Below are some links about the spying going back to the middle of the year, so the spying story is not new, and has been well covered in the media.
Though more detail about the spying has been recently released, (see Edward Snowden website link below).
July 9, 2013
Snowden leak reaffirms Australia's four spy installations
The Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald revealed that a number of slides allegedly leaked by Edward Snowden to Brazilian newspaper O Globo show Australia's connection with US signals intelligence operations.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was the beneficiary of British spying on Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono at the 2009 G20 summit meeting in London, according to Australian intelligence and foreign affairs sources.
Australia’s Kevin Rudd, the United Kingdom’s David Cameron and Indonesia’s Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono are at the heart of a diplomatic dispute over phone-tapping allegations. (AFP, Reuters, Rumgapres Photos)
Revealed: Australia tried to monitor Indonesian president's phone Secret documents show Australian spies targeted the mobile calls of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his wife.
