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Afghanistan war crime allegations prompted US warnings about cooperation with Australia

Defence chief Angus Campbell reveals the United States military warned that allegations of war crimes may affect future cooperation with Australia.

ABC News

Defence reveals seven new PwC contracts worth $6m after tax scandal broke

Crikey can reveal the Defence Department entered into the following contracts with PwC after January 23 when the PwC tax scandal broke.

Crikey

ADF chief tells Senate estimates he reviewed his own performance commanding troops in Afghanistan

Angus Campbell said he had encouraged the defence minister, Richard Marles, to ‘seek independent views’ before making any decision on the issue

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Labor, it’s time: choose transparency over hypocrisy

While in opposition, Labor decried the Coalition’s lack of transparency. Now in power, its silence on reform speaks volumes.

Crikey

How non-government politicians use the FOI system to hold the government accountable

Whether it’s informing public policy debate or calling out broken election promises, FOI is a vital tool.

Crikey

Senator alleges 'perception of contamination' as police investigate firm working inside its buildings

The Australian Federal Police has reasserted its ability to effectively investigate a former member of PwC, as the firm completes millions of dollars worth of contracts working alongside AFP staff.

ABC News

Home Affairs experimenting with ChatGPT in refugee and cyber divisions

Home Affairs says it has allowed supervised experimentation with ChatGPT in some of its divisions, including its refugee and cyber teams, as the department boss awaits broader direction from government.

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‘We use it’: Canberra police haven’t assessed privacy impact of controversial ‘crime intelligence’ software

The ACT’s top cop has downplayed the use of crime surveillance platform Auror, but experts are calling it a possible breach of privacy rights.

Crikey

NSW branch of Scouts permanently shielded by court from abuse survivor’s compensation claim

Judge rules fair trial impossible as perpetrator may seek to shift moral blame to employer so cannot give objective evidence

The Guardian - AU

Top cop’s dressing down over text from Morrison’s mate about bigger problem

The sheer size of PwC and the $250 million in government contracts it has already won this year makes this investigation far from ordinary.

The New Daily

AFP boss received message about PwC from firm partner

A former NSW police commissioner, who now is a partner at PwC, contacted the AFP chief about the tax scandal as police started an investigation.

AAP

Twitter accused of responding ‘to tyrants quickly’ but ignoring Australian government

Julie Inman Grant tells Senate estimates Twitter’s slowness to tackle online child abuse material is in contrast to its blocking of anti-Erdoğan tweets in the lead-up to the Turkish election

The Guardian - AU

Review needed of police deployment to aged care after 95-year-old woman Tasered, says age discrimination commissioner

Dr Kay Patterson questions whether mental health team would be more appropriate while David Shoebridge says police tools are ‘wrong resource’

The Guardian - AU

Office of Governor-General says no rules broken hosting daughter's wedding reception at Government House

Governor-General David Hurley's daughter's wedding reception was held at Government House on March 11, 2023. Yesterday, his office told a Senate estimates hearing he was entitled to use his official Canberra residence as the venue.

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Australian MPs to mark Modi visit by screening critical BBC documentary in Parliament House

Australia’s parliament will hold a special screening of a BBC documentary critical of Narendra Modi a day after the prime minister addressed a mass gathering of the country’s Indian diaspora in Sydney.

ABC News

Home Affairs officials grilled over employment of man under investigation for child sex offences

Yesterday, Stephen Mitchell was sentenced to more than 13 years in jail for a raft of child sex offences, which police had been investigating prior to his employment with the Department of Home Affairs.

The Guardian - AU

Labor accuses Coalition of playing politics over changes to secretive intelligence committee

Opposition says plan to include crossbenchers in committee is ‘part of a grubby back-room political deal’

ABC News

Secret report condemns orders keeping convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika in prison

A convicted terrorist is being kept in prison using orders that have been condemned in a Home Affairs inquiry. The department kept that report's findings secret — until now.

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The Guardian - AU

Port Kembla rally to demand NSW site be ruled out as Aukus nuclear submarine base

March organisers say delaying a decision on the location – one of three flagged as possible – will deter renewable energy investment

The Guardian - AU

Australian defence law plan sparks warning of ‘disturbing’ overreach

Discussion paper shows the government is considering powers to ‘access, store and use large amounts of data’, prompting alarm from the Greens

ABC News

Defence reveals 50 per cent 'contingency' for cost overruns inside $368 billion AUKUS project

An almost $123 billion "contingency" has been set aside for Australia's largest ever defence project, according to a new analysis of the AUKUS nuclear submarine program prepared by the Parliamentary Budget Office.

The Guardian - AU

Peter Hollingworth should be stripped of $357,000-a-year pension, abuse survivors say

Two survivors whose complaints were considered by church body support push to remove former governor general’s entitlements

The Guardian - AU

Legalising cannabis in Australia: how would it work and is there a catch?

The Greens say legalising cannabis could net the government $28bn tax revenue in nine years, but there are a few hurdles

The Guardian - AU

Coalition warned of problems with tool to predict future terrorist crime but continued to use it on offenders

Exclusive: Morrison government used risk assessment tool known as VERA-2R on 14 occasions after receiving independent report

The Guardian - AU

Pat Dodson takes leave from Senate - as it happened

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