Public Interest Disclosures: DIO Defence Intelligence Organisation

The Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (PID Act) commenced on 15 January 2014. The PID Act encourages and facilitates the disclosure of information by both current and former public officials about suspected wrongdoing in the public sector. You can find out more about the PID Act at Commonwealth Ombudsman: Public Interest Disclosure Scheme."

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20 minutes - The answers to the NSA scandal - News

"The so-called "Five Eyes". These are allies, which coordinate the monitoring. These include the United States (National Security Agency), United Kingdom (with the Government Communications Headquarters), Australia (Defence Signals Directorate), Canada (Communications Security establishment Canada) and New Zealand (Government Communications Security Bureau).
The major programs leading to the be used monitoring and evaluation of electronic media glad Prism, tenses and Echelon."

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Coalition defies Jakarta on boats | The Australian

"THE Abbott government will continue to turn asylum boats at sea despite fresh demands from Jakarta that the practice be suspended until Australia provides "clarification" about previous cross-border incursions."

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East Timor, Australia, and Arbitration in The Hague |-world-| Tempo.co

"TEMPO.CO , Dili -   East Timor has asked the International Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands, Australia ordered to return all documents confiscated in a raid at the office of a lawyer, Bernard Collaery, in Canberra, in December 2013 then. "

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Concern that young Australians drawn to Syrian conflict are 'being exploited' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"The New South Wales Community Relations Commission has expressed concern that young Australians who are drawn into overseas conflicts are being exploited."

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No defence for targeted people as spymasters call tune

"THE DEATH of former Labor minister and long-time senator Arthur Gietzelt a fortnight ago was greeted in some media with much commentary on his links with the Communist Party of Australia."

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With Sophie on board, what of the Fleet of Foolishness? | OPINION | The Border Mail

"The strange thing is, as the government prepares its first budget and has set up the National Commission of Audit, one of the biggest, most dysfunctional, most wasteful and most misguided proposed programs has not even been mentioned."

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East Timor demands Australia return documents - The Washington Post

CANBERRA, Australia — East Timor said it will ask an international court in the Netherlands on Monday to order Australia to return documents seized by the Australian secret service relating to a legal dispute over oil and gas revenue-sharing between the countries."

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Australians fighting in Syria could lose citizenship, Scott Morrison signals | World news | theguardian.com

"Immigration minister looking at emulating powers used in UK to prevent the return of dual nationals who go out to fight"

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