Critical Legal Thinking › Transitory persons, precarious lives: irregular migrants in Australian law (Part 1)

"The government pours its ‘unprecedented resources’ into shady operations of the Australian Federal Police (AFP), the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and the Indonesian Navy and Police that attempt to disrupt ‘people smuggling’ operations and prevent boats leaving or intercepting before they reach Australian waters."

Ben Chifley threatened Harry S Truman with troop withdrawal from Japan | Herald Sun

"Even before Shedden reached the US in May, Attlee wrote to Truman again to assure him that Australia had lifted its stand on security with the creation of ASIO."

57 years later, a Petrov twist

"''[ASIO head Charles] Spry strongly supports Prime Minister … Spry states now that in event of Evatt becoming prime minister, UK Government should seriously consider withholding important secrets.''"