ASIO war on illegal fishing | Crikey

ASIO war on illegal fishing | Crikey:

"This week at Estimates, there was a sequel to the circumstances around the passage of the “WikiLeaks” amendment earlier this year that expanded ASIO’s powers to gather foreign intelligence to incorporate not merely “non-state actors” but virtually anything relating to Australia or its interests, including commercial interests."

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Air marshals cut from the skies as cost cutting bites | thetelegraph.com.au

Air marshals cut from the skies as cost cutting bites

| thetelegraph.com.au:

"ARMED guards on planes will fly almost entirely on international routes after the axing of 36 air marshals."

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ASIO gradually “going dark” with intercept targets - CSO | The Resource for Data Security Executives

ASIO gradually “going dark” with intercept targets

- CSO | The Resource for Data Security Executives:

"The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation is “gradually ‘going dark’” on its telecommunications intercept capabilities, referring to the challenge law enforcement have intercepting peer-to-peer, web and Skype like communications"

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Australia: Ongoing conspiracy of silence over SIEV X tragedy

Australia: Ongoing conspiracy of silence over SIEV X tragedy:

"A decade ago, on October 19, 2001, a seriously overcrowded 19-metre vessel, later known as SIEV X and carrying 400 refugees from the Middle East and North Africa, broke up and sank in international waters between Indonesia and Australia’s Christmas Island. Three hundred and fifty-three people, including 146 children and 142 women, drowned. Most were attempting to rejoin their husbands and fathers on Temporary Protection Visas in Australia but legally denied family reunion rights."

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