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Online hate is spilling into the real world, AFP warns

A real shift has occurred as online hate has extended out into real life, AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett has told senators during a rushed late-night hearing.

AAP · Oct 27

Australian MP Helen Haines’ first concern after waking up revealed as parliament pays tribute

Helen Haines was critically injured last week in an alleged act of political violence

The Independent UK · Oct 26

'Immediate' link between political angst and MP threats

Threats against politicians - particularly women - have ramped up in recent years, raising the risk of attacks on MPs, Australia's top cop says.

AAP · Oct 25

Concerns AI a shoulder to cry on for sexually exploited

Artificial intelligence is in some cases more likely to hear about online sexual victimisation than teachers or police, new research shows.

AAP · Oct 8

Is Australia’s ‘voracious’ illicit drug use behind organised crime violence? It’s complicated

Sydney appears to be facing an escalation of organised crime violence. The shootings this month of 23-year-old university student Marco Tapia and, two days later, 40-year-old Joshua Macdonald in the city’s west, highlighted the often hidden world of organised crime and its violence.

The Conversation · Sep 16

AFP commissioner urges ‘conversation’ about link between Australians’ level of illicit drug use and organised crime

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett has called for a national “conversation” about the link between Australians’ use of illicit drugs and organised crime violence.

The Conversation · Sep 15

Australian police charge man accused of attempting to share Ukrainian military intel with Russian agents

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

The Guardian - AU · Aug 21

Australia charges man with trying to pass Ukrainian military intel to Russia

The crime of intentional foreign interference carries a penalty of 20 years' imprisonment in Australia.

Euronews · Aug 21

Kash Patel gave his Australian counterpart a 3D replica gun as a gift. It was destroyed within months

Documents show the FBI director’s gift was ‘displayed proudly’ by the AFP before new commissioner ordered it to be destroyed

The Guardian - AU · Jul 14

Albanese juggles national security and trade in foreign policy bonanza. The stakes could not be higher

China may be the biggest loser in landmark week where the PM met leaders of India, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea

The Guardian - AU · Jul 10