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Australian Security Steps

By immigrationprof

Rohan Sullivan reports in the Washington Post on Australia’s response to recent terror attacks in the UK:

The government has accelerated plans to let spies share information with immigration officials, a week after a foreign doctor was arrested in connection with the failed British terror attacks, the prime minister said Sunday.

Prime Minister John Howard said that new software linking the computer systems of the Australian Security and Intelligence Organization and the Immigration Department will allow deeper background checks on anyone applying to enter Australia. Click here for the rest of the story.

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