WikiLeaks wins top Australian journalism prize

WikiLeaks wins top Australian journalism prize:

"The WikiLeaks website has won Australian journalism’s most prestigious annual prize—the Walkley Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism. Chosen by a panel of journalists and photographers, a Walkley is the national equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize in the US."

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Cloak and dollar: how much do security agencies in Australia really need?

Cloak and dollar: how much do security agencies in Australia really need?:

"In an era of evolving threats, judgment calls will continue to rely on the provision of accurate, timely intelligence. But this intelligence does not come cheap."

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Asylum seekers released on bridging visas | News | NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au

Asylum seekers released on bridging visas | News | NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au:

"SOME asylum seekers detained in Darwin are among the first to be released into the community on bridging visas but it will be up to them where they live."

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Mother of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, speaks with the WSWS

Mother of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, speaks with the WSWS:

"Christine Assange, the mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, spoke with the World Socialist Web Site last week during US President Barack Obama’s visit to Australia. Early this month, Britain’s High Court dismissed an appeal by Julian Assange against his extradition to Sweden on frame-up charges of rape and sexual assault."

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D Notice - WikiSpooks

D Notice - WikiSpooks:

"A voluntary system of D-Notices was also used in Australia starting in 1952 during the Cold War period and were issued by the Defence, Press and Broadcasting Committee. At the first meeting of the Committee, eight D-Notices were issued covering atomic tests in Australia, aspects of naval shipbuilding, official ciphering, the number and deployment of Centurion tanks, troop movements in the Korean War, weapons and equipment information not officially released, aspects of air defence and certain aerial photographs.[3]"

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Detention firm fined $15m for care failure

Detention firm fined $15m for care failure:

"THE multinational company that runs the immigration detention network has been fined $15 million for failing in its duty of care to asylum seekers and for underperformance."

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The plot to get Gough

The plot to get Gough:

"MEDIA baron Rupert Murdoch and former prime minister Malcolm Fraser exchanged secrets, including intelligence information, in efforts to politically destroy Labor leader Gough Whitlam."

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Humphrey McQueen: Obama’s marines not welcome here | Green Left Weekly

Humphrey McQueen: Obama’s marines not welcome here | Green Left Weekly:

"Ten years ago, we were told that we were going to chose who came here. Today, we are exercising that choice by protesting at the arrival of the war and economic criminal Obama."

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Security clearance industry needs a thorough overhaul - Opinion - Editorial - General - The Canberra Times

Security clearance industry needs a thorough overhaul

- Opinion - Editorial - General - The Canberra Times:

"The security clearance industry is just that - an industry. In theory and more often in practice the more sophisticated a society the more efficient and streamlined is the process for obtaining a security clearance."

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Accused cop Simon Artz read terror raid file | The Australian

Accused cop Simon Artz read terror raid file | The Australian:

"A VICTORIA Police detective accused of leaking details of a major anti-terror investigation accessed a computer file listing the targets of the Operation Neath raids 14 minutes before leaving the office to meet with a senior journalist from The Australian."

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Survey: Aussies snub Govt protection programs - Networks - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence

Survey: Aussies snub Govt protection programs

- Networks - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence:

"Symantec has released a report claiming that only half of Australia’s critical infrastructure providers (CIPs) were prepared to cooperate with Federal Government agencies charged with improving their security."

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Detective a 'minnow' in leak on terror raids | The Australian

Detective a 'minnow' in leak on terror raids | The Australian:

"SIMON Overland's public declaration on the morning of the Operation Neath terror raids that he would vigorously pursue the source of a leak to The Australian newspaper created a "toxic high-profile" atmosphere that resulted in detective Simon Artz facing criminal charges rather than internal police discipline."

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Fraser mulled taskforce to probe leaks - National News - National - General - The Canberra Times

Fraser mulled taskforce to probe leaks

- National News - National - General - The Canberra Times:

"Malcolm Fraser's cabinet considered setting up a special panel of investigators to probe the leaking of confidential government information, documents issued by the National Archives show."

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Talking points of Operation Neath disseminated as part of media strategy | The Australian

Talking points of Operation Neath disseminated as part of media strategy | The Australian:

"The committal hearing of Simon Artz, a Victoria Police detective accused of leaking information about the investigation, today heard outlines of Operation Neath were distributed to the media units of Victoria Police, ASIO, the NSW Crime Commission and other agencies so they could start preparing press releases."

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Cyber security a top priority - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Cyber security a top priority - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):

"There are claims cyber thieves have stolen classified material from the Defence Department as Australia sees a dramatic escalation in cyber attacks."

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Journalist unware of key details of upcoming anti-terror raid | The Australian

Journalist unware of key details of upcoming anti-terror raid | The Australian:

"A JOURNALIST from The Australian who contacted federal police about Melbourne residents supporting Islamic extremists in Somalia did not appear to know key aspects about a major counter-terrorism operation already underway, a court has heard."

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Aussie Defense IT adviser lost a dozen intelligence briefings - Charlotte City Buzz | Examiner.com

Aussie Defense IT adviser lost a dozen intelligence briefings - Charlotte City Buzz | Examiner.com:

"The office of the defense force's top information technology adviser lost a dozen intelligence briefings of the most highly classified level - "above top secret" - in another embarrassing incident for Australia's armed services."

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Security a safe market

Security a safe market:

"THESE days, the surest way to gain acceptance for policy proposals that former Treasury secretary Ken Henry might have called "frankly, bad" is to wrap them in a ''security'' blanket."

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Top cop denies warning over leak | The Australian

Top cop denies warning over leak | The Australian:

"A VICTORIA Police officer cannot recall a conversation he concedes could have occurred in which a subordinate insists he told him their office could have been responsible for the leaking of a counter-terrorism operation with the AFP and ASIO."

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Ever felt like someone is watching you? – seeuinsydney

Ever felt like someone is watching you? – seeuinsydney:

"Australia’s Secret Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) was set up in 1949 has files on over half a million Australians over the years. They have watched and recorded information on suspected of threats to national security, alleged communists, and university student hippies such as movie reviewer David Stratton (I kid you not)."

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AFP split with Victoria Police on terror raid plans | The Australian

AFP split with Victoria Police on terror raid plans

| The Australian:

"A RIFT between senior figures within the Victoria Police and Australian Federal Police over how best to conduct the critical stage of a major anti-terror operation -- including when to raid terror suspects and how best to contain a leak that had compromised the long-standing investigation -- has been revealed in a Melbourne court."

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Sri Lankan refugees believed to be Tamil Tigers | The Australian

Sri Lankan refugees believed to be Tamil Tigers

| The Australian:

"AT least 40 of the 44 boatpeople who have been declared security threats by ASIO are believed to be Sri Lankan Tamils with links to that country's terrorist organisation."

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AFP feared leak could spark terror attack | Herald Sun

AFP feared leak could spark terror attack | Herald Sun:

"THE Australian Federal Police (AFP) held grave fears for public safety when it emerged that details of planned anti-terrorism raids had been leaked to a media outlet, a court has been told."

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