#australiansecurityandcounterterrorism — Public Fediverse posts

Flydubai attack investigation widens as alleged hijacker’s training in New Zealand scrutinised https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/07/flydubai-attack-investigation-widens-as-alleged-hijackers-training-in-new-zealand-scrutinised-ntwnfb #FlydubaiPlaneIncident #NewZealand #AustraliaNews #AirTransport #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #Israel #UnitedArabEmirates #AsiaPacific #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism

Flydubai attack investigation widens as alleged hijacker’s training in New Zealand scrutinised
By Eva Corlett in Auckland and Adeshola Ore in Melbourne

Hamam al-Hammami spent 175 days in New Zealand until May 2019, as Australian Jewish group calls for full investigation into his time in Melbourne

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/07/flydubai-attack-investigation-widens-as-alleged-hijackers-training-in-new-zealand-scrutinised-ntwnfb

#Flydubaiplaneincident #NewZealand #Australianews #Airtransport #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #Israel #UnitedArabEmirates #AsiaPacific #Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #TheGuardian #EvaCorlettinAuckland #AdesholaOreinMelbourne

Alleged flydubai attacker left Australia without finishing engineering course, university says
By Nino Bucci and Adeshola Ore

RMIT confirms co-pilot was a student as Australian authorities examine his time in country between 2015 and 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/05/australia-university-engineering-flydubai-co-pilot-rmit-ntwnfb

#Flydubaiplaneincident #Australianews #Melbourne #Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #Oman #Israel #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #TheGuardian #NinoBucci #AdesholaOre

Alleged flydubai attacker left Australia without finishing engineering course, university says https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/05/australia-university-engineering-flydubai-co-pilot-rmit-ntwnfb #FlydubaiPlaneIncident #AustraliaNews #Melbourne #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #Oman #Israel #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica

Flydubai co-pilot’s time in Australia being investigated by security agencies after alleged cockpit attack
By Adeshola Ore and Sarah Basford Canales

Police confirm investigation into period the man reportedly spent in Australia before alleged attempted terrorist attack

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/04/flydubai-co-pilot-time-in-australia-being-investigated-security-agencies-ntwnfb

#Flydubaiplaneincident #Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #Australianews #Israel #MiddleEastandnorthAfrica #TheGuardian #AdesholaOre #SarahBasfordCanales

Flydubai co-pilot’s time in Australia being investigated by security agencies after alleged cockpit attack https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/04/flydubai-co-pilot-time-in-australia-being-investigated-security-agencies-ntwnfb #FlydubaiPlaneIncident #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustraliaNews #Israel #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica

OpenAI’s Medicare hack is a bleak opportunity for Australia to address its security shortcomings post-haste | Van Badham
By Van Badham

All Australians should demand independent means to protect ourselves from Dr Sam Altman Frankenstein and Daddy America

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/24/open-ai-medicare-records-hacked-australia-cyber-security

#OpenAI #AIartificialintelligence #MedicareAustralia #Australianews #SamAltman #Technology #Hacking #Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #Australianpolitics #Australianforeignpolicy #TheGuardian #VanBadham

OpenAI’s Medicare hack is a bleak opportunity for Australia to address its security shortcomings post-haste | Van Badham https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/24/open-ai-medicare-records-hacked-australia-cyber-security #Openai #AiArtificialIntelligence #MedicareAustralia #AustraliaNews #SamAltman #Technology #Hacking #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustralianPolitics #AustralianForeignPolicy

Australia’s outdated technology is vulnerable to AI hacking attacks, signals chief says
By Luca Ittimani

Abigail Bradshaw says ‘enormous’ amounts of money required to update systems that people now expect to be constantly available

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/15/australias-outdated-technology-is-vulnerable-to-ai-hacking-attacks-signals-chief-says

#Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #AIartificialintelligence #Technology #Hacking #Australianews #Australianpolitics #Computing #TheGuardian #LucaIttimani

Sydney man jailed for 3.5 years over ‘fake’ defence reports for Chinese spies https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/10/sydney-man-sentenced-jailed-chinese-spies-ntwnfb #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #Espionage #Sydney #China #AustraliaNews

Sydney man jailed for 3.5 years over ‘fake’ defence reports for Chinese spies
By Australian Associated Press

Alexander Csergo, 58, sentenced over reckless foreign interference after preparing documents for duo who approached on LinkedIn

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/10/sydney-man-sentenced-jailed-chinese-spies-ntwnfb

#Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #Espionage #Sydney #China #Australianews #TheGuardian #AustralianAssociatedPress

White Australia party is ‘modern manifestation’ of Nazi movement and should be banned, commonwealth tells high court https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/09/white-australia-party-modern-manifestation-adolf-hitler-nazi-movement-commonwealth-high-court-ntwnfb #AustralianPolitics #FarRight #AustraliaNews #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustralianLaw

White Australia party is ‘modern manifestation’ of Nazi movement and should be banned, commonwealth tells high court
By Sarah Basford Canales

The former National Socialist Network is challenging ban in high court, arguing law breaches implied freedom of political communication

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/09/white-australia-party-modern-manifestation-adolf-hitler-nazi-movement-commonwealth-high-court-ntwnfb

#Australianpolitics #Farright #Australianews #Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #Australianlaw #TheGuardian #SarahBasfordCanales

Teenager pleads guilty to planning terrorist bombing targeting Opera House and Sydney marathon https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/01/teen-boy-planned-bomb-sydney-opera-house-terror-attack-ntwnfb #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #NewSouthWales #Sydney #AustraliaNews

Teenager pleads guilty to planning terrorist bombing targeting Opera House and Sydney marathon
By Australian Associated Press

Boy, 16, testifies he was radicalised on TikTok before connecting to extremists on Telegram

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/01/teen-boy-planned-bomb-sydney-opera-house-terror-attack-ntwnfb

#Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #NewSouthWales #Sydney #Australianews #TheGuardian #AustralianAssociatedPress

Four months of grief, tension and pain: key moments from the antisemitism royal commission
By Ben Doherty

Witnesses at public hearings spoke of safety fears before and after Bondi attack, fraying community bonds and tension over the state of Israel

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/27/key-moments-from-antisemitism-royal-commission-public-hearings-ntwnfb

#Royalcommissiononantisemitismandsocialcohesion #Australianews #Bondibeachterrorattack #Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #Australianmedia #IsraelGazawar #Antisemitism #TheGuardian #BenDoherty

Antisemitism royal commission ends hearings but delays report to avoid ‘distraction’ from Bondi anniversary
By Ben Doherty

Commissioner Virginia Bell resists push to extend antisemitism inquiry noting need for timely recommendations

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/26/antisemitism-royal-commission-ends-hearings-but-delays-report-to-avoid-distraction-from-bondi-anniversary-ntwnfb

#Royalcommissiononantisemitismandsocialcohesion #Antisemitism #Australianews #Bondibeachterrorattack #Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #TheGuardian #BenDoherty

Antisemitism royal commission ends hearings but delays report to avoid ‘distraction’ from Bondi anniversary https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/26/antisemitism-royal-commission-ends-hearings-but-delays-report-to-avoid-distraction-from-bondi-anniversary-ntwnfb #RoyalCommissionOnAntisemitismAndSocialCohesion #Antisemitism #AustraliaNews #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism

Australian police charge man accused of attempting to share Ukrainian military intel with Russian agents
By Nino Bucci and Andrew Messenger

Vladmir Teslov, 27, charged after allegedly seeking to provide information about Ukrainian forces to ‘Russian intelligence services’

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/21/vladimir-teslov-australian-charged-sharing-ukraine-intel-russian-agents-ntwnfb

#Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #Australianews #Russia #Ukraine #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Australianfederalpolice #TheGuardian #NinoBucci #AndrewMessenger

Australian police charge man accused of attempting to share Ukrainian military intel with Russian agents https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/21/vladimir-teslov-australian-charged-sharing-ukraine-intel-russian-agents-ntwnfb #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustraliaNews #Russia #Ukraine #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #AustralianFederalPolice

A fake website and a deluge of CVs: the Australian firm embroiled in an FBI probe into alleged Chinese espionage
By Henry Belot

Exclusive: Fake consultancy impersonating Brisbane firm online is one of 13 websites seized by the US Department of Justice

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/17/fbi-investigation-china-alleged-espionage-fake-websites-defence-intelligence-australia

#Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #Espionage #China #FBI #Australianews #AsiaPacific #TheGuardian #HenryBelot

Coalition to back One Nation policy barring overseas Australians with terrorist links from returning home https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/12/coalition-to-back-one-nation-policy-barring-overseas-australians-with-terrorist-links-from-returning-home #AustralianPolitics #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustraliaNews #PaulineHanson #OneNation #Coalition #LiberalParty #LaborParty #AngusTaylor #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum

‘Disturbing parallels’: Holocaust survivors president says exclusion of Jews from public life similar to Nazi Germany https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/21/holocaust-survivors-australia-exclusion-nazi-germany-ntwnfb #RoyalCommissionOnAntisemitismAndSocialCohesion #Antisemitism #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustraliaNews

Ban on protests outside synagogues and Jewish schools should be considered, Dreyfus tells royal commission https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/20/mark-dreyfus-protest-ban-synagogues-jewish-schools-antisemitism-royal-commission-ntwnfb #RoyalCommissionOnAntisemitismAndSocialCohesion #AustraliaNews #Antisemitism #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustralianPolitics #Judaism #AustralianEducation

NSW spent almost $500,000 on court cases they lost against pro-Palestine protest groups
By Penry Buckley

<strong>Exclusive</strong>: Documents show $117,455 was spent in a single legal fight over laws rushed through after Bondi attack

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/10/nsw-government-legal-bill-cost-defending-protest-laws-ntwnfb

#NewSouthWalespolitics #NewSouthWales #Protest #Australianlaw #Australianews #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Activism #Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #Bondibeachterrorattack #PenryBuckley

Growing legal bill for failed defence of controversial NSW protest laws runs to hundreds of thousands of dollars
By Penry Buckley

<strong>Exclusive</strong>: Documents show $117,455.50 was spent in a single legal fight over laws rushed through after Bondi attack

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/10/nsw-government-legal-bill-cost-defending-protest-laws-ntwnfb

#NewSouthWalespolitics #NewSouthWales #Protest #Australianlaw #Australianews #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Activism #Australiansecurityandcounterterrorism #Bondibeachterrorattack #PenryBuckley

Growing legal bill for failed defence of controversial NSW protest laws runs to hundreds of thousands of dollars https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/10/nsw-government-legal-bill-cost-defending-protest-laws-ntwnfb #NewSouthWalesPolitics #NewSouthWales #Protest #AustralianLaw #AustraliaNews #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #Activism #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #BondiBeachTerrorAttack

Australian citizen working as spy for Iran ‘orchestrated’ Bondi firebombing, Asio boss says https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/24/australian-citizen-working-as-spy-for-iran-orchestrated-bondi-firebombing-asio-boss-says #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustralianForeignPolicy #AustraliaNews #Antisemitism

Labor scraps plan to make spy agency’s 9/11-era questioning powers permanent https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jun/11/australian-government-scraps-asio-compulsory-questioning-plans #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustralianLaw #AustralianPolitics #LaborParty #AustraliaNews #HumanRights

US firm fined for Australian immigration security failures. How much? Border force refuses to say https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/may/28/australian-border-force-chief-on-us-prison-company-mtc-prison-security-failures #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustraliaNews #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustralianPolitics #TonyBurke #AustralianGreens