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'Getting worse': inquiry's chilling child abuse warning

Australia's most senior police admit they have been powerless to stop a massive increase in child exploitation, conceding the abuse is getting worse.

AAP

Fourteen people investigated for terror symbol displays

Police are investigating the display of terrorist iconography and whether rhetoric about killed terrorists crossed the threshold into inciting violence.

AAP

AFP investigating fourteen people over alleged breaches of hate symbol laws

More young people are being radicalised online, police warned.

The Canberra Times

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Global Police Sting Targets Users Of Organised Crime App

A 32-year-old Australian "computer geek" has been arrested on suspicion of building an encrypted messaging app used by hundreds of criminals worldwide to arrange drug deals and order killings, local police said Wednesday.

International Business Times

Australian police infiltrate encrypted messaging app Ghost and arrest dozens

Australian police say they have infiltrated Ghost, an encrypted global communications app developed for criminals, leading to dozens of arrests

The Independent UK

No 'evidence of coercion' in Chinese police operations

The Australian Federal Police saw no evidence of coercion of people returning to China after meeting with Chinese secret police in Australia, a committee heard.

AAP

Asio boss defends undercover police operation targeting boy with autism

Mike Burgess says security agencies ‘don’t radicalise people’ and stands by actions of police in case of 13-year-old with Islamic State ‘fixation’

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AFP officer tells Senate he would repeat undercover operation on autistic teenager

Deputy commissioner Ian McCartney defends controversial counter-terror decision that was criticised by a magistrate

The Guardian - AU

Reviews under way after 13-year-old autistic boy with Islamic State fixation targeted in undercover operation

Under questioning from David Shoebridge, AFP deputy commissioner says police didn’t intend to further radicalise boy known as Thomas Carrick

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Australia summons Chinese envoy to protest death sentence; Ben Roberts-Smith’s appeal begins; and Kylie takes home a Grammy

Australian academic Yang Hengjun given a suspended death sentence after five years in detention on espionage charges in China

The Guardian - AU

Which politicians carry blame in the Post Office IT scandal?

All three main parties have come under scrutiny for their roles in one of Britain’s worst miscarriages of justice

The Guardian - UK

Australian Federal Police tells Senate estimates it does not believe China has an active police presence in Australia

Last month the ABC reported that the Department of Public Security in the Chinese city of Wenzhou had set up an official "contact point" for Chinese police in Sydney in 2018, but the AFP has told a Senate estimates hearing it does not believe that the office is currently active.

ABC News

Ukraine president addresses parliament; Putin a ‘war criminal’, PM says – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Concern over alleged war criminal entry

Human rights groups are calling for an inquiry into how an accused war criminal was able to enter Australia at least twice and attend public events in 2019.

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