Friday 4 May 2012

ABC Radio Australia News:Stories:Refugee advocates call for Australian intelligence review

ABC Radio Australia News:Stories:Refugee advocates call for Australian intelligence review:

"A five-year-old Sri Lankan boy has been separated from his father indefinitely because of a negative security assessment from the Australian intelligence agency, ASIO."

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Prosecution protection on table in intelligence review | The Australian

Prosecution protection on table in intelligence review | The Australian:

"AN extensive review of national security legislation will consider whether intelligence agents on operations should be protected from prosecution and whether telecommunications companies should be prosecuted if they don't help decypher coded information they hold."

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Super warrants proposed as expansion of security powers

Super warrants proposed as expansion of security powers:

"THE government is pursuing a significant expansion of the Australian intelligence agencies' powers, including the creation of ASIO super warrants, extending search warrants to six months and forcing upon private industry a powerful data retention scheme."

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