Refugees, education, ASIO: what else needs a royal commission?

SOURCE: www.crikey.com.au/

It was with some relief that Australians learnt that the federal
government had agreed to a wide-ranging inquiry into institutionalised
child abuse in Australia over a number of decades.

Police phone intercept evidence almost doubles in one year

SOURCE: www.heraldsun.com.au/

POLICE are increasingly bugging telephones to make arrests, according to new figures to be released by the Government today.

Upgrading central city hospitals would safeguard against disaster

SOURCE: smh.com.au:

"Our elite members of the state and federal police forces,
ASIO, Emergency Management Australia and the
NSW Fire Brigade spend a lot of time planning how
they would cope with either a man-made or a natural disaster
 in the central business district of our city."

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ASIO threat on day leave - man free to visit pregnant wife

SOURCE: thetelegraph.com.au:

"A DETAINED refugee deemed a security threat by ASIO
has been permitted home visits to his wife,
who is due to give birth this month."

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An exercise in myth-making

SOURCE: World Socialist Web Site:

"Within days an internal ASIO [Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]
document compiled on the deputy prime minister was on its way to
one of ASIO’s favoured journalists,
The Bulletin’s Peter Samuel. The Bulletin’s"

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UN gives Canberra deadline to address refugee health fears

SOURCE: theAge:

"THE United Nations has given Australia a month to show
how it will ensure the mental and physical safety of two refugees,
one of whom tried to commit suicide this month."

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ASIO-negative refugee starts hunger strike in Melbourne detention

SOURCE: Refugee Action Coalition:

"The Tamil refugee who successfully challenged the government
in the recent High Court case over ASIO security assessments
 is on his third day of a hunger strike in the
Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation detention centre."

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Refugee Action Coalition

SOURCE: Refugee Action Coalition:

"A 28 year old Tamil refugee at the Melbourne Immigration
Transit Accommodation detention centre attempted suicide
in the early hours of this morning (Thursday 15 November)."

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UN to Canberra: Please explain

SOURCE: SMH:

"THE United Nations has given Australia a month to show
how it will ''ensure'' the mental and physical safety of two refugees,
one of whom tried to commit suicide earlier this month."

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Nauru refugee hunger striker taken to hospital

SOURCE: World Socialist Web Site:

"Detainees blacklisted by ASIO can also potentially remain
in detention indefinitely, because they cannot legally
be returned to their home countries, where they would face persecution."

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ASIO negative refugee attempts suicide at Villawood

SOURCE: Refugee Action Coalition:

"An ASIO negative Tamil refugee attempted to hang himself
at the Villawood detention centre overnight.
The man has been in detention for over three years."

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Second Tamil refugee attempts suicide

SOURCE: Narooma News:

"A Tamil refugee branded a security threat by ASIO
and held in detention in Melbourne has attempted to take his life
– following an earlier suicide attempt by another man in Sydney."

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Security risk refugee tries to end life

SOURCE: SMH:

"A TAMIL refugee branded a security threat by ASIO
and held in detention in Melbourne has attempted to take his life
- following an earlier suicide attempt by another Tamil man in Sydney."

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Australia to open more military bases to US

SOURCE: CNTV English:

"Senior Australian officials have announced more military bases
will be opened to US military forces.
The announcement came following the 2012
Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations in Perth."

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Second Tamil refugee attempts suicide

SOURCE: SMH:

"A Tamil refugee branded a security threat by ASIO
and held in detention in Melbourne has attempted to take his life
– following an earlier suicide attempt by another man in Sydney."

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ASIO probes link to bomber

ASIO probes link to bomber:

"THE reported involvement of a Victorian woman with an alleged anarchist bomber in Mexico has prompted ASIO to open a counter-terrorism probe that includes broad inquiries into Melbourne's anarchist political scene."

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ASIO probes link to bomber | The Examiner

ASIO probes link to bomber | The Examiner:

"THE reported involvement of a Victorian woman with an alleged anarchist bomber in Mexico has prompted ASIO to open a counter-terrorism probe that includes broad inquiries into Melbourne's anarchist political scene."

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Nothing short of anarchy

Nothing short of anarchy:

"REBECCA Harrison was extremely curious when the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation unexpectedly contacted her last month. What the Monash University student and part-time political activist didn't know was that she had been drawn into a new counter-terrorism probe, and that ASIO is investigating possible threats to the G20 economic leaders' meetings to be hosted by Australia in 2014."

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ASIO | libcom.org

ASIO | libcom.org:

"ASIO officers were also keen to inquire broadly about the Melbourne anarchist scene, asking who the main leaders and identities were, and what they thought about violent protest."

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ASIO probes link to bomber

ASIO probes link to bomber:

"THE reported involvement of a Victorian woman with an alleged anarchist bomber in Mexico has prompted ASIO to open a counter-terrorism probe that includes broad inquiries into Melbourne's anarchist political scene."

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National iSpy - On Line Opinion - 13/11/2012

National iSpy - On Line Opinion - 13/11/2012:

"Labor's data retention plans are getting more convoluted with every attempted explanation. The government insists that it only needs metadata (not content), but is having a tough time explaining how this would work in practice, to the extent that the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security was still seeking clarification last week of what the Government wants stored."

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ASIO threat on day leave - man free to visit pregnant wife | The Australian

ASIO threat on day leave - man free to visit pregnant wife | The Australian:

"A DETAINED refugee deemed a security threat by ASIO has been permitted home visits to his wife, who is due to give birth this month."

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ASIO head backs interception changes | adelaidenow

ASIO head backs interception changes | adelaidenow:

"AUSTRALIA'S security agency has missed out on some intelligence information because of problems monitoring modern communications technology."

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Second chance for detained refugees - Metro & Regional - National - General - Stock Journal

Second chance for detained refugees - Metro & Regional - National - General - Stock Journal:

"Refugees deemed threats to national security by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and, as a consequence, kept in indefinite detention will now have the right to have the assessments reviewed by a former Federal Court judge."

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Migration Act may change

Migration Act may change:

"FEDERAL Attorney-General Nicola Roxon concedes the Migration Act may have to be amended following the High Court's ruling paving the way for asylum seekers deemed security risks to be granted visas."

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Ex-judge to review refugees' status

Ex-judge to review refugees' status:

"Refugees deemed threats to national security by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and, as a consequence, kept in indefinite detention will now have the right to have the assessments reviewed by a former Federal Court judge."

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High Court rules on ASIO 'security risk' | Top Stories | BigPond News

High Court rules on ASIO 'security risk' | Top Stories | BigPond News:

"A High Court ruling that found an asylum seeker deemed a security risk could still be granted a refugee visa does not necessarily mean more than 50 cases must be reassessed, the federal government says."

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