Spies caught in Canberra

Philip Dorling South Korean spies have been caught cultivating public servants in Canberra to obtain trade secrets, with one Australian official sacked for disclosing sensitive information.

Polls positive for WikiLeaks, as party registers

Philip Dorling Julian Assange and his WikiLeaks Party are in the running to win Senate seats in Victoria and NSW, according to research by the Labor Party's pollster.

ALP donor guilty of sham marriage, migration fraud

Richard Baker, Philip Dorling, Nick McKenzie A Chinese businesswoman who has been a generous Labor Party donor and long-time benefactor of influential federal MP Joel Fitzgibbon engaged in a sham marriage and swore false statutory declarations...

Loose lips

Philip Dorling The flow of information in Canberra today is far more restricted than it was in the 1970s, when the government leaked like a sieve.

Cables show 'impulsive' Whitlam a trusted US ally

Philip Dorling Prime minister Gough Whitlam's 'impulsive' style and foreign policy 'hobby horses' caused the United States diplomatic concern, but US defence and intelligence bases in Australia were not in doubt...

New database shows US informants were inside Whitlam's ALP

Philip Dorling Bob Carr might have been Foreign Affairs Minister for only 12 months but he started talking to US diplomats about internal Labor politics nearly 40 years ago.

Hawke and Carr were US sources on Whitlam turmoil

Philip Dorling Bob Carr may have been Foreign Minister for only 12 months, but he started talking to American diplomats about internal Labor politics nearly 40 years ago.

The real word about Whitlam

Philip Dorling Truth in politics can take quite some time to emerge. And sometimes it takes a little help from WikiLeaks.

Bob Carr: Washington's man in Australia

Philip Dorling Bob Carr may have been Foreign Affairs Minister for only a year, but he started talking to US diplomats about internal Labor politics nearly 40 years ago.

WikiLeaks Party appoints barrister campaign director

Philip Dorling Barrister and former Liberal Party staffer Greg Barns will be national campaign director for Julian Assange and the new WikiLeaks Party to be launched this week.

WikiLeaks names former Lib staffer to run campaign

Philip Dorling Barrister Greg Barns will be national campaign director for the new WikiLeaks Party.

Top Swedish prosecutor leaves Assange case

Philip Dorling The top Swedish prosecutor pursuing sexual assault charges against Julian Assange has abruptly left the case and one of Mr Assange's accusers has sacked her lawyer.

Assange prosecutor quits while accuser sacks lawyer

Philip Dorling Turmoil in the Swedish Prosecution Authority's effort to extradite Julian Assange.

Citizens falling victim to passive diplomacy, spies

Philip Dorling It may be decades before the full story of Ben Zygier's detention and death in a high security Israeli prison, ever comes out.

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Australia alert to US WikiLeaks probe

Philip Dorling Australian diplomats in Washington have continued to report to Canberra about an “ongoing criminal investigation” by United States authorities into WikiLeaks and Julian Assange.

Assange takes step closer to Senate

Philip Dorling Julian Assange’s plans to run as a Senate candidate have taken a step forward with his successful enrolment on the federal and state electoral rolls in Victoria.

Carr drops promise to raise Assange case

Philip Dorling Foreign Minister Bob Carr has walked away from a written undertaking to raise the case of Julian Assange in discussions with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt next week.

Assange to run for Victorian Senate seat

Philip Dorling Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange will run for the Senate in Victoria at the federal election.

WikiLeaks founder eyes window of opportunity in Australian Senate bid

Philip Dorling Julian Assange lives in his own little bit of Ecuador. For the past six months he has been confined to that country's London embassy where he has been granted political asylum.