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Banning Possession of Nazi, ISIS Flags ‘Overkill’: Australian Law Council The Law Council of Australia is warning against criminalising the possession of extremist memorabilia, calling it overkill and saying it would have “unintended consequences.” Richard Wilson SC, the co-chair of the Council’s National Criminal Law Committee, was responding to comments yesterday by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) calling for new laws to address gaps in the monitoring of extremist activity. One ...

SHARE Iran is looking to develop weapons of mass destruction and source materials from Europe, a German intelligence report said. But the report by Bavaria’s Office for the Protection of the Constitution names Iran as one of several countries, along with North Korea and Syria, seeking to develop a stock of destructive weapons. They are “endeavouring to expand their conventional weapons arsenals through the production, or constant modernisation, of weapons of mass destruction,” the report ...

Andrews’ shift in emphasis may be exactly what the Home Affairs behemoth needs We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement When Karen Andrews was deciding on her next career move just over a decade ago, those closest to her did not expect what was coming next. Andrews first became an engineer before going on to run her own industrial relations business in Melbourne and the Gold Coast. When her husband Chris de...

Like dogs and cats, snakes and rats, journalists and the government are not supposed to be friends. It is always going to be a fractious, difficult relationship. We, the voters and taxpayers, grant politicians enormous power and resources to run the government on our behalf. The media’s job is to make sure they do it responsibly and ethically. As the American newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst reportedly once said, “news is whatever someone doesn’t want printed; all else is adverti...

Labor pushes for far-right extremists Proud Boys to be declared terrorists Posted ThuThursday 4 updated ThuThursday 4 FebFebruary 2021 at 2:21pm Men wearing the Proud Boys logo on their clothing took part in rallies protesting the cancellation of the official Australia Day parade. ( Print text only Cancel Canadas recent decision to declare far-right extremists the Proud Boys as terrorists is ramping up the pressure on Australian authorities to do the same. Key points: The Proud Boys were invol...

Court to rule on Rushwaya accomplices’ bail application   TWO Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agents arrested together with Henrietta Rushwaya, when she allegedly tried to smuggle 6kg of gold out of Zimbabwe, will know the result of their bail application next week. Regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna will next Wednesday deliver his ruling on the application brought by Stephen Tserai and Raphios Mufandauya. The secret service agents are accused of facilitating a safe passage for Rushwaya...

Huge Data Leak of 2 Million CCP Members Reveals ‘Golden Age’ of Chinese Espionage The world is on the “cusp of the golden age” of Chinese espionage in the wake of revelations that around two million Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members are embedded in governments and companies worldwide. The revelations have spurred one Australian senator to warn that a pledge of loyalty to the CCP conflicts with democratic values, and nations need to take greater steps to safeguard their interests. De...

Quality ASIO recruits hard to find An Australian terrorism expert says a lack of quality graduates will stymie the Federal Governments attempts to double staff numbers at the nations top spy agency. Prime Minister John Howard says the Government will seek to double the number of staff at the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) between now and 2010. The upgrade is part of efforts to prevent a terrorist attack in Australia. Michael McKinley from the Australian National Univer...