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ASIO could reject refugee security review
Daniel Flitton Former federal court judge Margaret Stone is reviewing the cases of 55 refugees branded threats by ASIO, and is expected to finish "within weeks".
ASIO justifies 'black hole' for refugees
Daniel Flitton ASIO has made startling allegations - such as plots to kill, training soldiers or terrorists, forging documents and people smuggling - to justify the indefinite incarceration of dozens of refugees as...
Officials broke rules on Zygier as case was flicked to ASIO
David Wroe, Tom Allard Two of Australia's highest ranking foreign affairs officials knew of the jailing of Melbourne man Ben Zygier - dubbed ''Prisoner X'' - in Israel but left his consular care in the hands of spy agency...
ASIO link to Zygier arrest
Suspected Australian-Israeli spy Ben Zygier is believed to have been arrested by his employer.
Leak to ASIO led to arrest: ABC
Ben Zygier's arrest believed to be on suspicions he told ASIO of his work for Mossad.
Birth behind bars for 'ASIO risk'
Daniel Flitton A Tamil woman locked in immigration detention for the term of her pregnancy after the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation branded her a security risk, has given birth to a boy.
Ben Zygier: ASIO suspect who died in Israeli jail
Ruth Pollard When Ben Zygier died alone in a maximum-security prison in Israel he was under investigation by ASIO, which suspected him of using his Australian passport to spy for Israel, Fairfax Media can reveal.
Repeal urged of ASIO detention powers act
Harriet Alexander THE extraordinary detention powers that were conferred on ASIO after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US have not led to any prosecutions and should be repealed, the most comprehensive study...
Coalition to hand ASIO power over refugees
Daniel Flitton ASIO will have unfettered powers to brand refugees a security risk to Australia under a Coalition government - condemning more than 50 people presently held in detention to a legal black hole.
ASIO terror case texts posted on Facebook
Dylan Welch, Daniel Oakes An ASIO officer may have inadvertently endangered a Melbourne man helping the intelligence organisation spy on the Islamic centre raided this week, after their secret conversations were revealed on...
ASIO: No calls for refugee reviews
Michael Gordon and Daniel Flitton Senior ministers have never asked ASIO to review findings that refugees were threats to national security, despite some having been in detention more than three years.
$171m budget blow-out takes the shine off ASIO's new HQ
Dylan Welch THE budding crown jewel in Australia's intelligence community - ASIO's new central office - has had another cost blow-out, with the Canberra lakeside behemoth now set to cost close to two thirds of a...
Cost blows out on new ASIO head office
Dylan Welch The jewel in the crown of Australia's intelligence community has burst its budget once again.
Mother draws portrait of life trapped on ASIO blacklist
Daniel Flitton She is allowed to walk her two kids to school each day - under guard. And to bring them home again - under guard.
ASIO powers under challenge in court
Daniel Flitton, Michael Gordon A Sri Lankan Tamil refugee who has spent almost three years in immigration detention was being held illegally because there was no ''reasonable prospect'' of another country agreeing to resettle him,...
Chinese firm's NBN ban not political:ASIO
Ross Peake ASIO has hit back against claims that Chinese company Huawei, the Raiders' sponsor, was excluded from the national broadband network for political reasons.
ASIO founders as refugee rate rises
Daniel Flitton THE spy agency vetting asylum seekers for potential security threats is struggling with the ''sharp increase'' in boat arrivals, rudimentary computer systems and 30 per cent fewer staff than needed,...
ASIO on alert for home-grown terrorist threat
Dylan Welch People intent on committing violent terrorist acts in Australia continue to talk in ''back rooms and in cars and on the streets'' and Australians continue to travel overseas to fight abroad or be...
Canada spy case rocks ASIO
Philip Dorling An alleged Canadian spy has compromised Australian intelligence information in an international espionage case that has sent shock waves through Western security agencies.
ASIO seen as serious threat to innocent citizens
Natalie O'Brien THE powers of Australia's domestic spy agency, ASIO, are rotten at their core, could be used against innocent Australians by an unscrupulous government and should be repealed, the law professor...
