Category Archives: oversight

Australia’s secretive intelligence agencies undermine indigenous rights in Australia and regionally. ASIO and ASIS abuses have a common theme: profiteering from natural resources.

Severe shortcomings in our intelligence agencies’ priorities and oversight regards Indigenous Peoples include: It is time to vote Yes on The Voice. The below is an excerpt of a submission made to the Australian parliament Joint Standing Committee on Aboriginal … Continue reading

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The FBX Blog: The FBI (and ASIO) stole my girlfirend [updated Feb 2015]

The following memoirs are based on the author’s records and recollection of the events depicted. The author has taken all reasonable steps to verify his recollection against contemporaneous records. It is, however, possible that he has misremembered or misinterpreted some … Continue reading

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Australia’s captive regulators are paper tigers: The Inspector General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS)

Contents Overview – Catch 22……………….1 What kind of oversight system exists under IGIS’s watch?…….. 3 Five nations: Five-Eyes – a dismal case of oversight failure………….. 5 A personal account: the nightmare of dealing with IGIS. ……………..7 Fear and favours: ASIO, … Continue reading

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