Daniel Flitton
Daniel Flitton is senior correspondent for The Age covering foreign affairs and politics. He is a former intelligence analyst for the Australian government and was at one-time a university lecturer specialising in international relations.
ASIO backs down on threat ruling
Daniel Flitton, Michael Gordon A refugee widow and her six-year-old son will taste freedom in Australia after ASIO dramatically reversed an assessment she posed a threat to national security.
Bishop warns Coalition may review Bracks appointment
Daniel Flitton Former Victorian premier Steve Bracks has been named Australia's new man in New York – only for an angry opposition to immediately warn the job might be reviewed should the Coalition win the election
DFAT boss warns against pushing India
Daniel Flitton Australia's top diplomat - Kenyan-born of Indian parents, Peter Varghese - has spoken of the rare personal flavour his background brings to ties with India.
ABC may pull plug on China broadcast
Daniel Flitton Broadcaster ending more than 70 years of beaming news on high frequency into Asia.
Refugee mum, branded 'security threat', has chance at defending herself
Daniel Flitton Tamil refugee Ranjini speaks to an independent reviewer in her bid to escape indefinite detention.
A bland defence posture that may be just right for our times
Daniel Flitton Stephen Smith tried to pass the Goldilocks test on Friday when serving up Australia's latest military blueprint.
Death penalty fear for Australian man
Daniel Flitton, Aleisha Orr Shayden Thorne faces death if convicted of terrorism charges in Riyadh Special Criminal Court.
ASIO's juggling act
Daniel Flitton Court's review of ASIO security clearance system expected imminently, as it's revealed the intelligence organisation hushed up South Korean spying mission.
Saudis arrested Australian in raid on alleged extremist group
Daniel Flitton Saudi Arabian security services snatched a West Australian man in a raid on the hideout of an alleged extremist group planning to wage war in Afghanistan – beginning an 18-month ordeal inside a...
Review of ASIO analysis of refugees
Daniel Flitton Review into the cases of 55 refugees branded threats by ASIO expected to be complete 'within weeks', raising hopes they could escape indefinite detention inside Australian immigration centres.
Plight of 55 weighs on Labor conscience
Daniel Flitton Labor is under pressure from within its own ranks to allow 55 refugees some avenue to appeal secret ASIO assessments.
Detained child has PTSD symptoms
Daniel Flitton Traumatised boy held in detention has issues with hearing after shoving sticks in his ears.
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Escape to a fair deal? Not in this country!
Daniel Flitton Keeping people in detention with no explanation, no trial, no appeal, should be a crime.
ASIO links refugees to kill plots, militant training
Daniel Flitton Intelligence agency ASIO has made startling allegations - of plots to kill, training of militants, forged documents and people smuggling - to justify the indefinite incarceration of dozens of...
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...
Challenge to secret assessments
Daniel Flitton Refugees deemed a security threat have ended a hunger strike but pressure is mounting to reassess the ASIO's current review protocols, reports Daniel Flitton
Refugees end hunger strike
Daniel Flitton The 27 refugees branded a threat by ASIO have abandoned their hunger strike after immigration authorities agreed to examine the option of doing odd jobs around the detention centre.
Gillard backs ASIO bans on refugees
Daniel Flitton Prime Minister Julia Gillard has strongly backed security black-bans on 55 refugees held in detention, despite legal and activist concerns ASIO will retain its final veto over a new independent...
Indian student worries persist
Daniel Flitton Almost two in three Indians believe Australia is a dangerous place for students from the sub-continent – a hang-over of a spate of violent attacks three years ago in Melbourne.
The sad truth is that there's no perfect security
Daniel Flitton Determined terrorists plot and scheme, and measure success after just one attack goes off.
