Hard evidence suggests our ideas about the process of "radicalisation" of extremist Muslims are deeply flawed.
Last week the Senate passed an "uncontroversial" bill to merge two agencies. But as a result Immigration whistleblowers face harsh new penalties, and the metadata legislation makes things even worse.
Crikey founder Stephen Mayne has had a run-in with Herald Sun editor Damon Johnston, who believes the former to be a tin-foil-hat-wearing, overzealous defender of "over paid local govt bureaucrats and parking inspectors".
Arts Minister George Brandis' new funding program smells a lot like a power grab, writes former director of the Australia Council's music board Richard Letts.
The counter-terrorism changes announced yesterday sidelined George Brandis and his Department, while the government is getting on with plans to strip Australians of their citizenship.
Some murders are not just an act of private anger, but are intended to send an explicit message to a far broader audience. We call those murders terrorism, except when the victims are women and children.
It's been a full year of takeover stories in the press, but Ten itself has said relatively little to the market about what's going on.
Paid parking has caused a parking mini-crisis in Parliament House, but no one seems to have much clue what to do about it.
The future suddenly looks much brighter for the embattled Ten Network. Myriam Robin and Glenn Dyer report.
Are the voters of Queensland happy with the new Queensland government? It's very hard to say.
