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Australia - Home Affairs power grab rings alarm bells among spies

Source: Crikey, 01/06/2019

There is significant concern within the intelligence community about a
`power grab` by Home Affairs as the leadership of that portfolio again
ramps up efforts to co-opt the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD)
into their control.
In an remarkable and blatant display of power, a clutch of security
officials have renewed a controversial push to bring the military
intelligence arm partly under the control of Home Affairs and give it
unprecedented new powers to spy on civilian Australians and attack
their computer networks. Peter Dutton yesterday backed the changes,
demanding a `sensible discussion` about enabling the ASD to target
Australians.

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