My first mention in an ASIO file occurred when I was twelve. My grandmother, whom I knew as Normie (but who, in the ways of the times, had been christened Alma Caroline), divorced her first husband, ...

Conspiracy theories surrounding the alleged CIA involvement in the overthrow of the Whitlam Government are dismissed in an official history of the domestic spy agency, launched on Friday. The author, ...

But the question I keep getting asked is ‘How effective is ASIO today?’ My answer is ‘We really don’t know but the evidence of thirty years ago is not very reassuring’. Hundreds of ASIO files are now ...

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn and work.

Several months after senator Gietzelt became a minister, an ASIO agent reported in a "secret" note a conversation between Communist Party leaders Laurie Aarons and Joe Palmada that revealed senator ...

Dozens of Territory citizens including current federal MP Warren Snowdon, former NT News editor Jim Bowditch, pearling magnate Nick Paspaley Sr and activist Rob Wesley-Smith were the subjects of ASIO ...

Police have played down the sensitivity of ASIO and police force documents found in a garage during a drug raid in Melbourne's north earlier this month. The Office of Police Integrity (OPI), ...

The Tasmanian Local Government Code of Conduct Panel slapped a months-long suspension order on councillor Louise Elliot on Wednesday night for a range of infractions “misleading and alarmist”, failing ...

Hundreds of ASIO files are now available to any web surfer. Under the ’30 year rule’ the files are becoming public. They are a fascinating read. We spied on many, including Australian politician Dr ...