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September 26, 2014 Rick Sarre, _University of South Australia_ It has been said that the line between good investigative reporting and inappropriate journalistic prying is never clearly

drawn. Journalists usually complain long and hard when governments intervene to… September 24, 2014 Sangeetha Pillai, _UNSW Sydney_ The Abbott government has today introduced the second

tranche of its national security amendments – the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 – into the Senate. As its name… September 22, 2014 Clarke Jones,

_Australian National University_ The dust is settling after the extensive police raids across Sydney and Brisbane last week. Authorities say this was the largest counter-terrorism operation

in Australia’s history. Not only was it the… September 16, 2014 Keiran Hardy, _UNSW Sydney_ Parliament is about to consider a range of changes to Australia’s security laws introduced by the

Abbott government during its last sitting. The most controversial measures in the National Security Legislation… September 11, 2014 Daniel Baldino, _University of Notre Dame Australia_ It

appears that Australia might be put on a higher threat alert level. ASIO director-general David Irvine’s comments on a possible increase in the terrorism threat level (which came into force

in 2003…