The likely closure of the ASIS station in Kabul could create a perception Australia only participated in the 20-year Afghan war to please the US government.
Right-wing Terror Threat Still On The Rise In Australia
Right-wing Terror Threat Still On The Rise In Australia
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CANBERRA, Australia Australia’s right-wing terrorism threat has continued to rise with almost half of domestic spy counter-terrorism investigations now dedicated to ideological extremists.
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation director-general Mike Burgess told a Senate estimates hearing in Canberra on Tuesday terror threats were complex and challenging.
“Our investigations in ideologically motivated violent extremism, such as racists and nationalists, are approaching 50 percent of our counter-terrorism onshore caseload,” he said.
“This reflects a growing international trend as well as the organization’s decision to allocate more resources to the threat.”
My partner is a West Papuan refugee. Half of our childrenâs family live in West Papua, terrified of Indonesian soldiers, ready to run when Kopassus troops roll into their villages. I was suddenly painfully aware that my father is paid by a company that sells weapons that may be used against his own grandchildrenâs family.
I had always suspected that my fatherâs employer and my partnerâs journey might be connected in some way but I had never imagined how horribly entangled their stories were.
Lober Wanggai and Izzy Brown protest outside the Indonesian consulate
Lober, my partner and father of three of my children, landed in Cape York, Australia on 17 January 2006 in an outrigger canoe with 42 other refugees from West Papua. All were detained on Christmas Island before being granted asylum. Indonesia took offence at Australiaâs acceptance of them and targeted their families. Loberâs mother was arrested in retribution. Friends and family members of thes
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A choice between the left and the right could mean so many different things; which way you turn at an intersection, which hand you use to pick up a pen, which side of a train carriage you could sit on.
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