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The Richardson review, released last month, amounts to the most significant review of Australia’s intelligence legislative framework since the Hope Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security in the 1970s. Back then, as David Irvine has noted, former judge Robert Hope laid out operating principles to ensure the intelligence community was properly managed and accountable. Dennis Richardson, a veteran public servant, former head of ASIO and the departments of Defence and Foreign Affairs, as well as ambassador to Washington 2005–2010, has sought to ensure the intelligence community of the modern era is still subject to the same goals following sweeping changes.
Sunday, 3 January 2021
Australian cabinet papers have revealed security concerns heading into the Sydney 2000 Olympics largely centred on the possibility of a team being taken hostage at the Games.
The National Archives of Australia has released cabinet papers from August 2000, entitled Progress of Commonwealth Security Preparations.
The papers outline the steps taken by the country to protect the Sydney 2000 Olympics from security threats.
Documents reveal the Australian Government sent a team of security experts to the United States to meet with its National Security Council.
A series of exercises were held in May 2020, named Ring True.
“The security issues that could arise during the 2000 Olympics and the appropriate responses to them are now well understood as a result of a series of national exercises that culminated in Exercise Ring True in May 2000,” Attorney General Daryl Williams wrote to the cabinet in August, one month prior to the Games.
Jan 01, 2021, 15:41 PM IST
BEIJING: An umbrella organization of Chinese intelligence of The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), collectively known as the United Front system, administered by the United Front Work Department (UFWD) of the Chinese government is involved to carry out subversive operations across the world, according to a report prepared by The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) titled The Party Speaks for You , authored by its Analyst Alex Joske.
The report, funded by The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, highlights the activities carried out by the United Front of the People s Republic of China (PRC) and the nexus of organisations created by it across the world.
Australia-China row: I m Australian - why do I need to prove my loyalty?
By Frances Mao
Earlier this year, a junior adviser for the Australian government, Andrew Chen , visited the nation s Department of Defence for a meeting.
As he and a colleague stepped into the building in Canberra, they pulled out their government IDs. Mr Chen was stopped by a guard, who took him aside. They asked to take a photo of me - like a portrait - there in the lobby, he said. And it was just me. The Caucasian colleague who was with me - he wasn t asked to do that, added Mr Chen, who is Chinese-Australian.
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