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The vast mass surveillance system established by the National Security Agency and its partners like Australia aren't about stopping terrorist attacks but about helping our companies make a buck. New documents from WikiLeaks show how.

WikiLeaks: what Australia got from the NSA's commercial spying

The vast mass surveillance system established by the National Security Agency and its partners like Australia aren't about stopping terrorist attacks but about helping our companies make a buck. New documents from WikiLeaks show how.

Paul Kelly and Tim Wilson did their valiant best to attack the ABC for allowing Zaky Mallah to ask a question on <em>Q&amp;A</em>. It did not go so well ...

Rundle: Freedom Boy and Eeyore's Q&A misadventure

Paul Kelly and Tim Wilson did their valiant best to attack the ABC for allowing Zaky Mallah to ask a question on Q&A. It did not go so well ...

Gillard knifes Rudd, Julian Assange makes Wikileaks famous and the first iPad hits shelves.

A 2010 timeline: Julian Assange leaks, the iPad launches, Crikey turns 10

Gillard knifes Rudd, Julian Assange makes Wikileaks famous and the first iPad hits shelves.

The Matildas have consistently outperformed the Socceroos -- but you wouldn't know it from the pitiful media coverage they get, writes freelance journalist <b>Brihony Tulloch</b>.

Media waltz right past Matildas, showering loser Socceroos with love

The Matildas have consistently outperformed the Socceroos -- but you wouldn't know it from the pitiful media coverage they get, writes freelance journalist Brihony Tulloch.

News Corp may be trying to get expose more affluent, educated readers to its tabloid papers, with a new promotion allowing <em>The Australian</em>'s readers to get a tabloid for an extra 10 cents.

Buddy, can you spare a dime (to read Andrew Bolt)?

News Corp may be trying to get expose more affluent, educated readers to its tabloid papers, with a new promotion allowing The Australian's readers to get a tabloid for an extra 10 cents.

Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian are facing court -- and the possibility of seven years in jail -- for republishing a single paragraph of a Reuters story the Thai government disapproved of.

Australian journalist faces jail under Thailand's troubling 'justice' system

Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian are facing court -- and the possibility of seven years in jail -- for republishing a single paragraph of a Reuters story the Thai government disapproved of.

Is Greece about to shatter the dream of a united Europe? If so, you can blame the neoliberals.

Rundle: a Grexit would put an end to the great European experiment

Is Greece about to shatter the dream of a united Europe? If so, you can blame the neoliberals.

Bill Shorten's inexperience means Labor has fewer options to exploit disillusionment with the Abbott government, and that he'll remain a mystery figure to most voters.

The more voters get to know Shorten, the less they like him

Bill Shorten's inexperience means Labor has fewer options to exploit disillusionment with the Abbott government, and that he'll remain a mystery figure to most voters.

Asking Nick Cater and Freedom Boy Tim Wilson to join the <em>Q&amp;A</em> panel was a masterstroke. But now it's all up to Wilson.

Rundle: How Q&A wedged the right

Asking Nick Cater and Freedom Boy Tim Wilson to join the Q&A panel was a masterstroke. But now it's all up to Wilson.

The ABC has been at the centre of a political tug-of-war for decades, writes freelance journalist <b>Andrei Ghoukassian</b>.

A half-century of the government trying to undermine the ABC

The ABC has been at the centre of a political tug-of-war for decades, writes freelance journalist Andrei Ghoukassian.