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A national security committee member’s poor judgment has inflicted serious damage on the push for data retention by Australia’s security agencies.

Andrew Bolt is poised for victory in his crusade to repeal sections of the Racial Discrimination Act after Tony Abbott committed to changing the law. Andrew Crook and Matthew Knott report.

Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon has hit back at Labor MP Michael Danby’s rehashing of allegations surrounding her communist past as she prepares to deliver her maiden speech to parliament this afternoon.

Recently, ex-foreign minister Alexander Downer blasted the government’s relationship with China, leaving MP Michael Danby none too happy about the criticism. China is more aggressive and friends with the most oppressive nations in the world now. Patronising advice by old timers isn’t needed, says Danby.

The issue of asylum seekers is one of principle, not one of race or poverty. “Non-citizens are not entitled to self-select as residents before their bona fides have been established”, writes Paul Sheehan.

Crikey readers weigh in on Michael Danby’s criticisms of New Matilda and Crikey and Mark Day on Mark Day.

Crikey readers weigh in on Zionism, the Telstra split, student politics and more.

The Federal Member for Melbourne Ports, Michael Danby, used a former staffer and daughter of a Victorian Multicultural Commissioner to deliver an anonymous threat to a student union president.

A Crikey tipster writes: The steady descent of SBS TV into commercialism continues. Now all ad breaks are broadcast at noticeably higher volumes than the programs — the technique used by “real” TV stations for years.

Crikey readers weigh in on forest fires, unemployment figures, Michael Danby and more.

Kevin Rudd is as happy as a pig in mud. Wayne Swan is as happy as a goldfish in a blender. They’re the conclusions that can be drawn from the first Rudd Government Question Time, writes Christian Kerr

Family First farce … it does rain more under Labor … detention centres, riots, refugees … dizzy with all the polls … of cacti and taxes … Turnbull knows how to calculate risk …