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Spy ring that recruited former politician uncovered

A spy ring specifically targeted politicians, academics and students while others had tried to hurt dissidents in Australia, the nation's top spy has revealed.

AAP

Penalties shake-up push for former Defence workers

Australia's peak industry body has called for proportionate offences for restricted people who breach laws regulating work for foreign bodies or militaries.

AAP

Security chiefs eye global conflicts and meddling spies

Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza and Russia's ongoing assault on Ukraine are keeping Australia's intelligence agencies under the pump.

AAP

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Displaced comrades: cold war rivalries, lies and spies among Sydney’s Russian émigrés

A new book reveals how two clubs on opposite sides of George Street – and the cold war – played a key role in Australia’s era of espionage

The Guardian - AU

Year in pictures: February 2023

We look at the news of February through the eyes of Canberra Times photographers.

The Canberra Times

Egyptian asylum seeker asks 'why am I still detained?'

An Egyptian asylum seeker detained for more than a decade hoped a recent landmark High Court ruling would secure his freedom, but he remains behind bars.

AAP

Brittany Higgins’ parents tell court ‘vivacious’ daughter became ‘withdrawn’ after alleged rape

Kelly Higgins has told the Bruce Lehrmann defamation case that hearing about the alleged assault was a ‘mother’s worst nightmare’. Lehrmann has always denied the allegation

The Guardian - AU

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Australia inquiry raises hopes for six jailed over alleged Sydney bomb plot

Judicial inquiry is looking into potential miscarriage of justice amid ‘doubts’ over convictions of the ‘Croatian Six’.

Al Jazeera

Wieambilla shootings: questions remain on monitoring of domestic extremists

Trio embraced ‘dizzying intersection of narratives, ideologies and conspiracies’, but that did not justify attention from authorities, expert says

The Guardian - AU

'Jihad is the solution': cops probe preacher comments

Police are investigating after a preacher in Sydney delivered a speech warning the government was "pushing Muslims into a corner" and "jihad is the solution".

AAP

Spy chief denies Dutton dig in 'words matter' warning

Australia's domestic spy boss says he wasn't criticising Opposition Leader Peter Dutton in his "words matter" warning to avoid inflaming community tensions.

AAP

Visiting professor used PhD students to gather intelligence for China, Asio boss alleges

Mike Burgess says Beijing is engaged in ‘the most sustained, scaled and sophisticated theft of intellectual property and expertise in human history’

The Guardian - AU

ASIO chief reveals Chinese interference plot details

ASIO director-general Mike Burgess has confirmed Australia kicked out an academic who was recruited by Chinese intelligence to gather information.

AAP

‘Grossly irresponsible’: peak Islamic body condemns Peter Dutton’s comments on pro-Palestine rally

Australian National Imams Council said opposition leader’s comments were ‘designed to inflame tensions’

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Peter Dutton is Australia’s figurehead of fear and fake news, like Trump but without charisma

From geopolitics to the voice the Liberal leader is a political fabulist, dishing up provocations to get voters’ attention and using a deadly crisis to monster foesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast

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Grattan on Friday: Did Anthony Albanese realise what a rough journey this referendum would be?

Anthony Albanese has invested heart, soul and political authority in his battle to change the Constitution to establish an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. His tears this week at Uluru, when surrounded and celebrated by Aboriginal women, showed a deep well of emotion.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Asio urges all parties to tone it down on Middle East; UN staff among those killed in Gaza; and factchecking voice misinformation

Security agency says it has seen direct connections between inflamed language and inflamed community tensions

The Guardian - AU

Asio warns against inflamed language over Middle East amid concern of ‘opportunistic violence’

Mike Burgess issues rare public statement asking ‘all parties consider the implications for social cohesion’

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Tension over Middle East fuels fears of local violence

The possibility of opportunistic violence has sparked a warning by Australia's security intelligence boss ahead of protests over clashes in Israel and Gaza.

The Independent UK

Former US military pilot's lawyer tells Sydney court that extradition hearing should be delayed

A lawyer for a former U.S. military pilot accused of illegally training Chinese aviators has told a Sydney court that an extradition hearing scheduled for next month should be postponed due to delays in government agencies handing over crucial material

The Guardian - AU

UK espionage saga a ‘wake-up call’ for Australian parliament, opposition says

Calls for further security measures including vetting of staffers after UK parliamentary aide arrested on suspicion of spying for China

The Conversation

Foreign interference through social media is an active threat. Here's what Australia can do

Last week, a special Senate committee released a report on foreign interference through social media.

The Guardian - AU

Egyptian refugee Sayed Abdellatif cleared as security threat by Asio, but still detained after 11 years

Abdellatif remains in Australian immigration detention, where he has been held for a decade thanks to security assessments tainted by evidence obtained under torture

The Independent UK

US pilot accused of illegally training Chinese aviators postpones Sydney extradition hearing

A former United States military pilot’s Sydney extradition hearing on U.S. charges, including that he illegally trained Chinese aviators, has been postponed while authorities investigate the role of an Australian spy agency in his arrest

The Guardian - AU

‘My son is innocent’: mother of imprisoned Australian businessman denies he’s a Chinese spy

Lawyers say Alexander Csergo brought home list of requests from aspiring Chinese handlers to ensure he would be believed by Australian authorities

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