UN court hears East Timor case against Australia | SBS News

"Australia has promised to return documents concerning the jointly managed undersea oil and gas fields with East Timor, if they aren't a security threat.  "



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Australia defends raid on East Timor lawyer | SBS News

"Australia has defended its agents' raid on the office of a lawyer for East Timor last month as a legitimate defence of Australian national security."



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Canberra accused of unprecedented and improper conduct

"East Timor has launched an assault on Australia's global reputation, and raised some ''novel'' points of international law, as it pressed the International Court of Justice to order the return of documents seized during raids by ASIO on the offices of the country's lawyer last month."



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Australia cites national security in E. Timor spy row - Yahoo!7

The Hague (AFP) - "National security" concerns prompted Australia to raid the offices of a lawyer representing East Timor in a spy row over an oil and gas treaty, the United Nations' top court heard Tuesday."



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Declassified Photos Reveal How ASIO Spent Time Spying On '70s Actors, Writers & Journalists | Business Insider

"In later life, journalist PP “Paddy” McGuinness forged a reputation as a blistering right-wing columnist. But he started out with left leanings, which were a bit of a worry to Australia’s domestic spy agency, ASIO, who had a file on McGuinness among an estimated 500,000 citizens they had under surveillance through the middle of the 20th Century."



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ASIO Took It – But Was It Timor’s or Australia’s? | The Global Mail

ASIO Took It – But Was It Timor’s or Australia’s? | The Global Mail: "At the International Court of Justice, a judge asked, basically, whether big, rich Australia had pinched stuff that belonged to tiny, poor East Timor?"



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SBS On Demand | TV and Online Video - Persons Of Interest S1 Ep3

"Gary Foley - Each episode, an Australian 'person of interest' is given their previously secret ASIO intelligence file and discusses their time under ASIO surveillance. The series uncovers never-before-seen photographs and covert surveillance film recorded by ASIO. For the first time, 'persons of interest' and former ASIO officers and agents reveal the powerful stories within the files. Tonight profiles high profile Aboriginal activist Gary Foley who was a member of the Black Power Movement and a leader in the fight for land rights and social justice. (From Australia) (Documentary) (Part 3 of 4) M CC"



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Controversial Sheikh Haron faces accessory to ex-wife s murder charge - Yahoo!7

"A self-proclaimed sheikh has faced Parramatta Local Court over the death of his ex-wife in Sydney's west."



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ASIO and NT cops spied on, meddled with careers of Territorians | NT News

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ASIO and NT cops spied on, meddled with careers of Territorians
EXCLUSIVE BY ALISON BEVEGE NT NEWS JANUARY 21, 2014 2:04PM 10

AUSTRALIA'S secret service spied on Territorians - including the NT News editor - files released under the Archives Act show.


ASIO photos released under the Archives Act, of 'people of interest' at a rally in 1976. Source: Supplied
Dozens of Territory citizens including current federal MP Warren Snowdon, former NT News editor Jim Bowditch, pearling magnate Nick Paspaley Sr and activist Rob Wesley-Smith were the subjects of ASIO surveillance, Cold War-era files released after a request from Mr Wesley-Smith."



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ASIO raids: Australia accuses East Timor of 'frankly, offensive' remarks

"Australia has accused East Timor of making "frankly, offensive" remarks before the International Court of Justice about Attorney-General George Brandis, as its lawyers suggested the tiny nation may have encouraged the commitment of a serious crime here."



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Claims ASIO, CIT spied on Canberra student dismissed - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"A student who claimed ASIO and the Canberra Institute of Technology were spying on her, has had her case thrown out."



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