Labor is pushing to make the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s (ASIO) compulsory questioning powers permanent, even though ASIO told the government in 2024 that aspects of the security regime could be relaxed. Paul Gregoire reports.
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Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has lambasted the government and media for their silence on the attempted bombing of an Invasion Day rally in Boorloo. Cas Smith reports.
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NSW Police took eight weeks to locate a Zionist who planted a bomb on a Palestine supporter’s vehicle. David Wise was given a mere three-month non-parole sentence. Rachel Evans reports.
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Large numbers of heavily armed federal and Victorian police raided a house in the northern Melbourne suburb of Greenvale on May 8. A 17-year-old male was arrested and charged with “terrorism related offences” after appearing in court on May 11. “Balaclava-clad officers with assault rifles stood guard around a two-storey home while heavily-armoured vehicles blocked off the street,” the ABC reported on May 9. A 14-year-old boy was questioned after raids in Sydney on the same day. The police have not said whether the raids in Melbourne and Sydney were connected.