Our $16.7 billion spending on the war on terror had ended up in some interesting hands — and hasn’t necessarily reduced the threat of terrorism.
Counter terrorism
Terror white paper: shiny new language, same old laws
The counter-terrorism white paper issued today is long overdue and foreshadows a welcome shift in discourse on terrorism, writes Greens Senator Scott Ludlam.
There’s more to aviation safety than scanning underpants
The pre-Barack Obama-visit package of security measures yesterday announced by Kevin Rudd are purely window dressing, ultimately ineffective at doing anything but making the lives of travellers more miserable.
Swan confronts the enemy within, and without
The Government used the Budget to push through a significant increase in spending on counter-terrorism, national security and border protection.
Keelty: Forget health and education, terrorists are on the loose
Mick Keelty’s Whitrod Oration is further evidence of just how clueless our top copper is, writes David MacCormack
