Hacked or not, Ludlam's a target of spies - Security - News - ZDNet Australia

Hacked or not, Ludlam's a target of spies - Security - News - ZDNet Australia:

"Whether its recently perceived dodgy battery life means that Senator Scott Ludlam's iPhone has been hacked by spooks or not, it should come as no surprise that he'd be of interest to intelligence services, both local and foreign."

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Cost of spy game breaks $1 billion

Cost of spy game breaks $1 billion:

"AUSTRALIA'S spies cost more than $1 billion a year to run and they are becoming increasingly involved in frontline operations, according to a landmark review of the country's intelligence community."

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Aussie spy agencies face cyber threats

Aussie spy agencies face cyber threats:

"Australia's intelligence must cope with a rising tide of information on the internet while staying alert to simmering tensions in the Asia-Pacific, an independent review has found."

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Radio Australia:Connect Asia:Story:Islamic Council welcomes call for Muslims to be recruited by ASIO

Radio Australia:Connect Asia:Story:Islamic Council welcomes call for Muslims to be recruited by ASIO:

"How might this call be seen within Islamic communities in Australia?"

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VEXNEWS © 2012 | TIN-FOIL HAT SENATOR: Greens party politician Scott Ludlam thinks Big Brother is watching him

VEXNEWS © 2012 | TIN-FOIL HAT SENATOR: Greens party politician Scott Ludlam thinks Big Brother is watching him:

"West Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says his iPhone may have been hacked by the federal government so it could keep tabs on an internet activist."

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Review justifies huge changes for spy agencies

Review justifies huge changes for spy agencies:

"PUBLIC findings of the first independent review of the intelligence community in eight years are to be released today, with its authors deciding the huge legislative and funding changes wrought to agencies since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks have been justified."

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ASIO boss says we need more Muslim recruits to combat terror threats in Australia | thetelegraph.com.au

ASIO boss says we need more Muslim recruits to combat terror threats in Australia | thetelegraph.com.au:

"THE country's top spy boss says ASIO must recruit more Muslims into the intelligence agency as the fear of a home grown terror attack remained a "real threat"."

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Threat of terror in Aust still real: ASIO

Threat of terror in Aust still real: ASIO:

"Director-general of security at ASIO David Irvine says the organisation is also continuing to see a number of Australians who are trying to travel overseas to participate in terrorist acts."

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Threat of terror in Aust still real: ASIO | News | Business Spectator

Threat of terror in Aust still real: ASIO | News | Business Spectator:

"Australia is experiencing a worrying trend of home-grown terrorism, the head of the nation's spy agency says."

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WA Senator accuses government of hacking his phone

WA Senator accuses government of hacking his phone:

"WA Senator Scott Ludlam fears the federal government hacked his mobile phone while he was escorting a former WikiLeaks associate visiting Australia."

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Melham says monitoring threats is the answer - Local News - News - Canterbury-Bankstown Express

Melham says monitoring threats is the answer - Local News - News - Canterbury-Bankstown Express:

"BANKS federal Labor MP Daryl Melham believes detention is not the answer for refugees found to be security threats."

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Champion of the underdog railed against injustice

Champion of the underdog railed against injustice:

"Frank Stevens became, successively, a champion swimmer, noted academic and successful barrister and railed against the oppression of the weak by the strong, of the minority by the majority, of the daring by the mediocre."

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Dept 'failed to care for teenage refugee' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Dept 'failed to care for teenage refugee' - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):

"The Immigration Department has failed to provide adequate psychiatric care to a young refugee, the teenager's lawyers have told the Federal Court in Adelaide."

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through a looking-glass darkly ..... | Your Democracy

through a looking-glass darkly ..... | Your Democracy:

"There are currently over 50 people in immigration detention in Australia who have been found to be refugees but have received adverse security assessments from the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO). These are people who the Minister for Immigration accepts are entitled to our protection, but they face the prospect of remaining in detention for life because of the ASIO assessments. The number of people who have received adverse ASIO assessments has increased dramatically in recent years."

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ASIO fence for public safety, not security - National News - National - General - The Canberra Times

ASIO fence for public safety, not security - National News - National - General - The Canberra Times:

"It's a fence, but not as we know it. And it's there for our safety, not ASIO's security, according to the Federal Government."

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ASIO watch on Chinese money

ASIO watch on Chinese money:

"CHINESE investment in Australia is coming under increased federal government scrutiny, with ASIO and other intelligence groups weighing up possible national security risks."

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Aus becoming surveillance state: Ludlam - Security - News - ZDNet Australia

Aus becoming surveillance state: Ludlam - Security - News - ZDNet Australia:

"Australian law enforcement agencies were issued 243,631 warrants to obtain telecommunications logs in the period from July 2010 to June 2011. According to Greens' Senator Scott Ludlam, that vastly overshadowed the 3500-odd legal intercepts of communications and makes us part of what privacy activist Jacob Appelbaum calls the "surveillance planet"."

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Australia: Deportation of Pakistani student

Australia: Deportation of Pakistani student:

"The interrogation, detention and deportation of a Pakistani student as an alleged security risk underscores the Labor government’s growing reliance on police-state powers given to the security agencies since 2001 under the guise of the “war on terrorism.”"

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SEEK - Assistant Director-General - Executive Job in ACT

SEEK - Assistant Director-General - Executive Job in ACT:

"Assistant Director-General - Executive"

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Fake crime fighter is a swindler on the loose | Herald Sun

Fake crime fighter is a swindler on the loose | Herald Sun:

"A CON artist who posed as a federal agent and sexually assaulted a prisoner is swindling his way across the country."

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Refugee movement sets 2012 plans | Green Left Weekly

Refugee movement sets 2012 plans | Green Left Weekly:

"Refugee rights activists representing groups and individuals from Darwin, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra, Wollongong, Sydney, and the Blue Mountains met on December 3 to plan campaign activities for this year."

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Gov’t should stop spying on climate movement | Green Left Weekly

Gov’t should stop spying on climate movement | Green Left Weekly:

"If you are an activist peacefully campaigning for a clean energy future, the federal Labor government believes you are a legitimate target for secret surveillance."

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Police investigate council ‘threat' | Northern Rivers News | Local News in Northern Rivers | Northern Rivers Echo

Police investigate council ‘threat' | Northern Rivers News | Local News in Northern Rivers | Northern Rivers Echo:

""I've been checked out by ASIO, the Attorney General, the firearms registry, police and the security industry. I'm not a criminal but I get treated like one."

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Not waiting for the wind - On Line Opinion - 12/1/2012

Not waiting for the wind - On Line Opinion - 12/1/2012:

"Three strands come together to make this one of the most powerful and insightful stories to emerge from WWII in recent times: the spectre of German-occupied Denmark, a strong sense of duty and an indomitable human spirit."

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Student Salman Ghumman deported to Pakistan despite safety concerns | The Australian

Student Salman Ghumman deported to Pakistan despite safety concerns | The Australian:

"A MELBOURNE accounting student has been deported on security grounds after questioning by ASIO officials over suspect phone calls to Pakistan."

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Hypocrisy to the fore as protesters persecuted

Hypocrisy to the fore as protesters persecuted:

"environmental activists peacefully protesting at coal and gas mining sites are being put under increased surveillance by authorities (''AFP spies targeting green activists'', January 7-8).

Isn't this the sort of thing one should expect only in an autocratic state or a banana republic, not in a good democracy like Australia?

Just goes to show the power and influence capitalists have on the state to protect their vested interests over all else, including citizens' civil rights and liberty, even in a democracy."

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Spies eye green protesters

Spies eye green protesters:

"A FEDERAL government minister has pushed for increased police surveillance of environmental activists peacefully protesting at coal-fired power stations and coal export facilities."

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Intelligence review stays on hold, fuelling upset

Intelligence review stays on hold, fuelling upset:

"THE most important review of the Australian intelligence community in eight years has languished for six months without public release, further emphasising concern that the national security community is being neglected by Julia Gillard."

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Fears national security not a priority on PM's radar | smh.com.au

Fears national security not a priority on PM's radar | smh.com.au:

"THE most important review of the Australian intelligence community in eight years has languished for six months without publication, further emphasising concern that the national security community is being neglected by Julia Gillard."

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Hatold Holt, the Prime Minister who Disappeared | Past Imperfect

Hatold Holt, the Prime Minister who Disappeared | Past Imperfect:

"On the gusty afternoon of December 17, 1967, a group of five adults arrived at Cheviot Beach, near Portsea, Victoria, and strolled along the Bass Strait beneath the warm Australian sun. Harold Holt was eager for a swim, and after stepping behind a rock outcrop in the sand dunes, he emerged wearing a pair of blue swim trunks. Marjorie Gillespie and her daughter, Vyner, both in bikinis, turned to the water and noticed that the surf, at high tide, was higher than they’d ever seen it."

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Greens in push to axe ASIO child checks

Greens in push to axe ASIO child checks:

"THE Greens have called for the immediate suspension of ASIO security checks being conducted on child asylum seekers because of concern the practice breaches human rights obligations."

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Terror alert after killings - The West Australian

Terror alert after killings - The West Australian:

"Australia's top domestic spy agency feared a string of terror attacks and assassinations against Turkish diplomats across the country, forcing the Hawke Government to secretly lift the nation's terror readiness."

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US planned to fire missile at Australia, secret Cabinet papers from 1980s reveal | News.com.au

US planned to fire missile at Australia, secret Cabinet papers from 1980s reveal | News.com.au:

"A SECRET US plan to test MX missiles by firing them from California to the coast of Australia was signed off on by then prime minister Malcolm Fraser."

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Cabinet papers reveal secrets of early Hawke-Keating years | Courier Mail

Cabinet papers reveal secrets of early Hawke-Keating years | Courier Mail:

"On the international front the Falklands War began, rock group KISS officially appeared in public without make-up for the first time on MTV, Flashdance and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi dominated the box office, and McDonald's introduced the McNugget.

On the homefront, random breath testing was introduced, the Ash Wednesday fires in Victoria and South Australia claimed the lives of 76 people and Australia finally won the America's Cup yacht series. And, it was a very big year in politics."

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Spy scandal could have brought down govt

Spy scandal could have brought down govt:

"Just six weeks into office and without even sitting a day in parliament, new Labor Prime Minister Bob Hawke confronted a scandal he readily admits could have brought down his government."

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ASIO warned of 1983 Armenian terror plot

ASIO warned of 1983 Armenian terror plot:

"CANBERRA, Jan 1 AAP - It's almost forgotten now but one of the most notorious terror acts perpetrated on Australian soil was conducted by a little known group against a lowly Turkish diplomat."

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Howard and Fraser's titanic budget clash | The Australian

Howard and Fraser's titanic budget clash | The Australian:

"JOHN Howard warned the Fraser cabinet in 1982 that the Coalition's political credibility was at stake, in a titanic clash over economic policy with Malcolm Fraser that severed their close relationship."

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The PAC scholar and a spy scandal | Adelaide Now

The PAC scholar and a spy scandal | Adelaide Now:

"BOB Hawke ordered ASIO to bug suspected KGB target David Combe in 1983, it has been revealed."

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Secret government business | Domain investor centre | real estate

Secret government business | Domain investor centre | real estate:

"So what was the FOI targeted at... Troop movements in Afghanistan? The prime minister’s private schedule? The names of ASIO’s ant-terrorism informants?"

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Archives' new boss finds role perfect fit - Local News - News - General - The Canberra Times

Archives' new boss finds role perfect fit - Local News - News - General - The Canberra Times:

"In many ways, moving from ASIO to the National Archives is a perfect fit, if not a slight change in perspective, according to the archives' next director."

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ASIO deputy takes over national archives

ASIO deputy takes over national archives:

"The deputy head of Australia's domestic security agency is to be the next head of the National Archives of Australia."

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PM - Radio Current Affairs Documentary: Harold Holt 20/12/2011

PM - Radio Current Affairs Documentary: Harold Holt 20/12/2011:

"It's nearly 45 years since the Australian prime minister Harold Holt vanished in the surf at a beach south of Melbourne."

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Cruel to be unkind. A softly, deadly asylum policy

Cruel to be unkind. A softly, deadly asylum policy:

 "After the weekend's tragic loss of asylum seeker life, it seems inevitable that the familiar charge and counter charge of the Australian refugee debate will soon fill the political vacuum of this early summer."

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Merry Christmas Canberra fat cats | The Australian

Merry Christmas Canberra fat cats | The Australian:

 "WE should pay top dollar for the best bureaucrats but do we need so many?"

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Release sought for asylum boy who attempted suicide

Release sought for asylum boy who attempted suicide:

"A 17-YEAR-OLD boy who wound up in hospital in Darwin after trying to hang himself from a double bunk is at the centre of a legal challenge by Slater & Gordon to the prolonged detention of recognised refugees awaiting ASIO security checks."

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All's not fair in love and work | Knowledge@Australian School of Business | Commentary | Business Spectator

All's not fair in love and work
 | Knowledge@Australian School of Business | Commentary | Business Spectator:

"At a 2002 Christmas party for Australian Embassy staff in Moscow, Natalia Komarova, the embassy's Russian-born public diplomacy officer and Bruce Jones, a recently arrived political officer, met and immediately struck up a friendship. Several months later, when friendship blossomed into romance, the pair reported their relationship immediately to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, as required by the code of conduct outlined in their employment contracts."

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review ASIO over mandatory detention

PM - Call for Roxon to review ASIO over mandatory detention:

"MATT PEACOCK: A prominent civil rights advocate is calling on the new Attorney-General, Nicola Roxon, to reconsider the position of the head of ASIO over the issue of mandatory detention of refugees."

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Protest as teenage asylum seekers are detained with adults

Protest as teenage asylum seekers are detained with adults:

"EIGHT teenage asylum seekers, all minors, have had their community housing revoked and been moved into adult detention facilities in the past fortnight, while another has run away and is missing."

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Activists warn of Rohingya refugee influx

Activists warn of Rohingya refugee influx:

"Human rights groups say up to 25 boats of Burmese Muslim Rohingya refugees have set off from Bangladesh since September for Malaysia or Indonesia and may head on to Australia."

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Boy refugees' treatment under fire in courts

Boy refugees' treatment under fire in courts:

"A 17-year-old boy, who was hospitalised in Darwin after trying to hang himself from a double bunk bed, is at the centre of a challenge in the Federal Court to the prolonged detention of recognised refugees waiting for ASIO security clearance."

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PM - Call for Roxon to review ASIO over mandatory detention 13/12/2011

PM - Call for Roxon to review ASIO over mandatory detention 13/12/2011:

"The head of ASIO, David Irvine, recently told a parliamentary committee looking into the issue that introducing reviews could be problematic."

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Mosaic theory, universal surveillance and unlimited recordkeeping #SpyFiles | WL Central

Mosaic theory, universal surveillance and unlimited recordkeeping #SpyFiles | WL Central:

"Mosaic theory was what caused intelligence organisations like Australia’s ASIO (Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation) in the mid 20th century to record what seemed like incredibly mundane activities and communications of what were then called ‘persons of interest’. "

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Speculation rife as Gillard gobbles cyber security - Risk - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence

Speculation rife as Gillard gobbles cyber security - Risk - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence:

"Julia Gillard will take command of cyber security policy away from the Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) under a sweeping cabinet reshuffle that also claimed the scalp of Federal Attorney-General, Robert McClelland."

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'We were lambs to the slaughter' | smh.com.au

'We were lambs to the slaughter' | smh.com.au:

"MOMENTS before a Sydney police officer was shot by a terrorism suspect, he and three colleagues were assured there was ''no information'' to suggest their target might be armed. That advice came from the then head of the Counter Terrorism Co-ordination Command, Mark Jenkins."

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Department of Defence: less than honest, less than decent - The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Department of Defence: less than honest, less than decent

- The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):

"The effect of this is that there is limited political oversight of the AFP and ASIO. "

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Review of Admin

"The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security is required under Section 29 (1)(a) of the Intelligence Services Act 2001, to conduct an annual review of the administration, expenditure and financial statements of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS), Defence Signals Directorate (DSD), Defence Intelligence Organisation (DIO), Defence Imagery Geospatical Organisation (DIGO) and the Office of National Assessments (ONA)."

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Double or nothing on refugee intake

Double or nothing on refugee intake:

"LABOR has committed itself to almost double Australia's refugee intake after an emotion-charged national conference debate ended with a vote to support the controversial Malaysian people-swap agreement to deter boat arrivals."

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Fraser informed Murdoch on Whitlam and Iraqi cash

Fraser informed Murdoch on Whitlam and Iraqi cash:

"THE media baron Rupert Murdoch and the then prime minister, Malcolm Fraser, exchanged secrets, including intelligence information, in efforts to politically destroy the then Labor leader, Gough Whitlam."

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Spending cuts? Yes Minister - The Drum Opinion - There is room for efficiency, but there are better ways (with a dash of courage and conviction) to find them than an across the board cut. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Spending cuts? Yes Minister - The Drum Opinion - There is room for efficiency, but there are better ways (with a dash of courage and conviction) to find them than an across the board cut. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):

"Big agencies or those in the public spotlight can often make up far more in new policy bids than they lose through the dividend. Some of the security agencies, like ASIO or the Australian Federal Police, in recent years have had more money thrown at them than they can spend and have difficulty recruiting to their increased staff numbers. "

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Sky News: Australia faces persistent terror threat

Sky News: Australia faces persistent terror threat:

"Australia faces a persistent terror threat and it wouldn't be in the community's interest for intelligence agencies or the government to relax their guard, Attorney-General Robert McClelland says."

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WikiLeaks wins top Australian journalism prize

WikiLeaks wins top Australian journalism prize:

"The WikiLeaks website has won Australian journalism’s most prestigious annual prize—the Walkley Award for Outstanding Contribution to Journalism. Chosen by a panel of journalists and photographers, a Walkley is the national equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize in the US."

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Cloak and dollar: how much do security agencies in Australia really need?

Cloak and dollar: how much do security agencies in Australia really need?:

"In an era of evolving threats, judgment calls will continue to rely on the provision of accurate, timely intelligence. But this intelligence does not come cheap."

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Asylum seekers released on bridging visas | News | NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au

Asylum seekers released on bridging visas | News | NT News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au:

"SOME asylum seekers detained in Darwin are among the first to be released into the community on bridging visas but it will be up to them where they live."

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Mother of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, speaks with the WSWS

Mother of Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, speaks with the WSWS:

"Christine Assange, the mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, spoke with the World Socialist Web Site last week during US President Barack Obama’s visit to Australia. Early this month, Britain’s High Court dismissed an appeal by Julian Assange against his extradition to Sweden on frame-up charges of rape and sexual assault."

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D Notice - WikiSpooks

D Notice - WikiSpooks:

"A voluntary system of D-Notices was also used in Australia starting in 1952 during the Cold War period and were issued by the Defence, Press and Broadcasting Committee. At the first meeting of the Committee, eight D-Notices were issued covering atomic tests in Australia, aspects of naval shipbuilding, official ciphering, the number and deployment of Centurion tanks, troop movements in the Korean War, weapons and equipment information not officially released, aspects of air defence and certain aerial photographs.[3]"

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Detention firm fined $15m for care failure

Detention firm fined $15m for care failure:

"THE multinational company that runs the immigration detention network has been fined $15 million for failing in its duty of care to asylum seekers and for underperformance."

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The plot to get Gough

The plot to get Gough:

"MEDIA baron Rupert Murdoch and former prime minister Malcolm Fraser exchanged secrets, including intelligence information, in efforts to politically destroy Labor leader Gough Whitlam."

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Humphrey McQueen: Obama’s marines not welcome here | Green Left Weekly

Humphrey McQueen: Obama’s marines not welcome here | Green Left Weekly:

"Ten years ago, we were told that we were going to chose who came here. Today, we are exercising that choice by protesting at the arrival of the war and economic criminal Obama."

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Security clearance industry needs a thorough overhaul - Opinion - Editorial - General - The Canberra Times

Security clearance industry needs a thorough overhaul

- Opinion - Editorial - General - The Canberra Times:

"The security clearance industry is just that - an industry. In theory and more often in practice the more sophisticated a society the more efficient and streamlined is the process for obtaining a security clearance."

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Accused cop Simon Artz read terror raid file | The Australian

Accused cop Simon Artz read terror raid file | The Australian:

"A VICTORIA Police detective accused of leaking details of a major anti-terror investigation accessed a computer file listing the targets of the Operation Neath raids 14 minutes before leaving the office to meet with a senior journalist from The Australian."

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Survey: Aussies snub Govt protection programs - Networks - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence

Survey: Aussies snub Govt protection programs

- Networks - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence:

"Symantec has released a report claiming that only half of Australia’s critical infrastructure providers (CIPs) were prepared to cooperate with Federal Government agencies charged with improving their security."

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Detective a 'minnow' in leak on terror raids | The Australian

Detective a 'minnow' in leak on terror raids | The Australian:

"SIMON Overland's public declaration on the morning of the Operation Neath terror raids that he would vigorously pursue the source of a leak to The Australian newspaper created a "toxic high-profile" atmosphere that resulted in detective Simon Artz facing criminal charges rather than internal police discipline."

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Fraser mulled taskforce to probe leaks - National News - National - General - The Canberra Times

Fraser mulled taskforce to probe leaks

- National News - National - General - The Canberra Times:

"Malcolm Fraser's cabinet considered setting up a special panel of investigators to probe the leaking of confidential government information, documents issued by the National Archives show."

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Talking points of Operation Neath disseminated as part of media strategy | The Australian

Talking points of Operation Neath disseminated as part of media strategy | The Australian:

"The committal hearing of Simon Artz, a Victoria Police detective accused of leaking information about the investigation, today heard outlines of Operation Neath were distributed to the media units of Victoria Police, ASIO, the NSW Crime Commission and other agencies so they could start preparing press releases."

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Cyber security a top priority - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Cyber security a top priority - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):

"There are claims cyber thieves have stolen classified material from the Defence Department as Australia sees a dramatic escalation in cyber attacks."

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Journalist unware of key details of upcoming anti-terror raid | The Australian

Journalist unware of key details of upcoming anti-terror raid | The Australian:

"A JOURNALIST from The Australian who contacted federal police about Melbourne residents supporting Islamic extremists in Somalia did not appear to know key aspects about a major counter-terrorism operation already underway, a court has heard."

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Aussie Defense IT adviser lost a dozen intelligence briefings - Charlotte City Buzz | Examiner.com

Aussie Defense IT adviser lost a dozen intelligence briefings - Charlotte City Buzz | Examiner.com:

"The office of the defense force's top information technology adviser lost a dozen intelligence briefings of the most highly classified level - "above top secret" - in another embarrassing incident for Australia's armed services."

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Security a safe market

Security a safe market:

"THESE days, the surest way to gain acceptance for policy proposals that former Treasury secretary Ken Henry might have called "frankly, bad" is to wrap them in a ''security'' blanket."

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Top cop denies warning over leak | The Australian

Top cop denies warning over leak | The Australian:

"A VICTORIA Police officer cannot recall a conversation he concedes could have occurred in which a subordinate insists he told him their office could have been responsible for the leaking of a counter-terrorism operation with the AFP and ASIO."

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Ever felt like someone is watching you? – seeuinsydney

Ever felt like someone is watching you? – seeuinsydney:

"Australia’s Secret Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) was set up in 1949 has files on over half a million Australians over the years. They have watched and recorded information on suspected of threats to national security, alleged communists, and university student hippies such as movie reviewer David Stratton (I kid you not)."

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AFP split with Victoria Police on terror raid plans | The Australian

AFP split with Victoria Police on terror raid plans

| The Australian:

"A RIFT between senior figures within the Victoria Police and Australian Federal Police over how best to conduct the critical stage of a major anti-terror operation -- including when to raid terror suspects and how best to contain a leak that had compromised the long-standing investigation -- has been revealed in a Melbourne court."

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Sri Lankan refugees believed to be Tamil Tigers | The Australian

Sri Lankan refugees believed to be Tamil Tigers

| The Australian:

"AT least 40 of the 44 boatpeople who have been declared security threats by ASIO are believed to be Sri Lankan Tamils with links to that country's terrorist organisation."

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AFP feared leak could spark terror attack | Herald Sun

AFP feared leak could spark terror attack | Herald Sun:

"THE Australian Federal Police (AFP) held grave fears for public safety when it emerged that details of planned anti-terrorism raids had been leaked to a media outlet, a court has been told."

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National Archives of Australia | ASIO counterespionage on film | Your Memento

National Archives of Australia

| ASIO counterespionage on film | Your Memento:

"National Archives staff often unearth exciting or unusual records from among the millions of items held in the collection. These records are placed on the Archives’ Gems Register. ‘What a gem!’ showcases amazing finds from the Archives’ collection. In this issue, Your Memento presents Legal Resident – an ASIO training film from 1963.

"

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Massive security for Commonwealth meeting in Western Australia

Massive security for Commonwealth meeting in Western Australia:

"Extensive police-state security measures have been adopted in the Western Australian capital of Perth, as part of state and federal government preparations for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) this weekend. CHOGM consists of the leaders of Britain and its former colonies."

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US Cables show former Solomons minister Chan was key partner

US Cables show former Solomons minister Chan was key partner:

"Classified US diplomatic cables from 2006 show that the US enjoyed close contacts with the foreign minister at the time, Laurie Chan."

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US, Aus spy exposed

US, Aus spy exposed:

"CLASSIFIED US diplomatic cables from 2006, recently published by WikiLeaks, have finally revealed that Australia and the United States have highly protected local intelligence sources in the Solomon Islands."

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Most important to avoid the perception of crony capitalism | The Australian

Most important to avoid the perception of crony capitalism

| The Australian:

"WHILE there is a tradition of former bureaucrats moving to business or even politics, Ken Henry provides an interesting challenge to Australian governance.

"

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Persons Of Interest – ASIO surveillance 1949 -1980 « Art Blart

Persons Of Interest – ASIO surveillance 1949 -1980 « Art Blart:

"Curator Naomi Cass
Artists ASIO de-classified photos and footage, Denis Beaubois (France/Australia), Luc Delahaye (France), Cherine Fahd (Australia), Percy Grainger (Australia/USA), Bill Henson (Australia), Sonia Leber and David Chesworth (Australia), Walid Raad (Lebanon/USA), Kohei Yoshiyuki (Japan)"

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India's absence a serious failure | The Australian

India's absence a serious failure | The Australian:

"NEXT week's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth is already shaping up as something of a diplomatic failure for the Gillard government. There are two key indicators of this. The first, and most significant, is that Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, the largest and most important Commonwealth nation, is not attending."

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Security out in force as world leaders meet

Security out in force as world leaders meet:

"A RELATIVELY small group of university students, left-wing demonstrators and human rights activists will be confronted with one of Australia's biggest security operations in Perth during next week's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting."

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ASIO war on illegal fishing | Crikey

ASIO war on illegal fishing | Crikey:

"This week at Estimates, there was a sequel to the circumstances around the passage of the “WikiLeaks” amendment earlier this year that expanded ASIO’s powers to gather foreign intelligence to incorporate not merely “non-state actors” but virtually anything relating to Australia or its interests, including commercial interests."

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Air marshals cut from the skies as cost cutting bites | thetelegraph.com.au

Air marshals cut from the skies as cost cutting bites

| thetelegraph.com.au:

"ARMED guards on planes will fly almost entirely on international routes after the axing of 36 air marshals."

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ASIO gradually “going dark” with intercept targets - CSO | The Resource for Data Security Executives

ASIO gradually “going dark” with intercept targets

- CSO | The Resource for Data Security Executives:

"The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation is “gradually ‘going dark’” on its telecommunications intercept capabilities, referring to the challenge law enforcement have intercepting peer-to-peer, web and Skype like communications"

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Australia: Ongoing conspiracy of silence over SIEV X tragedy

Australia: Ongoing conspiracy of silence over SIEV X tragedy:

"A decade ago, on October 19, 2001, a seriously overcrowded 19-metre vessel, later known as SIEV X and carrying 400 refugees from the Middle East and North Africa, broke up and sank in international waters between Indonesia and Australia’s Christmas Island. Three hundred and fifty-three people, including 146 children and 142 women, drowned. Most were attempting to rejoin their husbands and fathers on Temporary Protection Visas in Australia but legally denied family reunion rights."

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$14m Canberra crisis centre a cyberwar defence - Networks - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence

$14m Canberra crisis centre a cyberwar defence

- Networks - SC Magazine Australia - Secure Business Intelligence:

"A $14 million Crisis Coordination Centre has opened in the Federal Attorney-General’s Department to deal with large cyber and terror attacks and natural disasters."

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I spy? Or do you? - Secret Canberra - The Canberra Times

I spy? Or do you? - Secret Canberra

- The Canberra Times:

"t's that time of the year. Spring has well and truly sprung. The mysterious white fluff is floating around. And annual reports are sprouting all over town."

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The Infidel Diaries » Biased media reporting on ASIO report.

The Infidel Diaries » Biased media reporting on ASIO report.:

"Several papers reported on the tabling of the annual ASIO security report. "

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Howard aides linked to Habib rendition

Howard aides linked to Habib rendition:

"OFFICIALS who worked under the then Prime Minister, John Howard, were ''directly involved in decision-making'' about the arrest and rendition to Egypt of the terrorism suspect Mamdouh Habib, a top-level inquiry into the affair has found."

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Govt releases bomb chemicals guide

Govt releases bomb chemicals guide:

"The federal government has launched a guide to help retail staff avoid selling chemicals that could be turned into bombs."

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