澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2010-05-25

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Israel says its relationship with Australia will only grow stronger despite Australia's decision to expel one of its diplomats¹. The Federal Government says it was left in no doubt that Israel was responsible for using forged Australian passports in the Dubai assassination².

The U.S. Secretary of State says Washington is trying hard to keep the peace between North and South Korea. Hillary Clinton says North Korea had created a highly precarious³ situation after a report found the North sank a South Korean warship⁴. She urged the South to avoid retaliation⁵, but confirmed the United States will still hold naval⁶ exercises with the country.

A leaked report shows lawyers have accused the former Victorian police commissioner⁷ of deliberately⁸ misleading the Black Saturday Royal Commission. The Herald⁹ Sun newspaper says, lawyers acting¹⁰ for the commission have rejected Christine Nixon's early claim that she forgot she went out to dinner on Black Saturday.

Asylum¹¹ seeker boat arrivals have increased the workload¹² of Australia's Intelligence Agency by ten fold. A Senate estimates committee has been told that ASIO assessed more than 2,000 irregular maritime¹³ events between July 2009 and March this year. That's up from just 20 assessments¹⁴ in the 2008-2009 year. ASIO director-general David Irvine said ASIO's expanding responsibilities meant the agency hasn't been recruiting fast enough.