Federal Court backs ASIO on refugee's fileBy Rebecca Brice The Federal Court has ruled a Kuwaiti refugee who was declared a security risk by ASIO cannot use the courts to find out why the assessment was made. A hearing in Adelaide was told the young man believed ASIO made the ruling because … Read more [...]

The government blocked Huawei after ASIO advice that the company posed a security risk to Australia. Earlier this week, Senator Conroy was named an Intelligent Community Visionary of the year for 2012 by a New York think tank.and more » … Read more at Sydney Morning Herald.

The Gillard government followed good process on this matter, taking the advice from ASIO, and from the Defence Signals Directorate, to a full meeting of the national security committee of cabinet. It decided to prevent Huawei from working on the NBN. … Read more at VEXNEWS.

NEWS.com.au It is worth noting that ASIO is headed by David Irvine, a former Australian ambassador to China, a Mandarin speaker, who also served in the embassy in Beijing in the mid-1980s. Before heading ASIO Irvine ran ASIS, a post to which he was appointed by … Read more at The Australian.

HEATHER EWART: But everyone there was conscious of the Government's decision to black ban the Chinese technology giant Huawei from National Broadband Network supply contracts after security warnings from ASIO. WAYNE SWAN: Well I don't comment and … Read more at ABC Online.

No one else in the Coalition criticised the decision because of the ASIO involvement and Mr Robb's outburst raised eyebrows among colleagues yesterday, who said the comments were not sanctioned by the Coalition leadership or by the opposition … Read more at Sydney Morning Herald.

Maybe it's Habib who should apologise for outlandish claimsBy early 2002, ASIO had formed the view that Habib was not involved in the planning of future attacks. Not long after his return, Habib commenced legal proceedings against the Commonwealth. In July 2010 the Federal Court made orders for the discovery … Read more at Wagin [...]

A teen asylum seeker identified as a security threat claims he has been … Read more at Herald Sun.

The man, who arrived from Indonesia by boat in 2010 and cannot be named, was found by ASIO to be a threat to the public when he applied for residency. But the teen now claims he has suffered mental and psychiatric damage because of his extended stay in … Read more at Herald Sun.

The Coalition has attacked Labor over its Huawei ban, which was implemented on ASIO advice amid fears of cyber attacks originating in China. But Dr Emerson said Labor would not resile from the decision, despite the heartburn it might cause. … Read more at The Australian.