"

Mamdouh Habib - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"Australian government authorities allege that Habib was in Afghanistan, and that while there he took an advanced al-Qaeda training course in a camp near Kabul. It is claimed that the course included surveillance and photographing facilities, the establishment and use of safe houses, covert travel and writing secret reports. Australian authorities say that several other men who took part in the course identified Habib as having been there. Evidence to support these claims has not been made public"

Public Announcements: Mamdouh Habib

"The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) has been requested by the Prime Minister to conduct an inquiry into the actions of relevant Australian agencies in relation to the arrest and detention overseas of Mr Mamdouh Habib from 2001 to 2005."

PM - ASIO sued over Oceanic Viking security assessments 20/01/2011

"Australia's spy agency ASIO is being challenged in the Federal Court over the ongoing detention of Sri Lankan refugees."

Tamils’ torment not over | Green Left Weekly

"Ten-year-old Tamil refugee Brindha faces deportation to Sri Lanka after being rejected by the immigration department, the January 3 Australian said."

Shari’a for Australia | Five Wise Virgins

"One day Australia will be ruled by sharia"

William (Bill) Robertson MC OBE

"William (Bill) Robertson, who has died aged 93, had just the right mixture of personal attributes to be successful at all three of these careers, any one of which would be beyond most of us."

Mamdouh Habib: who knew what, and when? | Inside Story

"The federal government has announced a private inquiry into the treatment of Mamdouh Habib."

Intelligence community to face review

"An independent review of the Australian intelligence community has been announced by the Prime Minister Julia Gillard."

Comment | Andrew Wilke | The Monthly

"They have almost lost their war on terror."

Cleric fears rise of home-grown radicalism | The Australian

"THERE is one point on which ASIO and Australia's most controversial Muslim cleric, Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali agree: home-grown extremism is on the rise."

WA won't relax gun rules for CHOGM security | Perth Now

"He said Australian security agencies, including WA Police and Australian Federal Police, would accept full responsibility for the security of visiting foreign dignitaries during CHOGM."

stackja1945: Spy who enraged and saddened ALP

"It was on October 21, 1975, that an enraged Whitlam sacked Robertson, who was one of the founders of the ASIS in 1950 and who for most of the following 25 years was variously chief of operations, deputy director or director."

'I'm the mufti in all but name,' says Sheik Taj Din al-Hilali | The Australian

"AUSTRALIA'S most controversial sheik, Taj Din al-Hilali, has declared himself the nation's most senior Islamic figure."

Mamdouh Habib's story is backed by evidence | The Australian

"LAST December 17 in Sydney, officers representing the federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland signed a secret deal with former terror suspect Mamdouh Habib."

Spooks spooked? | The RiotACT

"As Canberran’s watch, jaws agape, the Gestapo HQ go up, up, up in the shadow of Mount Pleasant the SMH brings word that the to date unbridled growth of intelligence services might be coming to an end:"

Government denies overlooking cyber threats - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"The Federal Government says it is very conscious of the threat to the Australian community from computer hackers."

Hackers make a mockery of government security | The Australian

"AUSTRALIA is facing an unprecedented cyber security crisis with new attacks from global hackers growing at a much faster rate than the federal government can respond."