Australia’s spies active in world’s strategic hotspots | StratRisks

Australia’s spies active in world’s strategic hotspots | StratRisks:

 "Source: Telegraph Daily
Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) chief Nick Warner gave the first-ever public speech by a director-general of the 60-year-old overseas spy agency last week. It was a calculated move by the Labor government to politically promote ASIS, Australia’s equivalent of the CIA. Warner said it was time to “raise public awareness” of ASIS’s “unique contribution” to “our foreign policy and security.”"

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Canada spy case rocks ASIO

Canada spy case rocks ASIO:

"AN ALLEGED Canadian spy has compromised Australian intelligence information in an international espionage case that has sent shock waves through Western security agencies."

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Australian government websites taken offline by Anonymous - security, data retention plan, Australian goverment websites, anonymous - CIO

Australian government websites taken offline by Anonymous - security, data retention plan, Australian goverment websites, anonymous - CIO:

"Hacktivist group says the attacks were in response to proposed data retention laws"

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Ludlam: government paying "lip service" on data retention proposals - ozlog, data retention, Scott Ludlam - Computerworld

Ludlam: government paying "lip service" on data retention proposals - ozlog, data retention, Scott Ludlam - Computerworld:

"Data retention proposals by the Federal Government need to be more carefully thought through, according to Scott Ludlam"

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