Wreckers' agenda hijack incited embassy anger | The Australian

Wreckers' agenda hijack incited embassy anger | The Australian:

" would like to send my apologies to Julia Gillard but I question the Attorney-General's office and ASIO for not adequately reviewing their policies on event risk assessment. I find there is negligence in allowing the event the Prime Minister attended and the embassy 40th celebrations to run only metres apart."

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Security row erupts over secret manual | News | NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au

Security row erupts over secret manual | News | NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au:

"THE release of a "confidential" manual that details how Serco security officers use force against asylum seekers in a Darwin detention centre could jeopardise national security, a court has been told."

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Secret past of Greens senator Lee Rhiannon | The Australian

Secret past of Greens senator Lee Rhiannon | The Australian:

"A SECRET meeting was set up between Lee Rhiannon, now a Greens senator, and a man identified as the KGB station chief in Australia before a lengthy 1970 overseas trip seen as a milestone in her ideological development, declassified ASIO files reveal."

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ASIO targeting Muslims 'the wrong way' : World News Australia on SBS

ASIO targeting Muslims 'the wrong way' : World News Australia on SBS:

"Australian Muslims are being asked to consider becoming secret agents for the domestic spy agency, ASIO, but Muslim community leaders say they're going about it the wrong way."

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Hacked or not, Ludlam's a target of spies - Security - News - ZDNet Australia

Hacked or not, Ludlam's a target of spies - Security - News - ZDNet Australia:

"Whether its recently perceived dodgy battery life means that Senator Scott Ludlam's iPhone has been hacked by spooks or not, it should come as no surprise that he'd be of interest to intelligence services, both local and foreign."

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Cost of spy game breaks $1 billion

Cost of spy game breaks $1 billion:

"AUSTRALIA'S spies cost more than $1 billion a year to run and they are becoming increasingly involved in frontline operations, according to a landmark review of the country's intelligence community."

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Aussie spy agencies face cyber threats

Aussie spy agencies face cyber threats:

"Australia's intelligence must cope with a rising tide of information on the internet while staying alert to simmering tensions in the Asia-Pacific, an independent review has found."

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Radio Australia:Connect Asia:Story:Islamic Council welcomes call for Muslims to be recruited by ASIO

Radio Australia:Connect Asia:Story:Islamic Council welcomes call for Muslims to be recruited by ASIO:

"How might this call be seen within Islamic communities in Australia?"

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VEXNEWS © 2012 | TIN-FOIL HAT SENATOR: Greens party politician Scott Ludlam thinks Big Brother is watching him

VEXNEWS © 2012 | TIN-FOIL HAT SENATOR: Greens party politician Scott Ludlam thinks Big Brother is watching him:

"West Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says his iPhone may have been hacked by the federal government so it could keep tabs on an internet activist."

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Review justifies huge changes for spy agencies

Review justifies huge changes for spy agencies:

"PUBLIC findings of the first independent review of the intelligence community in eight years are to be released today, with its authors deciding the huge legislative and funding changes wrought to agencies since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have been justified."

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ASIO boss says we need more Muslim recruits to combat terror threats in Australia | thetelegraph.com.au

ASIO boss says we need more Muslim recruits to combat terror threats in Australia | thetelegraph.com.au:

"THE country's top spy boss says ASIO must recruit more Muslims into the intelligence agency as the fear of a home grown terror attack remained a "real threat"."

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Threat of terror in Aust still real: ASIO

Threat of terror in Aust still real: ASIO:

"Director-general of security at ASIO David Irvine says the organisation is also continuing to see a number of Australians who are trying to travel overseas to participate in terrorist acts."

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Threat of terror in Aust still real: ASIO | News | Business Spectator

Threat of terror in Aust still real: ASIO | News | Business Spectator:

"Australia is experiencing a worrying trend of home-grown terrorism, the head of the nation's spy agency says."

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WA Senator accuses government of hacking his phone

WA Senator accuses government of hacking his phone:

"WA Senator Scott Ludlam fears the federal government hacked his mobile phone while he was escorting a former WikiLeaks associate visiting Australia."

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Melham says monitoring threats is the answer - Local News - News - Canterbury-Bankstown Express

Melham says monitoring threats is the answer - Local News - News - Canterbury-Bankstown Express:

"BANKS federal Labor MP Daryl Melham believes detention is not the answer for refugees found to be security threats."

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Champion of the underdog railed against injustice

Champion of the underdog railed against injustice:

"Frank Stevens became, successively, a champion swimmer, noted academic and successful barrister and railed against the oppression of the weak by the strong, of the minority by the majority, of the daring by the mediocre."

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Dept 'failed to care for teenage refugee' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Dept 'failed to care for teenage refugee' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):

"The Immigration Department has failed to provide adequate psychiatric care to a young refugee, the teenager's lawyers have told the Federal Court in Adelaide."

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through a looking-glass darkly ..... | Your Democracy

through a looking-glass darkly ..... | Your Democracy:

"There are currently over 50 people in immigration detention in Australia who have been found to be refugees but have received adverse security assessments from the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). These are people who the Minister for Immigration accepts are entitled to our protection, but they face the prospect of remaining in detention for life because of the ASIO assessments. The number of people who have received adverse ASIO assessments has increased dramatically in recent years."

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ASIO fence for public safety, not security - National News - National - General - The Canberra Times

ASIO fence for public safety, not security - National News - National - General - The Canberra Times:

"It's a fence, but not as we know it. And it's there for our safety, not ASIO's security, according to the Federal Government."

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ASIO watch on Chinese money

ASIO watch on Chinese money:

"CHINESE investment in Australia is coming under increased federal government scrutiny, with ASIO and other intelligence groups weighing up possible national security risks."

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Aus becoming surveillance state: Ludlam - Security - News - ZDNet Australia

Aus becoming surveillance state: Ludlam - Security - News - ZDNet Australia:

"Australian law enforcement agencies were issued 243,631 warrants to obtain telecommunications logs in the period from July 2010 to June 2011. According to Greens' Senator Scott Ludlam, that vastly overshadowed the 3500-odd legal intercepts of communications and makes us part of what privacy activist Jacob Appelbaum calls the "surveillance planet"."

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Australia: Deportation of Pakistani student

Australia: Deportation of Pakistani student:

"The interrogation, detention and deportation of a Pakistani student as an alleged security risk underscores the Labor government’s growing reliance on police-state powers given to the security agencies since 2001 under the guise of the “war on terrorism.”"

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SEEK - Assistant Director-General - Executive Job in ACT

SEEK - Assistant Director-General - Executive Job in ACT:

"Assistant Director-General - Executive"

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Fake crime fighter is a swindler on the loose | Herald Sun

Fake crime fighter is a swindler on the loose | Herald Sun:

"A CON artist who posed as a federal agent and sexually assaulted a prisoner is swindling his way across the country."

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Refugee movement sets 2012 plans | Green Left Weekly

Refugee movement sets 2012 plans | Green Left Weekly:

"Refugee rights activists representing groups and individuals from Darwin, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra, Wollongong, Sydney, and the Blue Mountains met on December 3 to plan campaign activities for this year."

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Gov’t should stop spying on climate movement | Green Left Weekly

Gov’t should stop spying on climate movement | Green Left Weekly:

"If you are an activist peacefully campaigning for a clean energy future, the federal Labor government believes you are a legitimate target for secret surveillance."

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Police investigate council ‘threat' | Northern Rivers News | Local News in Northern Rivers | Northern Rivers Echo

Police investigate council ‘threat' | Northern Rivers News | Local News in Northern Rivers | Northern Rivers Echo:

""I've been checked out by ASIO, the Attorney General, the firearms registry, police and the security industry. I'm not a criminal but I get treated like one."

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Not waiting for the wind - On Line Opinion - 12/1/2012

Not waiting for the wind - On Line Opinion - 12/1/2012:

"Three strands come together to make this one of the most powerful and insightful stories to emerge from WWII in recent times: the spectre of German-occupied Denmark, a strong sense of duty and an indomitable human spirit."

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Student Salman Ghumman deported to Pakistan despite safety concerns | The Australian

Student Salman Ghumman deported to Pakistan despite safety concerns | The Australian:

"A MELBOURNE accounting student has been deported on security grounds after questioning by ASIO officials over suspect phone calls to Pakistan."

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Hypocrisy to the fore as protesters persecuted

Hypocrisy to the fore as protesters persecuted:

"environmental activists peacefully protesting at coal and gas mining sites are being put under increased surveillance by authorities (''AFP spies targeting green activists'', January 7-8).

Isn't this the sort of thing one should expect only in an autocratic state or a banana republic, not in a good democracy like Australia?

Just goes to show the power and influence capitalists have on the state to protect their vested interests over all else, including citizens' civil rights and liberty, even in a democracy."

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Spies eye green protesters

Spies eye green protesters:

"A FEDERAL government minister has pushed for increased police surveillance of environmental activists peacefully protesting at coal-fired power stations and coal export facilities."

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Intelligence review stays on hold, fuelling upset

Intelligence review stays on hold, fuelling upset:

"THE most important review of the Australian intelligence community in eight years has languished for six months without public release, further emphasising concern that the national security community is being neglected by Julia Gillard."

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Fears national security not a priority on PM's radar | smh.com.au

Fears national security not a priority on PM's radar | smh.com.au:

"THE most important review of the Australian intelligence community in eight years has languished for six months without publication, further emphasising concern that the national security community is being neglected by Julia Gillard."

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Hatold Holt, the Prime Minister who Disappeared | Past Imperfect

Hatold Holt, the Prime Minister who Disappeared | Past Imperfect:

"On the gusty afternoon of December 17, 1967, a group of five adults arrived at Cheviot Beach, near Portsea, Victoria, and strolled along the Bass Strait beneath the warm Australian sun. Harold Holt was eager for a swim, and after stepping behind a rock outcrop in the sand dunes, he emerged wearing a pair of blue swim trunks. Marjorie Gillespie and her daughter, Vyner, both in bikinis, turned to the water and noticed that the surf, at high tide, was higher than they’d ever seen it."

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Greens in push to axe ASIO child checks

Greens in push to axe ASIO child checks:

"THE Greens have called for the immediate suspension of ASIO security checks being conducted on child asylum seekers because of concern the practice breaches human rights obligations."

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Terror alert after killings - The West Australian

Terror alert after killings - The West Australian:

"Australia's top domestic spy agency feared a string of terror attacks and assassinations against Turkish diplomats across the country, forcing the Hawke Government to secretly lift the nation's terror readiness."

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US planned to fire missile at Australia, secret Cabinet papers from 1980s reveal | News.com.au

US planned to fire missile at Australia, secret Cabinet papers from 1980s reveal | News.com.au:

"A SECRET US plan to test MX missiles by firing them from California to the coast of Australia was signed off on by then prime minister Malcolm Fraser."

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Cabinet papers reveal secrets of early Hawke-Keating years | Courier Mail

Cabinet papers reveal secrets of early Hawke-Keating years | Courier Mail:

"On the international front the Falklands War began, rock group KISS officially appeared in public without make-up for the first time on MTV, Flashdance and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi dominated the box office, and McDonald's introduced the McNugget.

On the homefront, random breath testing was introduced, the Ash Wednesday fires in Victoria and South Australia claimed the lives of 76 people and Australia finally won the America's Cup yacht series. And, it was a very big year in politics."

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