Govt wants to target Aussie jihadists

"The coalition wants to give the Australian Secret Intelligence Service power to inform the Australian Defence Force about the whereabouts of Australian foreign fighters."



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AFP contradicts itself on what constitutes metadata

The Australian Federal Police considered citizens' web histories as fair game to access without a warrant, despite assurances by its chief to the contrary."



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A burqa ban would have negative security implications

"ASIO has found there is no valid security reason to ban the burqa."



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'Dialogue' or Tamil self-determination

"Even in Australia, lower-caste/class Tamils would be hesitant about speaking out, because of possible repercussions on their relatives at home, as well as fear of harassment by government agencies such as the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (and in the case of those who are not Australian citizens, fear of deportation)."



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AWS scores same Oz gov sec creds as Azure

"IRAP is run by Australia's sigint agency, the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD), and is pretty much the same as the USA's Fedramp cert. Those who score an IRAP tick are allowed to store non-classified government data."



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