Benjamin Sveen is producer, reporter and researcher based in the ABC's Sydney newsroom.
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| UpdatedOngoing job cuts in Airservices Australia leave the network at "breaking point" and senior managers express fears the new regime is "a huge risk to public safety", an ABC investigation reveals.
Topics: air-transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, government-and-politics, federal-government, melbourne-3000, melbourne-airport-3045, vic, canberra-2600, act
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If you've thought of using a VPN to get around the Federal Court’s blocking of The Pirate Bay and other file-sharing websites, you might want to take a closer look – especially if have an Android device.
Topics: internet-technology, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, australia
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| UpdatedPrivate email accounts belonging to high-profile politicians and senior Defence officials are among the 1 billion victims of the massive Yahoo data breach. Who were the hackers and how serious was the attack?
Topics: hacking, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedThousands of Australian government officials, including high-profile politicians, senior Defence officials and ambassadors posted overseas, are among the 1 billion victims of the Yahoo data breach, according a secret dataset obtained by the ABC.
Topics: hacking, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, law-crime-and-justice, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedThe Australian Federal Police has charged a man over a series of hoax calls to pilots and air traffic control staff at Melbourne airports.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, tullamarine-3043
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| UpdatedThe Australian Federal Police launch an investigation into 15 hoax calls made to planes and air traffic control over a two-week period, one of which caused a passenger flight to abort landing as it approached Melbourne Airport.
Topics: air-transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedThe Australian Federal Police investigates the discovery of crystal methamphetamine in a thoroughfare used by air traffic controllers, with a source claiming Airservices Australia management has done little to get to the bottom of the find.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, drug-offences, australia, brisbane-4000, qld