ASIO’s detention and questioning powers offend international human rights principles | Human Rights Law Centre

Source: hrlc.org.au: "ASIO’s detention and questioning powers offend international human rights principles"

'via Blog this'

ASIO detention laws should be scrapped

Source: Australian Greens: "The Australian Greens will continue to push for the repeal of controversial provisions in the ASIO Amendment Act, following the release of an independent report which found the provisions were unjustified."

'via Blog this'

Are you a person of interest?

"You are either
"a person of interest"
 to the government
or you are not

 ... think about that!"

Coalition to hand ASIO power over refugees

Source: www.theage.com.au: "ASIO will have unfettered powers to brand refugees a security risk to Australia under a Coalition government - condemning more than 50 people presently held in detention to a legal black hole."

'via Blog this'

Anonymous Newz ASIO The New Neo-Nazi Gillard Roxon Laws in Australia Exposed

YouTube: "The Prime Minister @JuliaGillard and the ex Prime Minister John Howard have both been charged with TREASON"

'via Blog this'

The Case for - REPEALING ASIO POWERS

Source: media.smh.com.au: "UNSW Scientia Professor George Willams highlights 5 things you should know about Australia's new anti-terrorism laws."

'via Blog this'

Repeal urged of ASIO detention powers act

Source: www.smh.com.au:

"THE extraordinary detention powers that were conferred on
ASIO after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US have
not led to any prosecutions and should be repealed, the most
comprehensive study of them to have been published has found."

'via Blog this'

Manager job at Australian Secret Intelligence Service in Canberra ACT

Source: Jobseeker.com.au:

"Sector & Subsector Applications close Sunday, 10th February 2013
ASIS is seeking a highly motivated, results-orientated leader to fill the Manager,
 Data Management vacancy."

'via Blog this'

Microsoft Exchange Administrator in ACT

Source: ICTCareer:

"The Microsoft Exchange Administrator role is responsible for
 leading and assisting in the design, implementation and documentation
of Messaging Technologies in the IT environment. This position will
play a key role in the migration from Lotus Notes to Microsoft Exchange
as part of an overall IT Technology Strategy."

'via Blog this'

Australian cyber security centre to be established

Department of Defence:

"A new Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) drawing
on the skills of the nation’s best cyber security experts will be
 established in Canberra this year."

'via Blog this'

Australian Cyber Security Centre

Source: Prime Minister of Australia:

"A new Australian Cyber Security Centre will be established in
 Canberra to boost the country’s ability to protect against cyber-attacks."

'via Blog this'

ASIO spies seeking immunity to train undercover in terror camps

Source: adelaidenow:

""If an ASIO officer or human source is tasked to collect covert
intelligence in relation to a terrorist organisation, they may be open
to criminal liability under the Criminal Code if, in the course of
collecting the relevant intelligence, they receive training from that
organisation," the Attorney-General's department has told the
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security."

'via Blog this'

'Insidious' fake used ASIO ruse for sex

Source: Brimbank Weekly - North West Weekly:

"County Court Judge Julie Nicholson described Benjamin Lord's
 impersonations of a high-ranking Federal Police officer and ASIO
agent to control his victim as "quite inventive, almost a Hollywood script"."

'via Blog this'

Technical Officers at ASIO - Electrical

Source: Stack Overflow Careers 2.0:

"ASIO is seeking Technical Officers to fulfill a range of interesting roles.
Technical Officers are involved in the development and deployment
of new capabilities, acquisition and maintenance of equipment,
operational planning and working in operational teams."

'via Blog this'

ASIO sex hoax a Hollywood script: judge

Source: news.ninemsn.com.au:

"A Victorian prisoner who convinced his cellmate to
have sex with him by posing as an undercover federal police
officer was "quite inventive", says a judge,
who likened the case to a Hollywood script."

'via Blog this'

'Insidious' fake used ASIO ruse for sex | Benjamin Lord

Source: theage.com.au:

"A judge today said the way a man posed as an ASIO agent
to get sex from a fellow inmate was ‘‘insidious’’."

'via Blog this'

ASIO » ASIO - Home

Source: asio.gov.au:

"ASIO's main role is to gather information and produce intelligence
that will enable it to warn the government about activities or situations
that might endanger Australia's national security."

'via Blog this'

Tamil Woman To Give Birth Behind Bars

Source: smh.com.au:

"A Tamil woman locked in immigration detention for the
term of her pregnancy after the Australian Security Intelligence
Organisation branded her a security risk, has given birth to a boy."

'via Blog this'

Australian spooks want mobile dev to build ... something

Source: The Register:

"The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) seems set
to equip Australian spooks with mobile apps."

'via Blog this'

Director, Operational Engineering Executive Level 2 in ACT

Source: EngineeringCareer:

"As Director, Operational Engineering Section, you will head a specialist
multi-discipline manufacturing engineering group responsible for the supply
of engineering solutions for technical operations (TECHOP)"

'via Blog this'

Software Developer at ASIO

Source: Stack Overflow Careers 2.0:

"You would be involved in the development of a network analysis tool."

'via Blog this'



COMMENT (webyter): too much information don't you think ... "a network analysis tool"

Man posed as ASIO agent for sex

Source: www.theage.com.au:

"This is Benjamin Lord - an unemployed call centre operator
who claimed to be a high-ranking Federal Police officer and
ASIO agent to get sex, a court has heard today."

'via Blog this'

ASIO says no to immigration visa for new mother

Migration Agents - Migration Alliance:

"A baby boy born in Sydney's Villawood detention centre
will remain inside the complex with his mother."

'via Blog this'

Australia's top secret sites uncovered by Google Earth

SOURCE: Perth Now:

"AUSTRALIA's most secret sites are hidden well away from prying eyes,
usually far from major population areas.
But no one escapes the all-seeing eye of Google."

'via Blog this'

Bugging appeal denied

Bugging appeal denied:

"A woman who claimed she was bugged by intelligence agents
has been denied the right to take her legal fight against a
tertiary institution to the ACT Supreme Court."

'via Blog this'

Birth behind bars for 'ASIO risk' Ranjini

SOURCE: The Border Mail:

"A Tamil woman locked in immigration detention for the term
of her pregnancy after the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
branded her a security risk, has given birth to a boy."

'via Blog this'

Spy agency ASIO wants powers to hack into personal computers

SOURCE: News.com.au:

"SPY agency ASIO wants to hack into Australians' personal
computers and commandeer their smartphones to transmit viruses to terrorists."

'via Blog this'

Open Letter to ASIO | Love versus Goliath : A Partner Visa Journey

SOURCE: teamoyeniyi.com:

"In May last year I wrote about Ranjini.  Ranjini is still
being held in detention and is about to give birth to her
third child. Ranjini may already be in labour as I write this."

'via Blog this'

Ex-spook on mission to new era of transparency

SOURCE: The Australian:

"THE official records of the commonwealth government
that are available to the public are so vast that if stretched
in a single line they would more than reach all the way from
Canberra to Sydney -- and the volume of material produced
each year is expanding inexorably."

'via Blog this'

It’s global cyber war out there

SOURCE: www.afr.com:

"Top executives may not be aware of them, but ASIO knows
only too well the alarming potential risks posed by cyber terrorism
and corporate espionage."

'via Blog this'

Former ALP minister Arthur Gietzelt's alleged secret life

SOURCE: The Australian:

"FORMER Hawke government minister and long-time
NSW Labor senator Arthur Gietzelt, 92, has been promising
to write a political memoir since he retired from politics two decades ago."

'via Blog this'

It’s global cyber war out there

SOURCE: afr.com:

"Sitting in an office in the Australian Security Intelligence
Organisation’s Soviet-style building, which mirrors the
Orwellian bunker one might imagine, Australia’s most experienced
spy master, David Irvine, has a lot on his mind as he gazes over Lake Burley Griffin."

'via Blog this'

ASIO claimed minister was being controlled by Soviets

SOURCE: The Australian:

"IN February 1983, just weeks before the first Hawke ministry
was sworn in, ASIO believed that the new minister for veterans' affairs,
Arthur Gietzelt, was possibly "a secret member" of the Communist Party
and "under some form of control" by the Soviet Union."

'via Blog this'

Hotel farce remains low point for spooks

SOURCE: News.com.au:

"BY any standards, what happened at Melbourne's Sheraton Hotel
on a November evening in 1983 must have been truly terrifying."

'via Blog this'

ASIO's Canberra move triggers strike threat

SOURCE: theage.com.au:

"THE sort of people once recruited to spy for Australia
were not unlike their British counterparts: conservative types,
good school perhaps, steady in a crisis, loyal, certainly not
the sort of man or woman one would expect to go on strike."

'via Blog this'

Call to end spies' FOI exemption

SOURCE: www.smh.com.au:

"AUSTRALIA'S spies could be subject to increased public scrutiny
if a top-level review accepts the advice of the Australian government's
 freedom-of-information watchdog."

'via Blog this'

Australian spies demand immunity to 'infiltrate, train' with terrorist groups

SOURCE: newkerala.com:

"Intelligence officials in Australia are demanding legal immunity
to infiltrate and train with terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda."

'via Blog this'

ASIO: Meet Bob with D Branch Attorney General's Department, "wink-wink":

SOURCE: Voice of Russia:

"Could it be that personnel at the Australian Security Intelligence
Organization (ASIO) are so inept or so desperate for work
that they are willing to advertise potential damaging information openly on the web."

'via Blog this'

ASIO spies seeking immunity to train undercover in terror camps

SOURCE: News.com.au:

"AUSTRALIA'S spies are demanding legal immunity to train
undercover with terrorist groups such as al-Qaida."

'via Blog this'

Spooks use internet and social media to advertise their skills

SOURCE: smh.com.au:

"HUNDREDS of former and some present Australian spies
 have posted information about their employment with
intelligence agencies on the internet in what security experts
have called "a gift for foreign espionage"."

'via Blog this'

Aussie supporter of Syrian rebels faces death threats over ASIO contact

SOURCE: The Australian:

"ONE of the first Australians to travel to Syria
during the uprising against the Assad regime has received
death threats from local jihadists who are preparing
to take up arms in the bloody civil war."

'via Blog this'

EX-SBS RADIO BOSS UNAWARE OF ASIO PHONE TAP

SOURCE: Team Uzunov:

"Mr Peter Horton (pictured above), the former Melbourne
 radio station manager of Australia's multicultural public broadcaster
SBS, has told TEAM UZUNOV of his surprise that Australia's
domestic counter-intelligence service was tapping SBS telephones."

'via Blog this'

White Pages® - Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)

SOURCE: White Pages®:

"Canberra (02) 6249 6299
Central Office
Canberra ACT 2600
Written inquiries, ASIO Central Office
GPO Box 2176,ACT 2601"

'via Blog this'

Call to end spies' FOI exemption

SOURCE: smh.com.au:

"AUSTRALIA'S spies could be subject to increased public
scrutiny if a top-level review accepts the advice of the
Australian government's freedom-of-information watchdog."

'via Blog this'

George Williams Speech to launch NSWCCL National ASIO Campaign 2012

SOURCE: YouTube:



"George Williams launched the New South Wales Council for
Civil Liberties National ASIO Campaign on the 19th of October
at the NSWCCL Annual Dinner to roll back extraordinary ASIO powers."

'via Blog this'

Refugee lawyers challenge indefinite detention rule

SORCE: www.smh.com.au:

"Fifty-five asylum seekers are being held in detention
indefinitely because they have been found to be genuine refugees,
so they cannot be returned to their home countries,
but ASIO has given them an adverse security assessment,
so they cannot be settled in Australia. No third country is willing to take them."

'via Blog this'

Macquarie Telecom to build Canberra 'bunker' datacentre | ZDNet

SOURCE: ZDNet:

"The Bunker, which is expected to open in mid-2013,
will be developed to meet Defence Signals Directorate (DSD)
and Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)
specifications on security, and will be backed up by
additional infrastructure deployed in Macquarie's Intellicentre 2 datacentre in Sydney."

'via Blog this'

Sydney bombing investigation leaps forward

SOURCE: Perth Now:

"POLICE have made a series of breakthroughs in their
investigation of the terrorist bombings of the Israeli consulate
and a Jewish club in Sydney 30 years ago."

'via Blog this'

Hugh White

SOURCE: www.lowyinterpreter.org:

" He has served as an intelligence analyst with the
Office of National Assessments; as a journalist with
the Sydney Morning Herald; as a senior adviser
on the staffs of Defence Minister Kim Beazley and Prime Minister Bob Hawke"

'via Blog this'

Data Exploitation and Analysis

SOURCE: jobs.newscientist.com:

"With a relevant degree in a discipline calling for data analysis,
you may also have an established track record in the analysis
and exploitation of data in support of security, intelligence or
law enforcement investigations or have more general experience in data analysis."

'via Blog this'

Refugees, education, ASIO: what else needs a royal commission?

SOURCE: Crikey:

"With a series of inquests going on at the moment,
former diplomat Bruce Haigh asks if there should be
inquiries into other mishandled, ignored and outstanding issues."

'via Blog this'

Refugees, education, ASIO: what else needs a royal commission?

SOURCE: www.crikey.com.au/

It was with some relief that Australians learnt that the federal
government had agreed to a wide-ranging inquiry into institutionalised
child abuse in Australia over a number of decades.

Police phone intercept evidence almost doubles in one year

SOURCE: www.heraldsun.com.au/

POLICE are increasingly bugging telephones to make arrests, according to new figures to be released by the Government today.

Upgrading central city hospitals would safeguard against disaster

SOURCE: smh.com.au:

"Our elite members of the state and federal police forces,
ASIO, Emergency Management Australia and the
NSW Fire Brigade spend a lot of time planning how
they would cope with either a man-made or a natural disaster
 in the central business district of our city."

'via Blog this'

ASIO threat on day leave - man free to visit pregnant wife

SOURCE: thetelegraph.com.au:

"A DETAINED refugee deemed a security threat by ASIO
has been permitted home visits to his wife,
who is due to give birth this month."

'via Blog this'

An exercise in myth-making

SOURCE: World Socialist Web Site:

"Within days an internal ASIO [Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]
document compiled on the deputy prime minister was on its way to
one of ASIO’s favoured journalists,
The Bulletin’s Peter Samuel. The Bulletin’s"

'via Blog this'

UN gives Canberra deadline to address refugee health fears

SOURCE: theAge:

"THE United Nations has given Australia a month to show
how it will ensure the mental and physical safety of two refugees,
one of whom tried to commit suicide this month."

'via Blog this'

ASIO-negative refugee starts hunger strike in Melbourne detention

SOURCE: Refugee Action Coalition:

"The Tamil refugee who successfully challenged the government
in the recent High Court case over ASIO security assessments
 is on his third day of a hunger strike in the
Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation detention centre."

'via Blog this'

Refugee Action Coalition

SOURCE: Refugee Action Coalition:

"A 28 year old Tamil refugee at the Melbourne Immigration
Transit Accommodation detention centre attempted suicide
in the early hours of this morning (Thursday 15 November)."

'via Blog this'

UN to Canberra: Please explain

SOURCE: SMH:

"THE United Nations has given Australia a month to show
how it will ''ensure'' the mental and physical safety of two refugees,
one of whom tried to commit suicide earlier this month."

'via Blog this'

Nauru refugee hunger striker taken to hospital

SOURCE: World Socialist Web Site:

"Detainees blacklisted by ASIO can also potentially remain
in detention indefinitely, because they cannot legally
be returned to their home countries, where they would face persecution."

'via Blog this'

ASIO negative refugee attempts suicide at Villawood

SOURCE: Refugee Action Coalition:

"An ASIO negative Tamil refugee attempted to hang himself
at the Villawood detention centre overnight.
The man has been in detention for over three years."

'via Blog this'

Second Tamil refugee attempts suicide

SOURCE: Narooma News:

"A Tamil refugee branded a security threat by ASIO
and held in detention in Melbourne has attempted to take his life
– following an earlier suicide attempt by another man in Sydney."

'via Blog this'

Security risk refugee tries to end life

SOURCE: SMH:

"A TAMIL refugee branded a security threat by ASIO
and held in detention in Melbourne has attempted to take his life
- following an earlier suicide attempt by another Tamil man in Sydney."

'via Blog this'

Australia to open more military bases to US

SOURCE: CNTV English:

"Senior Australian officials have announced more military bases
will be opened to US military forces.
The announcement came following the 2012
Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations in Perth."

'via Blog this'

Second Tamil refugee attempts suicide

SOURCE: SMH:

"A Tamil refugee branded a security threat by ASIO
and held in detention in Melbourne has attempted to take his life
– following an earlier suicide attempt by another man in Sydney."

'via Blog this'

ASIO probes link to bomber

ASIO probes link to bomber:

"THE reported involvement of a Victorian woman with an alleged anarchist bomber in Mexico has prompted ASIO to open a counter-terrorism probe that includes broad inquiries into Melbourne's anarchist political scene."

'via Blog this'

ASIO probes link to bomber | The Examiner

ASIO probes link to bomber | The Examiner:

"THE reported involvement of a Victorian woman with an alleged anarchist bomber in Mexico has prompted ASIO to open a counter-terrorism probe that includes broad inquiries into Melbourne's anarchist political scene."

'via Blog this'

Nothing short of anarchy

Nothing short of anarchy:

"REBECCA Harrison was extremely curious when the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation unexpectedly contacted her last month. What the Monash University student and part-time political activist didn't know was that she had been drawn into a new counter-terrorism probe, and that ASIO is investigating possible threats to the G20 economic leaders' meetings to be hosted by Australia in 2014."

'via Blog this'

ASIO | libcom.org

ASIO | libcom.org:

"ASIO officers were also keen to inquire broadly about the Melbourne anarchist scene, asking who the main leaders and identities were, and what they thought about violent protest."

'via Blog this'

ASIO probes link to bomber

ASIO probes link to bomber:

"THE reported involvement of a Victorian woman with an alleged anarchist bomber in Mexico has prompted ASIO to open a counter-terrorism probe that includes broad inquiries into Melbourne's anarchist political scene."

'via Blog this'

National iSpy - On Line Opinion - 13/11/2012

National iSpy - On Line Opinion - 13/11/2012:

"Labor's data retention plans are getting more convoluted with every attempted explanation. The government insists that it only needs metadata (not content), but is having a tough time explaining how this would work in practice, to the extent that the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security was still seeking clarification last week of what the Government wants stored."

'via Blog this'

ASIO threat on day leave - man free to visit pregnant wife | The Australian

ASIO threat on day leave - man free to visit pregnant wife | The Australian:

"A DETAINED refugee deemed a security threat by ASIO has been permitted home visits to his wife, who is due to give birth this month."

'via Blog this'

ASIO head backs interception changes | adelaidenow

ASIO head backs interception changes | adelaidenow:

"AUSTRALIA'S security agency has missed out on some intelligence information because of problems monitoring modern communications technology."

'via Blog this'

Second chance for detained refugees - Metro & Regional - National - General - Stock Journal

Second chance for detained refugees - Metro & Regional - National - General - Stock Journal:

"Refugees deemed threats to national security by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and, as a consequence, kept in indefinite detention will now have the right to have the assessments reviewed by a former Federal Court judge."

'via Blog this'

Migration Act may change

Migration Act may change:

"FEDERAL Attorney-General Nicola Roxon concedes the Migration Act may have to be amended following the High Court's ruling paving the way for asylum seekers deemed security risks to be granted visas."

'via Blog this'

Ex-judge to review refugees' status

Ex-judge to review refugees' status:

"Refugees deemed threats to national security by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation and, as a consequence, kept in indefinite detention will now have the right to have the assessments reviewed by a former Federal Court judge."

'via Blog this'

High Court rules on ASIO 'security risk' | Top Stories | BigPond News

High Court rules on ASIO 'security risk' | Top Stories | BigPond News:

"A High Court ruling that found an asylum seeker deemed a security risk could still be granted a refugee visa does not necessarily mean more than 50 cases must be reassessed, the federal government says."

'via Blog this'

Huawei: Shaken and stirred | ZDNet

Huawei: Shaken and stirred | ZDNet:

" I don't know about you, but whenever I watch a James Bond movie, one thought invariably crosses my mind: who pays for all this stuff?"

'via Blog this'

Defence Ministers » Minister for Defence – Speech to the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) Cyber Security Conference 2012

Defence Ministers » Minister for Defence – Speech to the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD) Cyber Security Conference 2012:

"I am very pleased to be here today to address the Defence Signal Directorate’s (DSD’s) Cyber Security Conference 2012 and to see the launch of DSD’s new information security video ‘Catch, Patch, Match’."

'via Blog this'

Huawei to better 'sell' itself to expand business | The Australian

Huawei to better 'sell' itself to expand business | The Australian:

"CHINESE telco Huawei says it will expose its operations to greater public scrutiny as it seeks to expand its business in the face of security concerns over the company."

'via Blog this'

Spy force seals UN council success

Spy force seals UN council success:

"AUSTRALIAN spies gave a secret edge to the stunning victory in Labor's multimillion-dollar campaign for the United Nations Security Council."

'via Blog this'

ASIO seen as serious threat to innocent citizens | Central Western Daily

ASIO seen as serious threat to innocent citizens | Central Western Daily:

"THE powers of Australia's domestic spy agency, ASIO, are rotten at their core, could be used against innocent Australians by an unscrupulous government and should be repealed, the law professor George Williams has warned."

'via Blog this'

Spies but no dirty tricks in campaign win

Spies but no dirty tricks in campaign win:

"Australian spies gave a secret edge to the stunning victory in Labor's multi-million dollar campaign for the United Nations Security Council."

'via Blog this'

ASIO wants powers to counter changing technology - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

ASIO wants powers to counter changing technology - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):

"Australia's domestic spy agency has revealed there have been intelligence failures in recent years because of changing technology."

'via Blog this'

Huawei reportedly cleared of spying in White House review | ZDNet

Huawei reportedly cleared of spying in White House review | ZDNet:

"A White House review of the risks of suppliers to US telecommunications companies found no evidence that Huawei is guilty of spying on the United States, according to a report."

'via Blog this'

Chinese firm's NBN ban not political:ASIO

Chinese firm's NBN ban not political:ASIO:

"ASIO has hit back against claims that Chinese company Huawei, the Raiders' sponsor, was excluded from the national broadband network for political reasons."

'via Blog this'

Border patrol rips into tax dollars

Border patrol rips into tax dollars:

"Why then, he asked Customs chief Mike Pezzullo, does ASIO manage to get rid of its sensitive material with shredders worth only $353 each?"

'via Blog this'

Government to allow reviews of ASIO assessments - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Government to allow reviews of ASIO assessments - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):

"The Federal Government has announced plans to set up an individual review process for asylum seekers who want to contest adverse ASIO findings."

'via Blog this'

Company could shut down over ASIO job

Company could shut down over ASIO job:

"Canberra's ASIO building has hit more trouble with a contractor on the job going into administration yesterday, blaming problems on the $600 million project for the business's collapse."

'via Blog this'

ASIO - Still clueless - Stormfront

ASIO - Still clueless - Stormfront:

"A decade on, while Australia is undeniably one of the safe countries in the world, the unfortunate reality is that the threat of terrorism remains real and persistent and therefore represents the greatest focus of ASIO's attention," Mr Irvine says in ASIO's latest annual report.

'via Blog this'

ASIO chief warns terror threat remains

ASIO chief warns terror threat remains:

"The head of Australia's domestic spy agency says terrorism remains a "real and persistent" threat a decade on from the first Bali bombing."

'via Blog this'

Greens move to end indefinite detention | The Australian

Greens move to end indefinite detention | The Australian:

"THE Australian Greens have introduced a bill to the Senate designed to remove a legal loophole which allows the indefinite detention of asylum seekers deemed to be security risks."

'via Blog this'

China telcos react angrily to US espionage claims - The West Australian

China telcos react angrily to US espionage claims - The West Australian:

"Two of China's biggest telcos have reacted angrily to a damaging report which labels them a risk to US national security."

'via Blog this'

Tamil to take the fight to ASIO | The Australian

Tamil to take the fight to ASIO | The Australian:

"AN ethnic Tamil who was set to be deported to the US to face terrorism charges, until a judge ruled the commonwealth had bungled the case, is now challenging his adverse ASIO assessment in a bid to remain in Australia."

'via Blog this'

We must stop the government's erosion of liberties

We must stop the government's erosion of liberties:

"The federal government's proposed data retention regime deserves every bit of the immense amount of public criticism that has been heaped upon it. But focus on the Orwellian citizen spying program could allow the government to push through its other troubling proposals unchallenged."

'via Blog this'

National & World news, sport, entertainment, business, property, travel | Northern Territory News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au

National & World news, sport, entertainment, business, property, travel | Northern Territory News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au:

"ABOUT 40 anti-war demonstrators have blocked access to the Swan Island military base on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula."

'via Blog this'

Tamil Sydney - High court case M47/2012- M47 Vs ASIO, judgement expected next week in favour of Tamil Asylum seeker

Tamil Sydney - High court case M47/2012- M47 Vs ASIO, judgement expected next week in favour of Tamil Asylum seeker:

"Sources close to the case details reliably believes, that the Judgment is expected next week in the landmark case in High court, in favour of the Tamil Asylum seekers."

'via Blog this'

Citizens blockade Swan Island SAS training base | Green Left Weekly

Citizens blockade Swan Island SAS training base | Green Left Weekly:

"About 40 concerned citizens opposed to the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan and Australia’s role in the conflict, gathered in Queenscliff on the Bellarine Peninsula, 30 kilometres from Geelong, to blockade the entrance to the Swan Island military base over September 23 to 27."

'via Blog this'

Turnbull's NBN shadowboxing | Technology Spectator

Turnbull's NBN shadowboxing | Technology Spectator:

"The Coalition’s attempt to wrest the broadband initiative away from the Gillard government has unfortunately failed to hit the mark, hamstrung by a lack of policy detail that many were hoping would be forthcoming. On top of that the apparent backflip by Malcolm Turnbull on the issue of NBN costing and doubts about how much the opposition communications spokesman knew about Huawei’s exclusion from the NBN, have both cast an embarrasing shadow on the Coalition’s game plan."

'via Blog this'