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The Guardian
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- The Guardian
Australian army officer stripped of security clearance over Israel loyalty leaves defence force
An officer in the Australian army, stripped of his security clearance because Asio believed he was more loyal to Israel, has left the Australian defence force. In February, Guardian Australia revealed the man had his clearance revoked after the administrative review tribunal (ART) upheld Asio's assessment that he was not of 'appropriate character and trustworthiness to hold any security clearance'. At the time of the ART decision, the man was in the inactive reserve pending administrative action but Guardian Australia understands he has now left the ADF. The man, anonymised in the ruling as HWMW, had told Asio interviewers he did not view Israel as a foreign government and that he would share classified information with the Israel Defense Forces if asked. Sign up: AU Breaking News email Asio said the officer, who is Jewish and had served 19 years in the Australian military, withheld information from Australian officials about training courses he undertook in Israel – where he is not a citizen – in 2016 and 2019, which included self-defence, security and firearms training. The training was for a Sydney community security group (CSG) – an organisation that provides security and intelligence services to the Jewish community – in which he volunteered between 2014 and 2023. The officer had said in cross-examination that withholding the information was not a lie but not a 'complete disclosure'. HWMW told interviewers the CSG training he did could be considered a 'natural recruiting pool' for the Mossad, which would probably be aware of the courses. The Greens senator and defence spokesperson, David Shoebridge, questioned defence officials in Senate estimates in February on whether there had been any review undertaken of ADF members who may have undertaken similar training by CSG 'that makes them incredibly susceptible to recruitment by a foreign government'. In a response tabled in the Senate this week, defence stated all security clearance holders have their suitability to hold the clearance reviewed on a regular basis, and an assessment of external loyalties is a key part of this process. 'Security clearance holders are required to report foreign contacts, in addition to a range of other issues that may impact their suitability to hold a clearance,' the department stated. Shoebridge said on Friday the department had failed to answer his question on whether a review of CSG groups had been undertaken. 'This should have been a simple exercise, having discovered an ADF member undertook secret training associated with a foreign government, then the exit should have been rapid,' he said. '[In defence] overarching loyalty to the US and its allies is seen as normal and entirely consistent with Australia's national interest. 'It is not, and this shows again the lack of genuine independence in so much of our defence and foreign policy.' The Asio director general, Mike Burgess, told Senate estimates in February that the case raised 'potential concerns' but said: 'I want to be clear here on the public record – there is nothing wrong with the community security groups'. He said, however, that it was important for people to be transparent about their involvement with the groups in overseas training. '[CSGs] perform a decent function, an important function, especially in times like this, [the] training they might provide to help provide security to members of the Jewish community is fine,' Burgess said. 'Of course, there is an element of that that in some cases it may be the case that that training done overseas in Israel might present an opportunity.'
The Guardian
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- The Guardian
Lobbyist breaches go unsanctioned as critics call for Australia's rules to be strengthened
Not a single lobbyist has been sanctioned under the federal government's code of conduct and transparency rules for almost three years despite more than a dozen breaches, with critics arguing the scheme is 'as weak as a cup of cold milky tea'. And in Victoria, no lobbyist has been sanctioned since the establishment of the current regulator more than a decade ago, with the state government acknowledging there is a need for reform after warnings from the anti-corruption commission. Professional third-party lobbyists must comply with a federal code of conduct and disclose details to a transparency register, which is designed to strengthen public confidence in how politicians and their staff interact with vested interest groups. Lobbyists who work without being listed on a register or who fail to act honestly and fairly can be investigated for breaches of conduct. This includes lobbyists who do not disclose links to foreign companies and governments. But Guardian Australia can reveal no one involved in the 14 breaches substantiated by the federal attorney general's department since January 2023 has been formally sanctioned. Sign up: AU Breaking News email A departmental spokesperson said each breach was administrative in nature and 'resolved through engagement between the department and relevant lobbyists'. 'In most cases where breaches are substantiated, they are administrative in nature and remediated through communication with the responsible officers within lobbying organisations,' the spokesperson said. 'There were no reported breaches referred to the secretary for consideration during the relevant period.' Transparency International Australia's chief executive, Clancy Moore, said federal lobbyists breaking the rules 'do so with impunity'. 'Put simply, the federal lobbying code of conduct is as weak as a cup of cold milky tea,' Moore said. 'The commonwealth needs a big stick to sanction lobbyists who break the rules.' Crossbench MPs and the Greens have flagged pushing Labor to toughen the rules in the new term of parliament. One element of the rules persistently identified as a shortcoming is that the code of conduct only covers paid third-party lobbyists and their clients. Lobbyists employed internally by corporations and interest groups are not required to sign up. Currently about 360 lobbying organisations and more than 700 individual lobbyists are included on the transparency register. They represent a combined 2,400 clients. More than 40% of registered lobbyists are identified former government representatives, including former staffers, former government ministers and other ex-office holders. In Victoria, no lobbyist has been sanctioned by the state authority since the latest code of conduct was introduced by the Napthine government in 2013. Under current rules, the only sanction available in Victoria is the removal of a lobbyist from the register. The state's public sector commissioner, Brigid Monagle, said six potential breaches of the lobbying code had been investigated in the past five years. Sign up to Breaking News Australia Get the most important news as it breaks after newsletter promotion 'None of these potential breaches met the full requirements for removal under the terms of the code,' Monagle said. 'There may of course be other breaches that the commission has not been made aware of, and we encourage anyone with knowledge of a breach to make a report.' The Centre for Public Integrity's executive director, Catherine Williams, said Victorian regulation was not fit for purpose and regulators should have a broad range of sanctions to ensure smaller but significant breaches of the code do not go unpunished. 'Clearly, a uniform law would be optimal as it would simplify compliance for lobbying firms and individuals operating across multiple jurisdictions,' Williams said. 'Unfortunately, however, with the current regulatory patchwork across the country – and federally, a government yet to acknowledge that lobbying reform must be on the agenda – a uniform law is a very long way off.' In October 2022, the Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (Ibac) raised concerns about potential corruption risks posed by lobbying. The Victorian government has accepted Ibac's recommendations, in principle, and is now consulting on possible changes. In New South Wales, six lobbyists were suspended from operating last month after failing to provide a regular update on which government officials they had met and on whose behalf. The NSW Electoral Commission, which regulates the lobbying industry, required this information to be updated every three months. Lobbyists must update the list even if they have been inactive during this period. There is no such requirement for lobbyists meeting with federal government officials.
Daily Mail
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- Daily Mail
The REAL truth behind those bizarre high-flying, jetsetting business claims of Mark Latham's porn star ex - and the address of one of her businesses will take your breath away
The two freight firms Mark Latham's ex-partner is credited with running appear impossible to contact and the 'principal place of business' for one of them is listed as the politician's home. ASIC has no publicly available records for Skynet Global Logistics, of which Nathalie Matthews says she is managing director, other than the name having been registered in October last year. NMF Services - the initials stand for Nathalie Matthews Freight - was registered in July last year with the 37-year-old recorded as director, secretary and sole shareholder. The principal place of business for NMF Services is the same address as Latham's five-bedroom home at Mount Hunter, about 80km south-west of Sydney in Wollondilly Shire. Ms Matthews had been living at that house before her spectacular May 27 break-up with Latham, which has resulted in her seeking an apprehended violence order against the NSW upper house independent MP. She claims in her AVO application that Latham inflicted 'a sustained pattern' of psychological, financial and emotional abuse on her over almost three years. Ms Matthews alleges the 64-year-old committed degrading acts including forcing her to have sex with other people and 'defecating on me before sex and refusing to let me wash'. Latham has denied abusing Ms Matthews in any way during what the former federal Labor leader has called a 'situationship' and a 'sexed-up, consensual, open arrangement'. Ms Matthews was previously an OnlyFans porn star who posted hundreds of sexually explicit images of herself on the user-pays site under the name Bondi C** S***. The onetime Liberal candidate for Sutherland Shire Council then quickly reinvented herself as an international entrepreneur with a particular focus on the United Arab Emirates. The Skynet Global Logistics 'head office' is in a shared workspace above the Westfield shopping centre in Oxford Street, Bondi Junction, where a desk can be rented for $825 a month. The phone number at that office is not connected and a secondary Perth office, which is a workspace in Capital Square Tower 3 on Spring Street, does not have a landline. The NMF Services website boasts its headquarters are in the United Arab Emirates and the listed address is another shared workspace, on Dubai's Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Boulevard in Dubai. Daily Mail Australia had no response after sending messages to the email addresses for either Skynet Global Logistics or NMF Services and got no answer ringing the Dubai number. Ms Matthews describes Skynet Logistics on LinkedIn as a freight forwarding company specialising in coordinating and organising the movement of goods across air, sea, rail and road. 'With 15 years of experience in international logistics, we provide comprehensive freight solutions that connect businesses worldwide,' the company website states. 'Our expertise in global trade and commitment to excellence makes us your ideal logistics partner.' NMF Services, according to its website, is 'a leading freight forwarding and logistics company based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates'. 'We provide Ocean and Air freight services globally and Land Transportation for all your imports and exports,' Ms Matthews states. Ms Matthews declined to comment on Skynet Global Logistics or NMF Services but it is understood she has told friends she is 'stepping back' from both operations while her court case is ongoing. Daily Mail Australia revealed on Thursday that Ms Matthews converted to Islam in November 2022 and adopted the Muslim name Maryam Abdullah. A 'Certificate of Declaring Islam' issued by the United Arab Emirates shows Ms Matthews using her date of birth and maiden name Darrough to formally embrace the religion. A demure picture of Ms Matthews wearing a hijab appears at the top of the certificate which lists her previous religion as Christian. The document welcomes Ms Matthews into the Islamic fold with the induction: 'We praise Allah who guided her to Islam so she should adhere to the rulings of Allah and abstain from the forbidden.' Among acts forbidden by Islam are fornication - consensual sex between two people who are not married - while gambling and drinking alcohol are frowned upon. A Certificate of Islam is not required for a person to become a Muslim but some organisations provide an official document for legal or travel purposes. To gain such a certificate in the Muslim-majority UAE a convert must provide a valid passport, other identification, and one personal photo in which a woman should be wearing a hijab. Ms Matthews declined to comment on Wednesday night why she converted to Islam or whether she still considered herself to be Muslim. To become a Muslim, Ms Matthews would have recited the Shahada: 'I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah.' Her LinkedIn profile says she has advised for Compass Logistics International, managing and developing trade between Australia and the Gulf Cooperational Council, for the past 19 months. LinkedIn also shows Ms Matthews has been a freelance host of Import Export TV - '[the] world's first and only channel dedicated to international trade and global supply chains' - since 2023. Ms Matthews states 'over the past few years' she has been working across the UAE and Australia 'helping to build companies, launch ventures, and unlock opportunities'. With a background in the freight industry, Ms Matthews gained a Bachelor of Business from Southern Cross University in 2009 and an MBA from the Australian Institute of Business in 2015. As Nathalie May Darrough she married British-born Ross David Matthews about seven years ago but the pair reportedly parted ways in 2022. Police are now seeking an apprehended violence order to protect Ms Matthews from her ex-husband, who has pleaded not guilty to using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend. Daily Mail Australia revealed on Wednesday that Ms Matthews had previously been in a relationship with a man she met through the transport and logistics industry who was about 20 years older than her. After they broke up, police sought an AVO against Ms Matthews - as Nathalie Darrough - to protect the man but in June 2015 the application was withdrawn. In February 2018, Ms Matthews - still known as Darrough - pleaded guilty to shoplifting from the Camilla fashion boutique at Westfield Miranda in Sydney's south. She was placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond without conviction and ordered to pay $449 to the store. Daily Mail Australia is also not suggesting any wrongdoing by Latham, only that Ms Matthews has made allegations against him as part of applying for an AVO. That application is listed for mention at Downing Centre Local Court on July 30.
