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Meet the teenager behind Chatroulette

The New Yorker profiles Andrey Ternovskiy, the 18-year-old Russian high school drop-out who founded one of the biggest internet fads of the year, online chat site Chatroulette.

This transcript is Kevin Andrews’ “children overboard”

For how much longer does the Australian public have to put up with Kevin Andrews – our hapless Immigration Minister. Today with the release of 378 pages of the second record of interview by Federal Police with Dr Haneef once again Mr Andrews’ has been undermined by the facts, writes Greg Barns

Greg Barns: a victory over guilt by association

In addition to providing Dr Mohamed Haneef with a significant victory over the Australian government, Justice Jeffrey Spender’s judgment is a powerful rebuke to those politicians and conservative commentators who argue that our courts ought to defer to government when it comes to matters involving national security, writes Greg Barns. And we must guard against governments who believe in guilt by association. So says Justice Spender.