Aussie ISPs Not Required To Retain Your Data (Yet) | Gizmodo Australia

 "The National Security Agency isn’t the most popular government organisation in the US (and indeed the world) right now, thanks to its rather troubling obsession with collecting all of the things. "



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"at this stage, the primary qualifications British agents salary between 43,600 to 72,400 U.S. dollars.Australian wages are generally lower than the UK, but there's a warm climate and quality of life every year attracts many Britons to settle."



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Australian Intelligence Community Boosting Its Funding to Counter Growing Middle East Threats - Matthew Aid

"Intelligence agencies in Australia will receive an unexpected funding boost to counter what they see as a growing risk of terrorist attacks emanating from the Middle East."



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Samsung's Galaxy S5 gets nod from Canberra - Mobility - News - CRN Australia

"Samsung's flagship Galaxy S5 phone has earned a key security certification from the Australian Government."



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Australia to house new spy base for military comms - Networking - Security - News - iTnews.com.au

"The Australian and US Governments will build a spy base in Western Australia to facilitate real-time communications between the military operations of both countries."



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Down Under data dump: Australian police track mobile phones the NSA way — RT News

 "Australian law-enforcement has been exposed scooping metadata from thousands of mobile phones of ordinary citizens, using the same kind of equipment and methods previously attributed to US police and intelligence agencies, like the NSA and FBI."



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Minimising the Threat from Java-based Intrusions: ASD Australian Signals Directorate

"Java applications are used widely to perform necessary business functions. Like most available software, there have been security vulnerabilities found in Java. "



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Tougher terror laws on way | The Australian

"AUSTRALIAN police could be given the power to independently collect evidence and conduct surveillance operations in war zones such as Syria and Iraq as part of the biggest overhaul of national security laws in a decade."



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Sydney sheikh Zouheir Issa accused of funding Australian jihadist leading militia in Syria conflict - Yahoo!7

"A Sydney sheikh has been accused of funding a central figure in the Syrian conflict, an Australian-Lebanese dual national with ties to Al Qaeda and who runs a well-armed militia in northern Lebanon."



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DFAT upgrades ageing web server for passports system - Security - News - iTnews.com.au

 "Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has upgraded end-of-life infrastructure supporting the nation’s Passports website in response to scrutiny of the agency's exposure to IT security risks."



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Cyber defence - a little goes a long way - WhaTech

"The bad news from Australia’s top cyber security body, the Defence Signals Directorate (DSD), is that cyber attacks on Australian computer systems are on the increase: cyber security incidents observed by DSD in 2013 were up 21 percent on 2012."



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EFA takes wait-and-see approach to ASIO changes - Computerworld

"Online civil liberties group Electronic Frontiers Australia will wait until Senator George Brandis unveils his raft of changes to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 before passing judgement on them, but EFA executive officer Jon Lawrence says he is hopeful that the Attorney-General's proposals will not be "too extreme"."



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Defence Signals Directorate – Overview | Cloud Computing Vocabulary

"DSD Defence Signals Directorate, dsd.gov.au, 2011. ASD has 2 main functions:
* to gather and distribute alien waves intelligence;
* to supply data safeguarding articles and facilities to the Australian Government and its Defence Force."



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Weapons-Testing Site in Australian Outback Now Open to Mining - WSJ

"The world's largest weapons test range in the remote Australian outback will be opened to mining after the country's parliament agreed on Thursday to laws easing access to an area larger than the U.S. state of Ohio."



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Australian government to boost spy powers on back of Iraq fears | ZDNet

"On the back of fears over the Australians joining conflicts in Iraq and Syria, Attorney-General George Brandis is set to introduce legislation for new spying powers for Australian's peak intelligence agency."



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Watchdogs have never checked telcos' email interception plans

 "Australia's top intelligence and security watchdogs have never asked to look at the plans that telephone and internet providers must have in place for intercepting Australians' phone calls and emails at the direction of security and law enforcement agencies."



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Federal agencies miss mandatory infosec deadline: ANAO | Government NewsGovernment News

At least seven major federal agencies and departments will miss a mandatory security compliance deadline to bolster defences against cyber attacks that is due come into effect on 1st July 2014, according to a new report from the Australian National Audit Office."



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British watchdog on terrorism urges caution on Australia's security plan

"Britain's watchdog on terrorism laws has urged the Abbott government to reconsider its controversial plan to abolish Australia's own independent monitor on national security legislation."



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Jihadist fears spark new spook powers • The Register

"Australia's federal government is reportedly about to use Australians travelling to fight with jihadists in Syria as the basis for giving new local powers to ASIO."



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N. Zealand 'reintegrated' into Five Eyes global spy network after 2-decade absence — RT News

New Zealand was welcomed back to the Five Eyes network after a two-decade absence in 2009, it has been revealed. "



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