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Australian police shoot dead 'radicalised' boy, 16, armed with knife

A 16-year-old boy armed with a knife was shot dead by police after he stabbed a man in the Australian west coast city of Perth.

Evening Standard

Australia expelled two Indian intelligence operatives in 2020 as part of ‘nest of spies’, reports claim

Asio director general Mike Burgess had referred to expulsion of foreign operatives in 2021 speech but did not name country behind threat

The Guardian - AU

Two Indian spies expelled from Australia for trying to 'steal secrets' in 2020: Australian media

Indian spies expelled from Australia for stealing sensitive defence and security secrets, monitoring Indian diaspora, and recruiting government insiders.

The Hindu

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Australia’s big encryption-busting laws have done little more than give authorities the power to ask nicely

Nearly six years after law enforcement agencies gained the power to compel social media companies to hand over data, our world-leading legislation appears practically useless

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: teens charged with terrorism offences; warning over opioid overdoses; and a new cast for a zombie classic

Police said a further five people, including two men and three juvenile males, assisted police with their inquiries

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s counterterrorism team arrests seven teens in overnight raids

Police arrest seven in raids across Sydney following the stabbing of an Assyrian Orthodox bishop last week.

Al Jazeera

Seven juveniles with alleged ‘violent extremist ideology’ arrested in Sydney counter-terror raids

NSW police deputy commissioner says more than 400 police were involved in the raids

The Guardian - AU

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Sydney counter-terror raids – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Encryption hampering terror probes: security heads

The heads of ASIO and the federal police have warned an expansion of encryption services on social media could impact terrorism investigations.

AAP

Australia has a 'crisis' of male violence: Dreyfus

Men are being urged to take a leadership role in ending the national "crisis" of violence against women.

AAP

Sydney church stabbing: Chris Minns considering tighter knife laws after Wakeley and Bondi stabbings

NSW premier says a ‘major and serious criminal investigation’ is under way after incident at Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley was deemed terrorism attack

The Guardian - AU

A knife attack in Australia is being treated as terrorism

Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as worshippers watched online and in person, and sparked a riot was an act of terrorism.

WEKU

Morning Mail: Wong pushes two-state solution; warning over rightwing extremism; ancient pottery find

Minister calls on Israel to abandon Rafah invasion plan; Asio reports uptick in activity by hate groups; dig discovery may overturn belief Aboriginal Australians did not make ceramics

The Guardian - AU

Spies targeting journalists, intelligence chief warns

Giving journalists greater carve-outs in secrecy laws regarding the disclosure of secret information could threaten national security, the spy chief warns.

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Crikey

On China, are Australian journalists working for the public or ASIO?

In Australian media there persists a curious display of ‘watch dog’ and ‘guard dog’ models of journalism.

Crikey

When it comes to China, is the Australian media a public watch dog, or a guard dog for ASIO?

Why are some of our best journalists checking their instincts at the door when it comes to security and intelligence?

Crikey

There’s an easy way to find out which MP is under foreign influence

One of the better ways to deter foreign spies from recruiting MPs would be to require the latter to publish details of all their meetings.

The Guardian - AU

Asio conduct in Daniel Duggan case transcended ‘the bounds of propriety’ in one aspect, watchdog finds

Duggan’s family and spy agency both confirm one negative finding but Asio says despite this IGIS found Asio acted ‘both ethically and within the law at all times in matters regarding Daniel Duggan’

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Spy agency hits out at 'misleading' claim about top gun

ASIO says it has been cleared of allegations related to Dan Duggan, but the ex-US fighter pilot's family has pointed to a watchdog noting some impropriety.

Crikey

Crikey reader reply: I’ve had several ‘chats’ with ASIO about my contacts in China. Their paranoia is hypocritical

Today Professor Mark Beeson details his run-ins with Australia’s intelligence services and expresses his concern about what their ham-fisted approach could mean for our relationship with China.

Crikey

BoM’s billion-dollar IT spend

The Bureau of Meteorology spent nearly a billion dollars on a computer upgrade, undercover cops are alleged to have helped radicalise a 13-year-old ‘fixated’ on ISIS, and Australian news might be about to disappear off Facebook (again).

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: ‘Oppressive’ Centrelink suspensions; Asio defends targeting autistic boy; Dunkley byelection fallout

Asio boss insists agencies don’t radicalise people after criticism of an undercover operation

The Guardian - AU

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’

The Guardian - AU

Australian who worked for foreign spies was in parliament at the time, Asio boss says

Burgess says actions of person who ‘sold out their country, party and former colleagues’ were legal because they predated 2018 espionage laws

AAP

Former politician turncoat was in parliament at time

A former politician accused of selling out Australia was serving in parliament at the time they were caught up in a foreign spy ring, the ASIO chief says.

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