Do we have a secret role in the war in Gaza?
The Briefing15 Mai 2024

Do we have a secret role in the war in Gaza?

For over half a century, the US and Australia have operated Pine Gap - a joint top-secret spy base at Alice Springs in the heart of outback Australia

Today, concern is mounting that spies at Pine Gap may be eavesdropping on the Middle East and passing critical information on to the Israeli Defence Force.

This would mean Australia is playing a role in the conflict, raising serious questions about the public’s right to know how our land, resources and geographical advantage is being deployed, especially when it makes us a nuclear target for foreign powers.

Today we’re joined by Alice Springs journalist Alexandra Barwick, host of new ABC podcast Spies in the Outback, to assess the evidence and get a local perspective.

Headlines:

Sydney council reverses same sex parent book ban

Slovakia PM shot in assassination attempt

Labor senator breaks ranks to label Israel’s war in Gaza genocide

Gina Rinehart has demanded the National Gallery of Australia remove a portrait of her

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