How hard-partying soldier Mathew Stewart became an al-Qaida militant

Guardian, How hard-partying soldier Mathew Stewart became an al-Qaida militant "Guardian Australia has interviewed several of Stewart’s former army colleagues, who recalled the young soldier’s steady unravelling from drug abuse, his experiences in East Timor, and relentless bullying by two of his section commanders. The men, all since retired from the army, are torn between revulsion at Stewart’s acts and an enduring sense of comradeship with a man they insist “had nothing dark in him”."

Australian websites targets by Indonesian hackers

ninemsn.com.au, Aust websites targets by Indon hackers, 25 Nov 2013 "Indonesian hackers are targeting Australian police and other government agencies' websites as payback for spying on their president but no critical police information has been compromised."

New Photo of Kidnapped Australian posted on Facebook

Yahoo! News, New Photo of Kidnapped Australian posted on Facebook, 31 Jan 2013 "The photo was reportedly posted on Facebook by a group called Al Harakatul Al-Islamiyyah, believed to be a reference to the name of terrorist group, the Abu Sayyaf."

'Iranian star of Australian-produced film to be lashed'

news.com.au, Iranian star of Australian-produced film to be lashed, 11 Oct 2011 "An Iranian actress will be jailed for a year and lashed 90 times for starring in an Australian film production about the Western influence on life in the Islamic republic." Refers to Marzieh Vafamehr from the film 'My Tehran for Sale'. There are several internet references in this story. I haven't seen this film: IMDb has details, and here's the trailer:

Australia

Bryan Littlely, The Advertiser/heraldsun.com.au, Fears for Perth man Safaa Al Awadi missing in Egypt "Members of the Saviours of Mankind fear Safaa Al Awadi, one of their Australian members, is being held by the Egyptian Government accused of being a terrorist and could be killed for announcing his religious views ...

" ... the Saviours of Mankind - which has about 50 members in Australia - often debated religion over the internet."

Australian net issue

Natasha Robinson, The Australian, Iranian cleric preaches to Sydney via net, 11 Sep 2010

"Dr Leghaei, deemed by ASIO to have carried out "acts of foreign interference", said he planned to continue to give his regular Friday sermons via the internet from Iran.

"As you can see, technology has made life much easier," Dr Leghaei joked during the live broadcast yesterday. "I don't need any visa . . . to come to Australia and join you - we can watch and see each other."."

Geert Wilders

AFP/Sydney Morning Herald, Aust Muslim calls for beheading: report, 3 Sep 2010, "According to De Telegraaf, Sydney-born Muslim cleric Feiz Mohammad called on extremists in an internet chatroom to "chop off his [Geert Wilders] head" and accused Wilders of "denigrating" Islam."

Indonesian presidential address

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, smh.com.au, Stereotypes do our peoples an injustice, 11 Mar 2010, "I was taken aback when I learnt that in a recent Lowy Institute survey, 54 per cent of Australian respondents doubted that Indonesia would act responsibly in its international relations. Indeed, the most persistent problem in our relations is the persistence of age-old stereotypes - misleading, simplistic mental caricatures that depict the other side in a bad light. Even in the age of the internet, there are Australians who still see Indonesia as an authoritarian country, or as a military dictatorship, or as a hotbed of Islamic extremism, or even as an expansionist power."