Australia’s Hindu community has slammed what it claims is an “unfair” and “fearmongering” ABC expose about the extent of India’s spying in the country. Four Corners on Monday night revealed fresh details about the alleged “nest of spies” that were quietly booted from the country in 2020 after an investigationContinue Reading
Federal politicians and experts have raised concerns over weak security vetting for political staffers as experts warn of an uptick in foreign espionage activity ahead of the next election. The head of the Office of National Intelligence told a senate estimates hearing on Wednesday Australia faces a “serious and sustainedContinue Reading
Australia’s domestic spy agency wants to give up its right to request warrants to question children as young as 14 after it reported only a handful of minors had been charged with terror offences since 9/11. ASIO told a parliamentary inquiry that the federal government should scrap laws that enableContinue Reading
Joe Hockey has unleashed on spy boss Mike Burgess after the ASIO chief made the “extraordinary” claim that an unnamed Australian politician had “sold out” their country to a foreign adversary. The former Treasurer and US ambassador told 2GB’s Ben Fordham that Mr Burgess — the Director-General of the AustralianContinue Reading
The country’s top spy has warned of the rapidly increasing danger of espionage and foreign interference, revealing a former politician “sold out their country” to spies for a foreign actor that uses professional networking sites to target Australians with privileged information. In a rare insight into the workings of theContinue Reading
Jarryd Hayne has found himself at the centre of a life-threatening prison emergency during a game of touch footy with other inmates at the Geoffrey Pearce Correctional Centre near Windsor, northwest of Sydney. The convicted rapist and former NRL superstar was playing footy with around 20 prisoners when one inmateContinue Reading
Disgraced NRL star Jarryd Hayne has reportedly been conned out of $780,000 in Bitcoin by one of his jail inmates. Ishan Seenar Sappideen allegedly told convicted rapist Hayne that he’d made millions of dollars investing with Australian billionaire Mike Cannon-Brooke. The conman convinced Hayne and other inmates that he couldContinue Reading