Friday 15 August 2014

Australian intelligence watchdog wants clarification on national security plan | World news | theguardian.com

"Australia’s intelligence watchdog has called on the Abbott government to clarify various elements of its national security reforms – and also increase its budget so that it is in a position to carry out effective oversight in an environment where the surveillance footprint is being significantly expanded."



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Australia: Archbishop asks all who believe in God to pray and fast for Iraq - Independent Catholic News

"He echoes words spoken earlier this week by the director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), David Irvine, that “we are not fighting Islam, in Australia or anywhere else. We are fighting the terrorism that kills innocent people, both Muslim and non-Muslim”."



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Grattan on Friday: In Conversation with ASIO chief David Irvine

"David Irvine retires next month after five years as Director-General of Security, heading ASIO; before that he was head of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, which spies abroad. He’s spent more than a decade in what he describes as the gamekeeper and poacher business."



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