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Intelligence and National Security: Australian Dilemmas Post-9/11

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From the foundation of a security service in 1949 under Cold War auspices of MI5 to the expansion of the concept of security after 2001 and promulgation of over 50 new counter-terror laws, the practice of national security has troubled the Australian political conscience. The maintenance of national security and evolution of an Australian Intelligence Community has raised questions about its necessity and accountability. The pursuit of national security has exposed a paradox at the core of Australian democracy, namely, that political freedom might entail proscribing those dedicated to subverting it by violent means. This chapter explores this paradox, heightened since 2013 by revelations of WikiLeaks and Edward Snowden about the extent of Australian surveillance.

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    Beginning with the Willie Brigitte Faheem Lhodi plot in 2003 to attack infrastructure targets through the Benbrika plot in 2005, and the Holdsworthy Barracks plot in 2009, to the arrests in Brisbane and Sydney in October 2014 and the lone wolf attack in Martin’s Place in 2014, what is now termed the Global Jihadist Movement (GJM) has posed difficulties both internationally and nationally for Australian security.

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    Lone actor attacks in Montreal on 20 October 2014 and on the war memorial in Ottawa on 22 October 2014 were responsible for the death of three Canadian servicemen. See http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/22/world/americas/canada-ottawa-shooting/.

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  1. School of Political Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    David Martin Jones

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  1. Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada

    Randy K. Lippert

  2. Department of Criminal Justice, University of Winnipeg, Centennial Hall, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

    Kevin Walby

  3. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia

    Ian Warren

  4. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia

    Darren Palmer

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Jones, D.M. (2016). Intelligence and National Security: Australian Dilemmas Post-9/11. In: Lippert, R., Walby, K., Warren, I., Palmer, D. (eds) National Security, Surveillance and Terror. Crime Prevention and Security Management. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43243-4_12

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