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One of the first acts of Operation Two Step was a simple act of cancelling the passport of Renas Lelikan, based on information received from the Turkish Embassy. The Minister for Foreign Affairs retained the power, under the Australian Passports Act 2005, to cancel any Australian passport on the...

Kim Beazley, former Prime Minister of Australia and current Ambassador of Australia to the United States would be in attendance. His wife, Susie, would be by his side. He would also be joined by uniformed personnel of the Australian Defence Force attached to the Embassy in Washington D.C.: the...

https://www.careers.asio.gov.au/site/rebrand_2022/images/Brand_Mark_Gradient.png https://i.postimg.cc/GmGbpymc/logo.png https://i.postimg.cc/bNg1V2Y8/australian-border-force-logo.png https://elearn.austrac.gov.au/pluginfile.php/1/core_admin/logo/0x200/1772660448/logo.png OPERATION TWO...

"Well, that's all we needed to raise with you. We hope you have a wonderful rest of your day." David Ritchie would say before standing up to shake his hand and to follow him out of the building. Jay

By the end of February, all the fires had been extinguished besides from the Kilmore East-Murrundindi Mill complex, Bunyip State Park fire and the Wilsons Promontory fire, which continued to burn but had all been contained for nearly two weeks now. In the south of the Kilmore East-Murrundindi...

Barbara Miller, one of ABC News' North American Correspondents based in Washington D.C. would be temporarily stationed in Ottawa and would be at the press conference. Her British accent would resemble something more of a journalist from the BBC, which was her former employer afterall, but has...

NEW DECLARED AREAS FOR TURKEY AND IRAQ 20 February 2009 The Minister for Foreign Affairs has today made declarations for the first time under section 119.2 of the Criminal Code Act 1995. The Minister for Foreign Affairs may declare an area in a foreign country if they are satisfied that a...

CHANGE IN TRAVEL ADVISORY FOR TURKEY 25 February 2009 The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, through its Smartraveller service, has today changed its travel advice for certain areas of the Republic of Turkey from orange advice "Reconsider your need to travel" to red advice "Do not...

https://i.postimg.cc/RC8LwszW/yc8Dm2B.png MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: PROTECTED 10 February 2009 Dear Secretary of State Carr, Unfortunately due to the unfolding bushfire catastrophe in the state of Victoria, we have had to make the unfortunate decision to...

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"Unfortunately I have been notified of, what can only be described as just short of a catastrophe, back in Australia. I am also required to attend the AUKMIN forum shortly, so I do need to depart. I am going to leave with you with the Free Trade Agreement to review and I hope that we can meet...

https://i.postimg.cc/RC8LwszW/yc8Dm2B.png PRIME MINISTER SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: PROTECTED 3 January 2009 Dear President-elect LaFleur, Please let me be one of the first to congratulate you on your election. I know that this process has been drawn out and complex, but nevertheless...

RAAF air traffic control would safely guide the aircraft into Singapore with the assistance of Singaporean military and civilian air traiffc controllers. They would guide them in a way that didn't inadvertently take them into Malaysian or Indonesian airspace at such low altitudes, which meant an...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Coat_of_Arms_of_Victoria.svg PREMIER OF VICTORIA SECURITY CLASSIFICATION: OFFICIAL 9 February 2009 Dear Chief Bosworth, The DC-10s and CL-415s, along with all the personnel listed, would be extremely useful. The U.S. Navy component is...

<table class="fc_block_upgrade"><tr><td>Product Type</td><td>Vehicle Production</td></tr><tr><td>Country</td><td>Australia</td></tr><tr><td>Recipient</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Product Name</td><td>Supacat HMT Extenda 6x6</td></tr><tr><td>Product Quantity</td><td>120</td></tr><tr><td>Unit...