Cybercrime bill has 'serious flaws', says Greens Senator Scott Ludlam | The Australian

GREENS Senator Scott Ludlam has told the Gillard government to fix "serious flaws" in its proposed Cybercrime Bill, which will force ISPs to collect real-time internet traffic data and make it available for police locally and internationally for up to 30 days.

ASIO's overseas powers dramatically expanded - The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A pattern established under the Howard government - that of rapidly pushing through laws to enhance the powers of the "national security" agencies - was again repeated by the Labor Government.

2011 Media Release: President reports on Mr Al Jenabi v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship)

President of the Australian Human Rights Commission Catherine Branson QC has released her report into a complaint made by Mr Al Jenabi who claimed his right to be free from arbitrary detention had been breached.

The ASIO Intelligence Gathering Antenna Disguised As A Pencil Pine - Local Business - Sunbury, Victoria | Facebook

Local Business - Sunbury, Victoria | Facebook

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Internet use ‘rampant’: ASIO boss • The Register

"The rampant use of the Internet, the democratization of communication, has resulted in new and effective means for individuals to propagate and absorb unfettered ideas and information and to be radicalized – literally, in their lounge rooms"

Mosman bomb hoax father's crim-catching software

"The 'data stream profiling' software can determine the country of origin of a person, their education, gender, whether they are left or right handed, their native language, if they're a touch typist and their year of birth just by monitoring what they type, according to a brochure listed on its website."

ASIO and me - Eureka Street

"Recently I was interviewed on the ABC 7.30 ACT television program about my Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) file. It was a human interest story to accompany an item about the current exhibition called 'Persons of Interest: The ASIO Files', in Sydney at the Justice and Police Museum. I had first learned in passing of the existence of this file from a Canberra Times journalist, Philip Dorling, sometime in 2008. It took me more than a year until February 2010 to eventually obtain my file after applying to the National Archives of Australia."

Australian government suppresses mounting unrest in refugee detention centres

"The Labor government has responded with severe repression to a wave of refugee unrest throughout Australia’s 16 detention facilities, caused by prolonged periods of detention and frustration over their uncertain future. Desperate protests by inmates, attempting to draw public attention to the abuse of their basic legal and democratic rights, are being met by police violence, the arbitrary removal of demonstrators to high-security prisons and threats by Prime Minister Gillard and her ministers to retaliate by stripping refugees of their fundamental right to asylum."

Norway-style, lone-wolf terror raids possible in Australia: ASIO | MAARS News

"AUSTRALIA could suffer the sort of lone-wolf terror attack that occurred in Norway, the head of the domestic intelligence agency warned."

'Evil' hacker had control of NBN trial partner for six weeks, say police | Information, Gadgets, Mobile Phones News & Reviews | News.com.au

"AN unemployed truck driver who goes by the online name 'Evil' has been charged with hacking into one the NBN service providers."

Local extremists the threat, says ASIO chief

"THE death of Obama bin Laden has not made Australia any safer from terrorist attacks, which most likely would come from ''home-grown'' extremists with few, if any, links to international terror organisations."

ASIO spies on activist - Government - News - Inner West Courier

"SHE’D heard the rumours, but Dr Meredith Burgmann didn’t believe her every move was being recorded by secret government agents - until she saw this photo."

The great privacy debate - The Drum Opinion (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

"OK, let's have a debate about privacy. But before we get around to the dastardly Murdoch press, let's be honest about a couple of things. And the first is that we have very little privacy left anyway."

Terror threat level unchanged: McClelland

: "The Sydney Opera House's image in an online jihadist magazine does not change Australia's terrorist threat level, federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland says."

'WikiLeaks amendment' gives ASIO more power | Green Left Weekly

"This would include Australian citizens involved in non-violent political activities abroad, which do not constitute a threat to Australia’s security."

Intelligence Service Legislation Amendment Bill | Greens MPs

"Senator LUDLAM: Could you please provide us, within a reasonably short time, with some details about how your views were sought and in what manner you participated? Have you assessed the potential impact of this bill on your capacity to effectively oversee ASIO?"

Phone-hacking scandal: Ministers and Mr Murdoch | Editorial | Comment is free | The Guardian

"The fundamental problem is that there has been a massive leak of national security material. It could have only come from the task force members, that is, ASIO, AFP or VicPol."

Attorney General's Department - 5 July 2011 - National security legislation passes Parliament

"Attorney-General Robert McClelland today welcomed the passage through Parliament of improvements to laws underpinning Australia’s national security and intelligence agencies."

Muslim group active at Australian universities | thetelegraph.com.au

"UNIVERSITIES are being targeted in a recruitment drive by a radical Islamic group that urges Muslims to reject democracy and target Australian troops fighting in Afghanistan."

Asio Job Vacancies - Fast & Cheap Blog

"ASIO is putting young, inexperienced officers in senior jobs, as the domestic spy agency struggles to absorb an influx of recruits hired in an unprecedented expansion."