Australia Security Intelligence Organisation eyes green groups
AUSTRALIA’S leading counter-terrorism agency has been providing intelligence to the federal government on environmental groups that campaign against coalmining. The Australia Security Intelligence...
View ArticleBig Brother Australia Looking to Monitor Full Spectrum Communications
The most expansive set of surveillance powers since the attacks of 2001 are set to be rolled out in Australia unless there is overwhelming public resistance. The new proposals are being issued by the...
View ArticleAustralian Government Threatens Lawyer with Charges over Timor Spying...
Australian Government Threatens Lawyer with Charges over Timor Spying Revelations The Abbott government yesterday intensified its legal threats designed to suppress the latest revelations of the...
View ArticleDetention extension? Australian spy agency’s power to hold without charge...
Following Australia’s passing of draconian anti-terror laws late September, the country took another step in the direction. This may allow its security services to detain anyone without charge even...
View ArticleAustralian law to protect spy operations triggers media debate
‘One of the police-state measures in the Abbott government’s barrage of “terrorism” laws has generated a revealing debate within the media and political establishment about the media’s key role in...
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