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Wikipedia at heart of Indonesia spat

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Original article by Joanna Mather
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 6-Jan-17

Indonesia’s decision to suspend military co-operation with Australia seems to be related to teaching materials found by Indonesian soldiers on a base in Perth. Apparently, the soldiers objected to the Indonesian national philosophy Pancasila not being treated with due reverence. Indonesians also believe that Australians are inclined to support an irredentist movement in West Papua. Australian Defence Minister Marise Payne is keen to resolve the issue as quickly as possible.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF DEFENCE, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, RMIT UNIVERSITY

Plan to save Australian shipbuilding industry

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Original article by John Kerin
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 31-Mar-15

ASC, BAE Systems and Forgacs have begun shedding workers at their Australian shipyards in response to a lull in defence projects. The Federal Government has proposed a new strategy for the shipbuilding industry whereby new naval vessels will be continuously built over the next two decades, replacing older vessels as they are retired from service. Japan has a similar program for its submarine fleet

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ASC PTY LTD, BAE SYSTEMS AUSTRALIA LIMITED, FORGACS ENGINEERING PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF DEFENCE, AUSTRALIAN STRATEGIC POLICY INSTITUTE LIMITED

Queries over telcos holding data two years

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Original article by Lisa Cox
The Age – Page: 10 : 30-Jan-15

A Senate inquiry into the new metadata retention bill on 29 January 2015 heard from Federal Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim. He argued that the authorities empowered to access the details of telephone calls and internet sessions would usually do so within six to 12 months, and it was therefore not necessary to force telcos and ISPs to store the records for two years. Vivienne Thom, the Inspector-General of Intelligence & Security, also voiced fears the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation may keep the metadata of people no longer deemed a threat

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AUSTRALIA. OFFICE OF THE FEDERAL PRIVACY COMMISSIONER, AUSTRALIA. OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY, AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT, AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION, SKYPE TECHNOLOGIES SA

Terror failings ‘expose data flaws’

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Original article by Jared Owens
The Australian – Page: 2 : 13-Jan-15

Australian Attorney-General George Brandis claims it is "urgent" for telcos to be required to keep customers’ telephone and internet records for a minimum of two years. Critics of the Government’s data retention proposals say the Sydney siege and Paris terrorism attacks show that the reforms cannot safeguard people against extremists. Senator Scott Ludlam of the Australian Greens points out that the authorities were familiar with the perpetrators in both Sydney and Paris

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AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT, LIBERAL-NATIONAL PARTY OF QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION, AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, AUSTRALIAN CRIME COMMISSION

PM pledges SA jobs in submarine project

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Original article by John Kerin
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 9-Jan-15

The Australian Government has not yet decided which option it will choose to replace the Collins class submarine fleet. Prime Minster Tony Abbott said on 8 January 2015 that there will be no loss of jobs in Adelaide. The Japanese Government proposed to build the new vessels with the Soryu-class submarine as the basis for the $A20 billion project, and some work to be done in Australia

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, THYSSENKRUPP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, DCNS SA, BAE SYSTEMS AUSTRALIA LIMITED, FORGACS ENGINEERING PTY LTD

Bail decision probably same in WA: lawyers

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Original article by Amanda Banks, Tim Clarke
The West Australian – Page: 5 : 18-Dec-14

The New South Wales criminal justice system is under scrutiny after revelations that Muslim extremist Man Haron Monis had been released on bail despite being charged with being an accessory to murder. He was subsequently given bail after being charged with sex offences. Anthony Eyers, the president of the Criminal Lawyers Association of Western Australia, concedes that the Sydney siege gunman could have been granted bail on similar charges in the state

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CRIMINAL LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE FORCE, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, NEW SOUTH WALES. DEPT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL AND JUSTICE

The brightest and the best

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Original article by Joanna Mather, Misa Han
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 17-Dec-14

Sydney barrister Katrina Dawson is one of two victims of the man who held 17 people hostage at the Lint Chocolate Cafe in the Sydney CBD. The cafe’s manager, Tori Johnson, also died in the siege at Martin Place. New South Wales Bar Association president Jane Needham has described Dawson as one of the legal profession’s "best and brightest". Muslim extremist Man Haron Monis was shot dead by police after a 17-hour standoff

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LINDT AND SPRUNGLI (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, NEW SOUTH WALES BAR ASSOCIATION, EIGHT SELBORNE CHAMBERS, TENTH FLOOR CHAMBERS, KING AND WOOD MALLESONS, ROYAL SYDNEY GOLF CLUB, ARNOTT’S BISCUITS LIMITED, BANCO CHAMBERS, NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE FORCE, ADRIA RYBAR AND GRILL, COCKLE BAY WHARF, RYDGES JAMIESON, LINKEDIN LIMITED, TWITTER INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION

Pollsters split on impact of ‘khaki’ vote after Coalition poll bump

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Original article by Edmund Tadros
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 24-Sep-14

The Australian Government’s primary vote has risen by 0.5 per cent to 38.5 per cent, according to a new Morgan Poll. The Australian Labor Party’s primary vote has risen by the same margin, to 37.5 per cent. Meanwhile, a Newspoll shows that the Coalition’s primary vote has risen to 41 per cent in the wake of police raids on terrorism suspects. Roy Morgan Research executive chairman Gary Morgan says the key issue for Australia at present is unemployment and under-employment, rather than national security

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MORGAN POLL, ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, NEWSPOLL, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, MILLWARD BROWN AUSTRALIA, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Abbott’s decision to ‘send in the troops’ fails to secure poll bounce: Young Australians comprehensively reject the Abbot Government

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Morgan Poll Update – Page: Online : 22-Sep-14

A multi-mode Morgan Poll on Federal voting intention has found that support for the Coalition on a two-party preferred basis has fallen by 0.5 per cent to 45.5 per cent. The poll, which was carried out on the weekends of 13-14 and 20-21 September 2014, also shows that support for the Australian Labor Party has risen by 0.5 per cent to 54.5 per cent. Roy Morgan Research executive chairman Gary Morgan says the small boost in support for Labor comes despite a recent special snap SMS Morgan Poll showing that 54 per cent of Australians approve of Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s decision to send 600 troops to Iraq

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MORGAN POLL, ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, NATIONAL PARTY OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIAN GREENS, PALMER UNITED PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Japanese subs on the way

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Original article by Phillip Coorey, John Kerin, Simon Evans
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 4 : 9-Sep-14

The Australian Government is believed to have decided to purchase a new fleet of submarines from Japan, in a major blow for the local shipbuilding industry. South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has warned that the state’s federal MPs will face an electoral backlash if the submarines are built overseas rather than by Adelaide-based shipbuilder ASC. The Federal Government’s 2013 election platform included a commitment to build the submarines in Adelaide

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PREMIER AND CABINET, ASC PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF INDUSTRY, THE AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY GROUP, SYDNEY INSTITUTE, GROUP OF TWENTY (G-20), AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF DEFENCE, LIBERAL PARTY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, DCNS SA, THYSSENKRUPP MARINE SYSTEMS GMBH, SAAB AB