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Why are Australians so reluctant to change our constitution?

The proposal for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament was the first attempt to add Indigenous recognition to the Australian Constitution. Despite what appeared to be encouraging early opinion polls, support declined as the campaign proceeded. The result, as we know, was a resounding failure.

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Palestinian-Australians deride visa debate as alarmist

Australians are being asked to remember the human impact of war as those fleeing Gaza are caught in the middle of a public debate over visa security checks.

AAP

View from The Hill: ASIO chief seeks to dig out of the hole he’d made for himself

Mike Burgess is highly respected by both Labor and Liberal politicians. When they talk about him, they nearly always throw in praise, sometimes fulsome.

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Asio chief says person who likes tweet supporting 7 October attacks on Israel could fail visa security test

In wake of Coalition criticism, Mike Burgess says support for Palestine not a problem but support for Hamas could rule out ability to come to Australia

The Guardian - AU

ASIO boss argues comments on Gaza visas 'distorted'

The ASIO director-general says his comments on the vetting process for people fleeing Gaza have been distorted, triggering a fresh round of political fighting.

AAP

Advocacy group to launch national campaign on Sunday to ‘amplify’ Muslim political voice

The advocacy group Muslim Votes Matter has put together a high-profile speakers list to launch its national campaign in Melbourne on Sunday, which is aimed at leveraging its influence for the federal election.

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Australia’s new chief cyber spy inherits a massive $10 billion war chest – and an urgent mission

The selection of Abigail Bradshaw as the new head of Australia’s cyber spy agency, the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD), sends a strong message.

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Labor calls Peter Dutton a ‘sook’ in parliament for his continued attacks on Gaza visa process

In parliament, opposition leader accuses Anthony Albanese of misleading the house by selectively quoting Australia’s spy boss Mike Burgess

The Guardian - AU

Dutton’s strident Gaza digression drowns out Liberals’ epic election blunder in NSW

A random response to a single question on Wednesday morning at Sydney airport engulfed the news cycle and gave the opposition some welcome distraction

The Guardian - AU

‘Pauline Hanson without the personality’: Dutton says he’s not racist as MPs condemn Gaza visa ban stance

Opposition leader says he refuses to be a ‘punching bag’ after saying he doesn’t believe people fleeing Gaza should be allowed into Australia

The Guardian - AU

Grattan on Friday: Peter Dutton inflames debate around visas for Palestinians fleeing Gaza

Peter Dutton is 100% signed up to the position of Israel in the Middle East conflict. Immigration minister Tony Burke has an electorate with the second largest Muslim community of any seat in the country.

The Conversation

Politicians were warned to watch their words on the Middle East. Was Peter Dutton listening?

The opposition leader’s claim arrivals from Gaza aren’t subject to security checks is false. They’re the same as when he was minister

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton says Australia should not accept Palestinians from Gaza due to ‘national security risk’

Coalition leader’s escalated rhetoric immediately rejected by senior Albanese government figures

The Guardian - AU

'Do more': fury rises over Palestinian refugee ban call

Palestinians are disgusted at a call to blanket ban asylum seekers fleeing the war-torn Gaza Strip from Australia under the guise of national security.

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Security boosted at Parliament House after protests

Protesters who climbed onto the roof at Parliament House have triggered upgrades to security measures, with longer-term options being considered.

The Guardian - AU

‘Three or four’ countries involved in foreign interference in Australia including ‘friends’, Mike Burgess says

Asio director general says some of the countries trying to intimidate diaspora communities ‘would surprise you’

AAP

'At least three' nations interfering in Australia: ASIO

ASIO director-general Mike Burgess says at the least three or four countries have been caught interfering in Australia's domestic affairs, including Iran.

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The cancellation of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour shows is the latest incident in a long history of concert terrorism

Taylor Swift’s Eras’ Tour concerts in Vienna, scheduled for August 8–10, have been cancelled due to a foiled terrorist plot. The events were expected to draw around 65,000 attendees each night.

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ASIO has now declared the terrorist threat to Australia is ‘probable’. What does this mean?

ASIO has raised Australia’s national terrorism threat level from “possible” to “probable”.

AAP

Lack of social media enforcement behind radicalisation

Security experts say governments not regulating social media in its early years may have led to young people being more easily radicalised online.

The Independent UK

Australia raises national terror threat level amid rise in ‘extreme ideologies’

Country’s spy chief says ‘more Australians are being radicalised’

The Conversation

ASIO raises threat level to ‘probable’ due to increasing extremism, chief says

The Australia Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has raised Australia’s national terrorism threat level from “possible” to “probable”, with ASIO head Mike Burgess giving a grim assessment of the “degrading security enviroment”.

The Independent UK

Australia lifts terrorism threat level from 'possible' to 'probable,' but says no specific threat

The Australian government has elevated the nation’s terrorism threat alert level from “possible” to “probable,” citing concerns about increasing radicalization among young people and community tensions over the Israel-Hamas war

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Grattan on Friday: Welcome King Charles, farewell the republic as Albanese casts aside lost causes

Anthony Albanese can’t escape the powerful symbolism. In October he is due to greet King Charles on Australian soil – hard on the heels of formally burying Labor’s hopes of turning Australia into a republic.

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New home affairs minister Tony Burke heads to Indonesia to tackle terrorism and people smuggling

Tony Burke is flying to Indonesia, within hours of being sworn into the home affairs portfolio, for talks on security issues including countering terrorism and people smuggling.

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