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Dutton delivers federal budget reply speech – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

A ‘hapless’ Bumble date, Qing dynasty ceramics and the Algonquin round table: the best lines from the Bruce Lehrmann verdict

The federal court justice Michael Lee gave a two-and-a-half hour oral summary of his judgment that at times strayed into unexpectedly colourful references

The Guardian - AU

Aboriginal flag misappropriated for Palestine: Peris

Nova Peris says pro-Palestine protesters are misusing the Aboriginal flag, and the RBA says the stage three tax cuts won’t impact inflation.

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All the stuff the ABC’s Nemesis episode on Turnbull didn’t cover

The 2017-18 period was extremely chaotic, and the ABC’s recent Nemesis episode on the Turnbull government couldn’t help but omit a lot of dysfunction.

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A coup in Canberra as the Greens become the real opposition

The Greens took Labor to the overpriced woodshed in the six-month housing battle. But will the shift ultimately benefit the hard right?

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Labor gives parliament only limited powers to examine unlawful spying after Timor-Leste scandal

ALP had pledged to give parliamentary intelligence committee certain powers to enable an investigation of Timor-Leste bugging scandal

The Guardian - AU

50 years on, Australia still schtum on aiding the violent Pinochet coup in Chile

The Pinochet regime imprisoned, tortured and murdered countless Chileans, and Australia is keen to keep its involvement off the books.

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Now, eight-hour work shifts extended to traffic ASIs and Cobra staff

In an effort to provide respite from long working hours, the traffic department has extended eight-hour work shifts to Assistant Sub Inspectors and traffic patrolling Cobra staff

The Hindu

Nation's new spy chief breaks the mould

Australia's overseas intelligence organisation will be headed by a woman for the first time after the appointment of Kerri Hartland.

AAP

Integrity commission subject to a secrecy clause that could hide national security corruption

The National Anti-Corruption Commission bill contains a flaw that would allow an attorney-general to cover up investigations into national security or international relations.

Crikey

Outgoing spy chief Paul Symon says the prospect of war between major powers is 'no longer unimaginable'

The head of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, Paul Symon, is about to step down from his job as the nation's top spy. In an exclusive interview with the ABC, he outlines his hopes, predictions and fears for coming years.

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Australian Secret Intelligence Service boss Paul Symon says Australian agencies will be busier as focus shifts to Indo-Pacific

In a wide-ranging speech to the National Security College, the director-general of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service reveals how the agency is becoming more prominent in the Five Eyes group as Beijing's actions become a key concern.

ABC News

The unconscionable prosecution of Bernard Collaery was an assault on the values Australia holds dear

Last week Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus put an end to Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery’s criminal prosecution.

The Conversation

Collaery trial’s secret business should be the first job for a federal ICAC, not buried in department

There remains unfinished business from the Bernard Collaery case. Specifically, what happens to the material compiled by the government in an effort to shield the Howard government?

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The Guardian - AU

‘Witness K and Bernard Collaery are heroes’: how Australia made two men pay for its dirty secrets

Decision by new government to abandon prosecution prompts widespread relief from lawyers and supporters in Australia and Timor-Leste

The Independent UK

Australia drops charge against lawyer over spying claim

Australia’s new government has dropped the 4-year-old prosecution of a lawyer over his alleged attempt to help East Timor prove Australia spied on it during multibillion-dollar oil and gas negotiations

The Conversation

Dreyfus ends prosecution of lawyer over alleged leaking about Australian spying in against Timor-Leste

The Albanese government has acted quickly to abandon the prosecution of Bernard Collaery, who was charged in relation to the leaking of information about Australia’s alleged spying in Timor-Leste.

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Finally — Collaery prosecution brought to an end by new government

Bernard Collaery, former attorney-general of the ACT, will no longer face charges for disclosing confidential information about the bugging of the Timor-Leste cabinet.

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Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus orders Commonwealth to drop charges against lawyer Bernard Collaery

Bernard Collaery was charged with helping his client, an ex-spy known only as Witness K, to reveal details of a classified ASIS mission in East Timor.

The Guardian - AU

Mark Dreyfus flags Bernard Collaery case as priority if appointed attorney general

Labor MP says he would ‘seek an early briefing’ on prosecution of Collaery after criticising commonwealth’s handling

Crikey

The legal playing field has tilted sharply against Bernard Collaery

The latest ruling in the trial of the former ACT attorney-general effectively liberates Australia’s intelligence agencies from judicial oversight.

ABC News

ACT Supreme Court refuses Bernard Collaery's application for government agency documents

The latest twist in the saga of the government's pursuit of Bernard Collaery sees the ACT Supreme Court refuse his application for piles of documents from agencies, including the overseas spy group ASIS.

The Guardian - AU

Government successfully blocks Bernard Collaery from obtaining documents on legality of spy mission

Judge says legality of intelligence operation irrelevant to charge of disclosure of classified information

Reuters

Australia's neighbours at risk of manipulation - spy chief

Democratic systems in Australia's region are at risk of being manipulated, with their leaders controlled and taken advantage of through "largesse", Australia's overseas intelligence chief said in a rare public appearance on Tuesday.

The Guardian - AU

Spy agency head suggests disillusioned Chinese officials cooperating with Australia

In rare public address Asis chief says there are ‘more signs of officials and individuals interested in a relationship’ due to China’s ‘enforced monoculture’

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