The furore over Zaky Mallah has exposed Australia's real attitudes towards free speech and genuine liberal democracy.
The government's federation reform discussion paper -- meant to provide the basis for a major white paper -- is content to play with funding models, rather than take on bigger issues.
One of Australia's fiercest critics of renewable energy, Graham Lloyd, has left the country to travel to Peru for his Amazon rainforest conservation foundation, which he runs under a different name. No, really.
Our PM used to be able to explain foreign policy without invoking Satan. Not so much anymore.
You would typically be putting red circles around the last three Saturdays in October, but there's a particular problem for Abbott with going to the polls that early.
Jeff Kennett has been appointed to the board of Seven West Media. This is perhaps unusual, given his hostile relationship with the press during his premiership.
The government's citizenship stripping bill isn't unusual -- it's a continuation of what all governments have been doing for 14 years, and especially the Coalition.
Do we really think the cops need to vet a TV studio audience to protect them from dangerous ideas?
The Productivity Commission has launched an extraordinary attack on the centrepiece of the government's economic agenda, and supported widespread concerns about the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Zaky Mallah has appeared in numerous media outlets over the years.
