Adelaide ponders value of nuclear waste dump

"Nuclear involvement in this part of Australia already has negative associations. Between 1953 and 1963, South Australia was the location for a series of British nuclear bomb tests, first at Emu Field and then at Maralinga, 800km northwest of the state capital Adelaide, in the vast military testing zone known as the Woomera Prohibited Area."



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Australian feds cannot tell senator if they have his metadata

 "So far, 21 agencies are able to access metadata, including the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, the AFP, state and territory police forces, state anti-corruption commissions, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, the Australian Crime Commission, and the Department of Immigration and Border Protection."



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Fall of Palmyra is ‘the beginning of the end’

 "Terrorism expert and former Australian Secret Intelligence Service agent Warren Reed told Australia News the loss of Palmyra showed IS was “on the downward slide”."



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Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

 "The Australian Secret Intelligence Organisation [ASIO] provides interesting and challenging work in an ever changing environment requiring talented people who are highly capable, dedicated, adaptable and resilient."



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ISIS: Is fall of Palmyra ‘the beginning of the end’ for terror group?

"Terrorism expert and former Australian Secret Intelligence Service agent Warren Reed told news.com.au the loss of Palmyra showed IS was “on the downward slide”."



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East Timorese rise against Australia exploiting their maritime sovereignty

"The present government of East Timor has accused the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS), of using espionage against their ministers during the period of negotiation of existing maritime borders to gain strategic and commercial advantages, and demands that the treaty be annulled. "



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After Brussels, a new challenge for Defence

 "If an enemy tried to bomb our roads, we'd expect the air force to stop them. What, exactly, is the difference between the physical destruction of infrastructure like this and the destruction of, say, the banking, telecommunications or electricity networks? As well as the Australian Signals Directorate, the military has established a "multi-agency Cyber Security Centre" to "strengthen Australia's defences", however the boundary of defence's responsibility has been left determinedly opaque."



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Indonesian, Australian warships train together for Exercise Cassowary - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"Indonesia cancelled the exercise in 2013 after a diplomatic spat following allegations Australian spies hacked the Indonesian president's phone."



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