22/2011 - acipss

AUSTRALIA
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Australia to defend itself in cyber war
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(cootamundraherald) AUSTRALIA will create its first national cyber strategy
to confront the growing threat posed by electronic espionage, theft and
state-sponsored cyber attack, with one of the country's most respected
public servants revealing his department endures ''daily'' electronic
intrusions.
The announcement of the creation of Australia's first cyber white paper
comes as Google revealed it has discovered sophisticated attacks on
hundreds of users of its email service, Gmail, aimed at stealing their
passwords and monitoring their email.
The Google intrusion was traced back to China and the hundreds of users
targeted included officials from the US departments of State and Defence as
well as the US Defence Intelligence Agency.
The cyber white paper announcement will be made by the Attorney-General,
Robert McClelland, at a cyber security function in Sydney today.
http://www.cootamundraherald.com.au/news/national/national/general/australi
a-to-defend-itself-in-cyber-war/2183853.aspx
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Is Australia's Economy Dangerously Dependent on China?
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(yahoo) If you're ever in the australian outpost of Port Hedland, make sure
you've got a high limit on your credit card. The dusty downtown of this
isolated hamlet of 20,000 may be a few deserted streets lined with bank
branches, the local cultural scene confined to drinking halls and pool
tables. But when the bills come, you'd think you were in Beverly Hills. A
brunch of two scrambled eggs, toast, hash browns and a Coca-Cola at a
greasy diner comes to more than $20. A local hotel with rooms that are
little more than sunbaked concrete cubes charges $300 a night. Taxi fares
are outrageous enough to embarrass a Tokyo or London cabbie. The front
window of a real estate agent's office is plastered with flyers advertising
one-story, three-bedroom homes - the kind found just about anywhere in
Australia - on sale for more than $1 million. Why would anyone pay such
crazy prices to stay here? "China needs its iron ore," says Tony
Swiericzuk, a local resident and a general manager at Australian mining
outfit Fortescue Metals.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110603/wl_time/09171207523600
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