East Timor accuses Australia of spying

 for commercial gain during Timor sea negotiations | ABC Radio Australia: "East Timor accuses Australia of spying on ministers to gain a commercial advantage in Timor Sea negotiations."

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ASIO stripping citizens of passports

in bid to stop travel to Syria | The Australian: "ASIO is stripping citizens of their passports at more than twice the rate of previous years, in what terrorism experts say is a stepped-up bid to stop Australian Muslims travelling to Syria to fight with, train with, or support al-Qa'ida-linked rebel groups."

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Spying row with Indonesia

may weaken Australia's defence: "Counter-terrorism and border security sources say the standoff over spying could have a serious impact on operations if the row isn't resolved and Indonesia stands firm on its threat to downgrade co-operation."

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Australia, South Korea avoid further espionage

 embarrassment: "Australia and South Korea have avoided further espionage embarrassment after a former Canberra public servant dropped a protracted legal challenge to ASIO allegations he passed sensitive information about trade negotiations to South Korean spies."

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Indonesia halts ties with Australia

 over spying claims | ZDNet: "President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has frozen military and intelligence links with Australia over claims the latter had tapped the phones of several top government officials including Yudhoyono and the state secretary."

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Australian spy watchdog uses paper

 instead of emails | ZDNet: "The Australian security and intelligence watchdog has a novel method of ensuring that sensitive data is not leaked out of her organisation: there is no way to email out of the agency, and external communication is usually conducted by paper."

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PM must get on the front foot

 to save dire consequences: "Tony Abbott should apologise to Indonesia without delay. Even more importantly he should establish a wide-ranging inquiry, preferably a royal commission, into Australia's intelligence and security agencies."

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Australian spies have 'run amok'

 Indon | The Australian: "INDONESIA has halted all co-operation with Australia on people smuggling after the phone-tapping controversy in a major blow to Prime Minister Tony Abbott's plan to stop the boats."

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Tony Abbott must eat humble pie

 to placate Indonesia after spying scandal's sour aftertaste: "Tony Abbott should apologise to Indonesia without delay. Even more importantly, he should establish a wide-ranging inquiry, preferably a royal commission, into Australia's intelligence and security agencies."

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Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie

 introduces new anti-bikie laws into Queensland parliament | Perth Now: "He told parliament, it was in the interests of community safety for access to be granted to "other agencies" such as the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)."

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RI, Oz cyber war heats up

 The Jakarta Post: "As the disagreements between Indonesia and Australia over the fate of asylum seekers and revelations of Australia’s eavesdropping on Indonesian officials rumbled on, an apparent cyber battle between the two nations intensified."

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ASIO still waiting to move

 into new HQ | Sky News Australia: "Australia's top spy agency ASIO still can't be certain when it will move into its imposing new headquarters, despite former prime minister Kevin Rudd opening the building in July."

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Muslims told to turn their backs

on ASIO | The Australian: "HUNDREDS of Muslims attending a community meeting in western Sydney were warned yesterday that they should refuse to co-operate with Australian governments and their agencies, including ASIO and the federal police."

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Australia Spied On Japanese Companies

 To Help Its Industries Negotiate Trade Deals | Techdirt: "As more information comes to light about the global snooping being conducted by the NSA and GCHQ, it is becoming clearer that much of it had little to do with combating terrorism, as a recent EFF article makes plain."

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Indonesians step up cyber attacks

 against Australia | The Australian: "INDONESIAN hackers have stepped up cyber attacks against Canberra, with Australia's peak spy agency the latest to fall victim after spying allegations enraged Jakarta."

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Australia's Domestic Spying Revealed

 - Geopolitical Monitor: "Thanks to rapid technological advances, the Australian security apparatus has reached an Orwellian scale. Its growth has not necessarily been the design of any elected government, but has rather been promoted by the Australian bureaucracy itself."

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Indonesian hackers crash Australian

 intelligence agency's site | ZDNet: " The hacking comes one week after a wave of cyberattacks against over 170 Australian sites, mainly belonging to small businesses. The attacks were in retaliation against Australia for reportedly using its Jakarta embassy for spying."

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Spooks always busy

 in South-East Asia | Perth Now: "FORGET mock outrage about Aussie spies in South-East Asia: if our spooks weren’t spying on Indonesia, China, Papua New Guinea or East Timor, then we'd really have something to worry about."

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Australia’s Intelligence Community: Behind the Times

 in an Asian Century - Geopolitical Monitor: "Over the last week, the German newspaper Der Spiegel and the Sydney Morning Herald disclosed that the Australian government was carrying out electronic surveillance and eavesdropping on phone and internet communications."

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Indonesian hackers vow payback

 over Australian spying: "Indonesian hackers are vowing a fresh wave of cyber attacks against Australia in retaliation for the spying affair, this time targetting government websites including intelligence agency ASIO."

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Has an “Out of Control” Intelligence Community

Compromised “Australia in the Asian Century”? | Dissident Voice: "Over the last week the German newspaper Der Spiegel and Sydney Morning Herald disclosed that the Australian Government was carrying out electronic surveillance and eavesdropping on phone and internet communications."

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Australian spy agency helped BHP

 negotiate trade deals: "BHP was among the companies helped by Australian spy agencies as they negotiated trade deals with Japan, a former Australian Secret Intelligence Service officer says."

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ASIO building a year from being secured

 The Australian: "THE new $630 million ASIO headquarters in Canberra, already plagued by delays and a $170m budget blowout, is unlikely to be fully operational for at least another 12 months, a year and a half after its official opening."

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Oz fighters

on notice | Perth Now: "THE risk posed by homegrown militants has taken a serious and concerning step forward."

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ASIO concerned about young Australians

 travelling to Syria | The Australian: ""HUNDREDS" of Australians are participating in the Syrian conflict, lending weight to fears among security officials that the two-year-old civil war is breeding the next generation of jihadists."

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ASIO report says there are great dangers

from radical Islamists — Winds Of Jihad By SheikYerMami: "Islam is Islam, and that’s it.  There is no “radical Islamism”. We should see it for what it is, and not try to draw artificial lines that Muslims themselves reject."

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ASIO keeps watch

on Islamist extremists: "The unclassified version of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s (ASIO) annual report to Parliament shows that in the past year the Agency investigated several hundred mostly Australia-based individuals who were advocates of a violent Islamist ideology."

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ASIO report: Australians fighting in Syria

 cause terrorism concern for spy agency - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation is concerned radicalised Australians may return home from Syria with the intention of carrying out violent acts on domestic soil."

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ASIO admits

 to security breaches: "Updated | The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s director general has used the agency’s annual report to warn that terrorism and espionage remain threats to national security."

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Terrorism threat remains real

ASIO - The West Australian: "Syria is the destination for an increasing number of Australians travelling overseas for terrorist training."

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