australian politics
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The Government Just Approved A Bunch Of New Cyber-Spying Powers For Police
Australia’s heavily scrutinised identify and disrupt bill has just passed in the Senate and here’s what that means for you.
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Australia Plans To Block Domains That Host Terrorist Material During Crisis Situations
Australia laid out some of the country’s first concrete steps to make good on its promise of combating the spread of extremism online at this year’s G7 leader’s forum, Reuters reported Sunday. Officials said the government intends to cut off all access to any internet domain that fails to block terrorist material during a crisis…
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CIA Refuses To Release Reports On Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser
Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, I’ve received CIA biographic reports on both the former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and the man who controversially ousted him in 1975, John Kerr. But there’s one guy involved in “The Dismissal” that the CIA won’t release files on: Former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, the man who…