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Friday essay: how ASIO spied on Australia’s Greek migrants during the Cold War

At the height of the Cold War, the activities of Greek migrants who had arrived in Australia after the second world war saw the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) take notice.

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The threat of sabotage from China is growing. That’s not an excuse to erode Australians’ freedoms

Warnings this week from the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) about sabotage threats marked an important shift in tone.

The Conversation

‘High-impact sabotage’: spy chief issues grave warning about espionage and sabotage threat

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) has given a dramatic warning that sophisticated hackers backed by foreign governments are increasingly targeting Australian infrastructure such as telecommunications and airports.

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Australia's top spy calls out China for sabotage threat

Espionage costs Australia billions of dollars a year, ASIO's head says - and the risks are growing, fuelled by a "relentless hunger" for strategic advantage.

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Asio accuses Chinese hackers of seeking access to Australia’s critical infrastructure

Mike Burgess points to successful infiltration in the US by units known as Salt Typhoon and Volt Typhoon ‘working for the Chinese government’

The Guardian - AU

Police need more powers to stop ‘naked racism and hatred’ after allowing Sydney neo-Nazi rally, premier says

Dozens of neo-Nazis demonstrated outside NSW parliament on Saturday where they held an antisemitic banner and chanted a Hitler Youth slogan

The Guardian - AU

Australian spy chief criticizes China for IP theft and political meddling

An Australian spy chief has accused Chinese security services of widespread intellectual property theft and political meddling

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ASIO boss warns of ‘realistic possibility’ foreign government could attempt to kill a dissident in Australia

The Australia Security Intelligence Organisation believes there is a “realistic possibility” a foreign government will try to assassinate a “perceived dissident” in Australia, ASIO’s boss Mike Burgess has revealed.

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Three countries are ‘willing and capable’ of assassinating political dissidents on Australian soil, Asio head warns

Spy chief Mike Burgess says it’s possible the unnamed regimes ‘would try to hide their involvement’ in any killings

The Guardian - AU

Australia warned of assassination attempts by regimes

There is a 'realistic possibility' foreign regimes could try to carry out an assassination in Australia, the nation's top spy boss has warned.

AAP

Nation's military forces to be listed as a terror group

Iran's Revolutionary Guard will be formally listed as a terror organisation, after the group allegedly organised attacks on Jewish sites in Australia.

AAP

Terror threat mix in spotlight as slain cop remembered

A leading counter-terrorism cop has outlined the challenges of policing extremists as his comrades remember an officer shot to death by a radicalised teen.

AAP

What we know about the antisemitic attacks in Australia allegedly orchestrated by Iran

Agencies claim Islamic revolutionary guard behind arson attacks on Bondi kosher kitchen and Melbourne synagogue via a ‘layer cake’ of intermediaries

The Guardian - AU

Grattan on Friday: Mike Burgess, the spycatcher who gives ASIO a very public face

If the intelligence community had its Logies, ASIO chief Mike Burgess would be chasing gold this week.

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Melbourne man charged over synagogue arson linked to Iran

A man charged with setting fire to a Melbourne synagogue in an attack Australia accuses Iran of directing has been remanded in custody

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Reynolds wins Higgins defamation case; one dead in school bus crash; and the first AFL player to come out as bisexual

Higgins has been ordered to pay Reynolds $315,000 in damages with an additional $26,109.25 in interest

The Guardian - AU

Labor accused of playing ‘catch up’ on Iran – as it happened

All the day’s news as it unfolded

AAP

Australia 'had to act' on Iran's hand in Jewish attacks

Iran's role in directing anti-Semitic attacks on Jewish premises in Sydney and Melbourne left the Albanese government with no choice but to act, an expert says.

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The Guardian - AU

Iran vows ‘reciprocal action’ as Australia rejects accusation it expelled ambassador to ‘appease Israel’

Tehran rejects the accusation of orchestrating antisemitic attacks in Australia and says Anthony Albanese is ‘weak’

The Guardian - AU

‘It’s a scary situation’: Australia’s Iranian diaspora fear reprisals against families

Although Iranian Australians welcome action against Tehran, many worry loved ones will pay a price back home

The Independent UK

Manhunt for ‘sovereign citizen’ in rural Australia after two police officers shot dead

Prime minister Anthony Albanese pays tribute to bravery of slain officers, who were killed serving a warrant for historic sex offences

The Guardian - AU

Australian Jewish groups applaud expulsion of Iranian diplomats but say community faces renewed fears

Adass Israel synagogue board member says announcement of Iran’s involvement in December arson attack has caused ‘general fear’ among congregation

The Guardian - AU

PM declines to comment on reports of other attacks orchestrated by Iran; Israel praises Australia for ‘principled stand’ – as it happened

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Iranian ambassador expelled over ‘credible intelligence’ Iran directed antisemitic attacks on Australian soil

Australia’s spy agency finds Iran behind incidents including arson attack on Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne

Euronews

Australia accuses Iran of organising antisemitic attacks and expels ambassador

The Australian government has cut diplomatic ties with Tehran and expelled its ambassador amid accusations the country organised two antisemitic attacks.

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