NextDC opens Canberra data centre - Networking - Technology - News - iTnews.com.au

NextDC opens Canberra data centre - Networking - Technology - News - iTnews.com.au:

"NextDC has officially opened the doors of its C1 data centre in Canberra, its third facility in Australia to be brought online."

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The World Today - Lawyer says detained Oceanic Viking translator is being 'punished' 30/08/2012

The World Today - Lawyer says detained Oceanic Viking translator is being 'punished' 30/08/2012:

"ELEANOR HALL: Almost three years on from the stand-off over the Oceanic Viking, a handful of asylum seekers who were on that vessel are still in detention."

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Huawei's NBN olive branch | Technology Spectator

Huawei's NBN olive branch | Technology Spectator:

"The NBN debate took a rather unexpected turn this week as opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull’s attempts to shed further light on the Coalition's NBN were somewhat overshadowed by the talk of Huawei potentially returning to take part in the NBN."

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Australia's proposed Internet data retention law dubbed as 'characteristic of police state'

Australia's proposed Internet data retention law dubbed as 'characteristic of police state':

"Sydney, Aug. 29 (ANI): Proposed laws in Australia that would allow authorities to collect and store the web and telecommunications data of all citizens for two years has been dubbed as a 'characteristic of a police state'."

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An Anonymous threat

who is the threat?

If the point of Anonymous is to remain anonymous and if ASIO or the AFP have identified the recent attack by "Anonymous" does this mean they know who carried it out and from where, or is it easy to just say it was from an anonymous source?

ASIO building

new ASIO building in Canberra, near to completion

Gillard and ASIO cheif David Irvine

Gillard and ASIO chief David Irvine:

Julia Gillard and ASIO chief David Irvine at yesterday's opening of the Australian Counter-Terrorism Control Centre in Canberra. Picture: Ray Strange Source: The Australian

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Oakeshott 'surprised' at Coalition's Huawei pledge - Security - Technology - News - iTnews.com.au

Oakeshott 'surprised' at Coalition's Huawei pledge - Security - Technology - News - iTnews.com.au:

"Independent MP Rob Oakeshott has expressed surprise at a Coalition pledge to review Huawei's ban from NBN works should it come to power in the next election."

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Are ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) worker's identities kept secret? - Yahoo! Answers

Are ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) worker's identities kept secret? - Yahoo! Answers:

"I would like to know if people who work for ASIO have to keep their job a secret. Are they allowed to tell people they work for ASIO at all or is it limited, like they can tell just their family? Thanks for helping me out :D"

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Senate inquiry should investigate Tamil prosecutions, says lawyer | Green Left Weekly

Senate inquiry should investigate Tamil prosecutions, says lawyer | Green Left Weekly:

"Civil rights lawyer Rob Stary has called for a Senate inquiry into Australia's role in the war in Sri Lanka. Stary defended three Australian Tamil men charged with terrorism offences in 2007. He said such an inquiry would look at the reasons for the decision to prosecute the three."

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Coalition govt would review Huawei ban

Coalition govt would review Huawei ban:

"A coalition federal government would review the ban on Chinese company Huawei taking part in the National Broadband Network (NBN), communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull says."

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that's very liberal of them

www.watoday.com.au - Assange reports to remain secret

www.watoday.com.au - Assange reports to remain secret:

 "JULIAN Assange continues to be the subject of Australian intelligence reports more than a year after the WikiLeaks website published thousands of leaked US military and diplomatic documents."

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Strategic Planner job ($66,272) in Canberra & ACT, ACT ( Government and Defence:State Government )

Strategic Planner job ($66,272) in Canberra & ACT, ACT ( Government and Defence:State Government ):

Recreation and Community Facilities ???

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Cyber crackdown will lift costs, Huawei tells ALP | The Australian

Cyber crackdown will lift costs, Huawei tells ALP | The Australian:

"THE Chinese technology giant blocked from the National Broadband Network tender has issued a blunt warning to the Gillard government against using a proposed cyber-security crackdown to discriminate against firms purely because of their country of origin."

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Murdoch offer for Whitlam footage - National News - National - General - Casey Weekly

Murdoch offer for Whitlam footage - National News - National - General - Casey Weekly:

"RUPERT Murdoch agreed to pay a small-time movie producer $125,000 if he delivered incriminating footage of former prime minister Gough Whitlam accepting a briefcase full of cash from Iraqis to pay Labor debts, according to a new Whitlam biography."

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Rupert Murdoch | Gough Whitlam | Video, Photos, Interview

Rupert Murdoch | Gough Whitlam | Video, Photos, Interview:

"It was News Ltd's biggest scoop. The first of the stories designed to end Gough Whitlam's political career ran under the byline of 'A Special Correspondent'. Now the identity of that correspondent can finally be revealed."

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Anonymous claims hack website Australian intelligence - Datanews.be

Anonymous claims hack website Australian intelligence - Datanews.be:

"The international hacker collective Anonymous claims to be the site of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), the Australian intelligence service, to have been hacked."

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www.smh.com.au - How Murdoch wrote the final act in Gough saga

www.smh.com.au - How Murdoch wrote the final act in Gough saga:

"In this extract from her biography of Gough Whitlam, Jenny Hocking looks at the infamous 'Iraqi breakfast affair' and the involvement of a young Rupert Murdoch."

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Aust companies left open to online attacks: Irvine | News | Business Spectator

Aust companies left open to online attacks: Irvine | News | Business Spectator:

"The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation has warned that local companies are increasingly susceptible to internet based attacks due to growing activity levels online, reports Fairfax Media."

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Action urged on refugee detention

Action urged on refugee detention:

"THE Commonwealth Ombudsman has urged the Gillard government to find an urgent solution to deal with refugees deemed security threats by ASIO but whose mental and physical health is threatened by indefinite detention."

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Most cyber attacks fly under our radar: Aussie spy chief | ZDNet

Most cyber attacks fly under our radar: Aussie spy chief | ZDNet:

"Five thousand cyber attacks have been reported to Australia's CERT this year, but the director-general of ASIO says that it's just the tip of the iceberg."

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Time is ripe for cyber security rethink

Time is ripe for cyber security rethink:

"Recent cyber attacks on the Australian intelligence community serve as a timely reminder of the impact non-state actors can have in conducting politically motivated cyber attacks against the state. The emerging trend of unsanctioned non-state cyber actors (UNCAs) who claim to undertake malicious cyber activity on behalf of the state has implications for Australian national security policy and legislative frameworks."

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PressTV - Threatened by Assange, West to revisit spy tricks

PressTV - Threatened by Assange, West to revisit spy tricks:

"In 1979, when the founder of the Islamic Republic Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini instructed revolutionary students to “capture the ‘Den of Espionage,’” the US embassy in Tehran, the United States and its allies responded by calling the act a violation of the Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic Relations and Consular Affairs."

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Opinion on Sonia? (vs Gretel?)

Opinion on Sonia? (vs Gretel?)

Behind Big Brother Forums: "Opinion on Sonia? (vs Gretel?)"

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ASIO chief warns of business espionage

ASIO chief warns of business espionage:

"THE online revolution has left Australian companies increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks and commercial espionage, the nation's spy chief has warned."

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Tamil refugees deny posing security threat | The Australian

Tamil refugees deny posing security threat | The Australian:

"THREE Tamil refugees facing indefinite detention after the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) ruled they are a security risk have denied they pose any threat to Australia."

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ASIO chief warns of cyber threats to big business - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

ASIO chief warns of cyber threats to big business - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):

"The head of Australia's domestic intelligence organisation says governments and big business need to face up to the threat of cyber exploitation."

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Nauru detainee scarred by his five years in hell | Perth Now

Nauru detainee scarred by his five years in hell | Perth Now:

"THE last asylum seeker to leave Nauru said life in the island detention camp was worse than living in war-torn Iraq."

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Australian senator & US intelligence; the spy within Occupy: newly released GIF files… « Darker Net

Australian senator & US intelligence; the spy within Occupy: newly released GIF files… « Darker Net:

"Hundreds of new Global Intelligence Files, hacked by Anonymous and recently released by Wikileaks only two days after the Govt of Ecuador announced it was granting asylum to Julian Assange, the editor-in-chief of Wikileaks, provide more interesting reading. Here we present the link to the entire collection, plus links to selected batches. One of these batches provide further details on former Australian National Party senator, Bill O’ Chee, and his links to Stratfor, the private intelligence agency. Another batch of files exposes a spy within the New York Occupy movement. And there’s more…"

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Australia's secret Assange files | smh.com.au

Australia's secret Assange files | smh.com.au:

"Julian Assange continues to be the subject of Australian intelligence reports more than a year after the WikiLeaks website published thousands of leaked US military and diplomatic documents."

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Aust spies track Assange

Aust spies track Assange:

"Julian Assange continues to be the subject of Australian intelligence reports more than a year after the WikiLeaks website published thousands of leaked US military and diplomatic documents."

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Hackers cripple ASIO site to protest web spy plan

Hackers cripple ASIO site to protest web spy plan:

"The notorious hacking group Anonymous crippled a computer server at the domestic spy agency, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, and claimed the agency's website would be unavailable for the rest of the day."

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High Court revisits asylum cases | The Australian

High Court revisits asylum cases | The Australian:

"THE last thing this federal government needs is more advice from the High Court on our immigration laws."

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Roxon reportedly pushes back data retention law - Security - Technology - News - iTnews.com.au

Roxon reportedly pushes back data retention law - Security - Technology - News - iTnews.com.au:

"The Federal Government’s controversial data retention scheme has reportedly been stalled until after the next election."

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Anonymous Targets Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) & Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) ~ VOGH- VOICE OF GREYHAT| Leading Resource of Cyber-Security,Hacking News

Anonymous Targets Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) & Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) ~ VOGH- VOICE OF GREYHAT| Leading Resource of Cyber-Security,Hacking News:

"Australian rampage of Anonymous continues, after took down of several Australian Government website & a massive data breach from Australian ISP named AAPT now the nuisance hacker collective group today attempted to hack into both the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) websites. The attack was took place in early Friday, and here also Anon enlisted this cyber attack among their F**k Friday rampage also known as #FFF. The hacker group claimed to have shut down a computer server belonging to Australia's domestic spy agency ASIO, reportedly briefly closing down access to its public webpage. On its Twitter feed Anonymous Australia (@AuAnon) wrote: "The anonymous Operation Australia hackers have today again been busy with further attacks on the ASIO and DSD website.""

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Lateline - 13/08/2012: Tamils speak out against ASIO security rulings

Lateline - 13/08/2012: Tamils speak out against ASIO security rulings:

"Three Sri Lankan men who have been declared genuine refugees are fighting secret ASIO rulings preventing their release into the general community."

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Big Brother's jihad bombshell | Herald Sun

Big Brother's jihad bombshell | Herald Sun:

"THE first man charged with terrorism in Australia after September 11 was in the running to be a Big Brother housemate and says he has been asked to reapply next year."

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Anonymous: We Hacked Australia - The Daily Beast

Anonymous: We Hacked Australia - The Daily Beast:

"The shadowy online collective Anonymous said Friday that it had shut down a computer server at the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), the country's spy agency. A spokesperson confirmed that the organization's public website, which went down for 30 minutes on Friday morning, had faced "technical issues," but that no classified information had been stolen. In recent days, Twitter accounts associated with Anonymous have described attacked on the ASIO and the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD). Its "Operation Australia" arm said it plans to stop the attacks, referred to as #TangoDown, at 10pm tonight."

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Disentangling three national security inquiries. | Andrew Zammit

Disentangling three national security inquiries. | Andrew Zammit:

"I was recently asked whether the newly announced Council of Australian Government review of counter-terrorism laws, and the inquiry that resulted in Anonymous attacks on ASIO and DSD websites, were the same thing. They aren’t, but the three different national security inquiries currently happening can be easily confused."

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Appeal puts terrorism author back behind bars

Appeal puts terrorism author back behind bars:

"THE notorious extremist and former Qantas baggage handler Bilal Khazal was back behind bars last night after the High Court reinstated his conviction for compiling a do-it-yourself terrorism manual that was published on the internet."

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Danby responds to Magid article | J-Wire

Danby responds to Magid article | J-Wire:

"Robert Magid, publisher of the Australian Jewish News, appeared on ABC-TV’s Lateline last night following his article on comapssion for asylum-seekers. Labor Federal MP comments…"

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Hackers cripple ASIO site to protest web spy plan

Hackers cripple ASIO site to protest web spy plan:

"The notorious hacking group Anonymous crippled a computer server at the domestic spy agency, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, and claimed the agency's website would be unavailable for the rest of the day."

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Gillard announces review of counter-terrorism legislation

Gillard announces review of counter-terrorism legislation:

"A LONG-AWAITED review of counter-terrorism laws Australia introduced after the London bombings is finally going ahead."

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Spy Chiefs Photos

Spy Chiefs Photos:

"David Irvine, Director-General of Security, in charge of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)."

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Wanted: locksmith to open doors to world of spy secrets

Wanted: locksmith to open doors to world of spy secrets:

"HANDY with a lock pick? Watched all the James Bond movies? Want to see the world, meet interesting people and break into their embassy to steal their secrets? The Australian Secret Intelligence Service might have the job for you."

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How a Canadian spy scandal rocked ASIO - Late Night Live - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

How a Canadian spy scandal rocked ASIO - Late Night Live - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):

"A Canadian naval officer, Sub-Lieutenant Jeffrey Delisle, is alleged to have sold top secret intelligence to Russian agents and in the process is said to have done significant damage to the treasured intelligence-sharing relationships between western governments. None of the governments, including Australia, are commenting on the story. What are the ramifications of this breach for the intelligence community, especially here in Australia?"

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U.S. Force Posture Strategy in the Asia Pacific Region

An Independent Assessment

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Terrorists, spies stripped of their passports | News.com.au

Terrorists, spies stripped of their passports | News.com.au:

"FIVE suspected terrorists, sympathisers or spies have been stripped of their passports in the past year following advice from ASIO."

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Australian Secret Intelligence Service – ASIS | Aussies At War

Australian Secret Intelligence Service – ASIS | Aussies At War:

"ASIS‘s primary goal is to obtain and distribute secret intelligence about the capabilities, intentions and activities of individuals or organisations outside Australia, which may impact on Australia’s interests and the well-being of its citizens."

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***SYRIAN~WORLD WAR III ROLLING UPDATES***

***SYRIAN~WORLD WAR III ROLLING UPDATES***:

"Australian Secret Intelligence Service warns of CBRN threat
Published on July 19, 2012 by Pat Dulnier"

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