PM - Revelations from David Horner's official history of ASIO 07/10/2014

A new history of Australia's internal security organisation ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) has revealed that the organisation's head in the 1950s, Charles Spry, fed political advice to the prime minister Robert Menzies during the 1951 referendum on whether to ban the Communist Party."



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Ludlam urges telcos to take a stand on data retention | The Australian

 "Greens senator and party communication spokesperson Scott Ludlam has urged the telecommunications industry to ensure that the Coalition government’s proposed mandatory data retention regime doesn’t get off the ground."



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The CIA, the MSM and the politics of drugs, guns, money and the news - On Line Opinion - 7/10/2014

"And a big part of the reason why we don't know is because the CIA – with the collusion of its mates in the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) – didn't want us to know."



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ASIO monitored Labor MP who was KGB informant

"ASIO was on the trail of a federal Labor MP recently exposed as a KGB informant, a new official history reveals. "



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Striking a balance: the moral quandaries of air warfare | The Australian

 "MAURIE McNarn knows better than most the logistical challenges and moral quandaries of the Australian military leadership tasked with helping to degrade then defeat Islamic State terrorists."



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