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Greens try for rebranding in the face of a falling vote

The Greens are on track to underperform compared with the 2010 election. In which case, getting your competitor to differentiate you isn’t such a bad strategy.

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And softly went our privacy into the night

Little concern appeared to attend another significant extension of the powers of intelligence and law enforcement agencies yesterday.

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Greens back Assange asylum plea, but US has already won

Green Senator Scott Ludlam has backed Julian Assange’s claim that he has been abandoned by the government.

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The political nous of a goldfish

Crikey readers have their say.

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Greens MP fears phone was hacked in WikiLeaks exchange

West Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says his iPhone may have been hacked by the federal government so it could keep tabs on an internet activist.

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Burma sanctions just reinforce ‘siege mentality’

There is a growing recognition in the international community that engagement, rather than sanctions and diplomatic isolation, is fast emerging as a more productive strategy in pressuring the Burmese government to reform, writes David Hopkins, a foreign relations masters graduate and Burma researcher.

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Onya Rupe … The West kills Frazier … Age plays ladyboy card …

In today’s Media Briefs: Onya Rupe, for a generous ‘gift of love’ … Ludlam and the News-employed Marxist … It’s OK, Gillard’s not a head of state and more …

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Turnbull’s NBN twilight zone — give the man a cigar (Cuban of course)

Cuba”? What the heck do any of us know about broadband policy in Cuba, Mr Turnbull? Oh wait. I get it. Communism. Well played, sir.

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Is voluntary internet filtering a crime?

The voluntary filtering being introduced by some of Australia’s major internet service providers (ISPs) is on shaky legal ground.

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ASIO gets its new powers — and no one will tell us why

Labor and the Coalition combined to give ASIO new powers last night. We still don’t know why.

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Mysteries of the ASIO amendment survive Senate scrutiny

A senior attorney-general bureaucrat has struggled to explain to a Senate committee the rationale for amendments broadening ASIO’s remit to spy on organisations overseas and tried to duck questions about whether the amendment would enable ASIO to spy on WikiLeaks.

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The information ‘vacuum’ over secretive ISP data retention scheme

Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has slammed the Attorney-General’s Department (AGD) over what he called the information “vacuum” surrounding its secretive discussions with internet service providers (ISPs) and other bodies over a data retention scheme for law enforcement.

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Keane’s Talking Points: cue the ‘late swing’ headlines

In last night’s “community forum”, half the questions were “swinging voters” demanding to know what politicians are going to do for them personally or for the industries they work in.

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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.

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Tips and rumours: Maccas really do care about your opinions

McDonald’s do some sly online surveys about which experts you most trust. Plus, a pretty clear sign that MySpace has lost its cachet with online social networkers.

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What price ASIO’s history? About $1.8 million apparently

ASIO is giving a defence academic, ANU Professor David Horner, a former soldier and high-profile military historian, nearly $1.8 million to write its history.

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ACMA’s blacklist stuff up response: “so sue us”

ACMA has told a Senate Estimates hearing that owners of websites mistakenly or maliciously added to its web filtering blacklist will have to sue it or seek redress from the Commonwealth Ombudsman.

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Conroy a fearless combatant in the war against free speech

Senator Stephen Conroy and Scott Ludlam’s stoush in estimates this week had some entertaining moments, reports Bernard Keane.

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Getting to know the Senate

Maiden speeches from our new Senators…

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