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What brought on cold feet at the pro-Palestine protest camp?

Getting arrested for a cause used to be a badge of honour.

The Canberra Times

Foreign nations harming people in Australia: spy chief

The nation's spy chief is warning Australians to be conscious of espionage and foreign interference happening at unprecedented levels.

AAP

Violent content needs whole-of-society action: ASIO

Young Australians affected by violent online content need help from all sectors of society, not just law enforcement and security, the national spy chief says.

AAP

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Man accused of training Chinese pilots airs ASIO claims

Daniel Duggan's wife has gathered 25,000 signatures calling on the attorney-general to stop his extradition after he was accused of aiding the Chinese military.

AAP

Potential IS rise shows need for terror laws: spy chief

The peak human rights body has raised concern about anti-terror laws being too broad but Australia's intelligence agency insists they're needed to curb threats.

AAP

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

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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

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

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.

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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.

The Guardian - AU

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

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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.

The Guardian - AU

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

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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.

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’

AAP

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.

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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