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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