Politics
ASIS chief raises fist -- and hackles -- with Duterte
Bernard KeaneAug 23, 2017
The head of Australia's foreign intelligence service has alarmed intelligence circles with an error of judgment in his meeting with strongman Rodrigo Duterte.
Is the government still going through your sewage to find drugs?
Sally WhyteAug 23, 20176 Comments
The government's announcement that jobseekers in Canterbruy-Bankstown will be drug tested shows a departure from original plans to use wastewater to choose locations.
Four unusual ways you might 'accidentally' be a dual citizen
Charlie LewisAug 23, 20173 Comments
Given they clearly don't have time to check, we help our politicians out by pointing out a few of the unusual ways you can become a dual citizen.
Reasonable missteps: what are the chances of dual citizen pollies in court?
Aug 23, 20174 Comments
With seven politicians being referred to the High Court in the dual citizenship scandal, Spencer Zifcak explains the sticky section 44 and what the courts likely decisions will be.
They've got form: how easy is it to nominate for parliament?
Bernard KeaneAug 23, 201715 Comments
If MPs and senators can't even fill out the straightforward nomination form to stand for election, which specifically tells them to check that they're eligible, how can they run a government?
Happy warmonger Trump joins the circle of a perpetual war
Bernard KeaneAug 23, 201713 Comments
While the foreign policy establishment applauds Trump's conversion to military intervention, they never ask the question of why the War on Terror has been such a spectacular failure.
Hinch's Senate Diary: up to six Labor senators will vote no to marriage equality
Derryn HinchAug 23, 201711 Comments
Behind the scene Senate dealings lead me to believe there are those in the Labor camp who would vote No on same-sex marriage, writes Derryn Hinch, but why do they refuse to say so?
Rudd and Abbott agree on this extremely impractical idea
Charlie LewisAug 22, 20175 Comments
Our two most famously helpful former prime ministers have weighed into the possibility of war with North Korea by suggesting we invest in a missile defence system. Are they right this time?
Peter Costello doubles down on GFC denialism
Bernard KeaneAug 22, 20176 Comments
Peter Costello doesn't know much about the global financial crisis. But he knows what he likes: punitive financial measures.
Greenwald: Trump black hole distorts the politics that surround him
Helen RazerAug 22, 20176 Comments
Helen Razer continues her discussion with Glenn Greenwald, explicating how Trump's excessive personality distracts from the political framework that props him up.