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Why was this government policy?
Today
George Brandis sensibly reversed his planned cuts to legal services yesterday, but he didn’t explain why it was Coalition policy for 18 months
Trying it on
Today
Tony Abbott’s dubious record on travel entitlements, and political parties’ poor record on declaring donations, suggests the need for greater transparency and accountability
Up in the air
Today
The Abbott government and the renewable energy industry are 1,500 gigawatt hours away from an agreement on the RET...but Ian Macfarlane won't budge.
The end of privacy?
Today
This week, and possibly tonight, the Senate will pass legislation that authorises constant surveillance by the state of citizens’ electronic communications
Island of terror
Today
The Moss review ignores the real cause of the abuse on Nauru, because the government won’t go there
Malcolm Fraser, 1930-2015
Today
Malcolm Fraser passed away this morning after a brief illness. He was 84. The two periods of his political life – the first leading up to and including his prime ministership, the second covering the three decades since he was finally defeated by Bob …
Fantasy land
Today
Budget 2015 is shaping up to be Tony Abbott’s latest book of nonsense
Press freedom or secret warrants?
Today
Will Shorten Labor be able to secure protections for journalists, or will it vote for the government’s metadata bill anyway?
Backflip, split, crash, burn
Today
Tracking the progress of Christopher Pyne’s higher education reforms
Whipping critics into line
Today
The government’s new Whip brooks no dissent – inside or outside the party room
Taking victims seriously
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An extract from ‘Crime and Punishment: Offenders and victims in a broken justice system’
Not so united
Today
Glenn Lazarus ends Clive Palmer’s influence and the Abbott government’s chances of passing anything contentious
Super zombie
Today
Joe Hockey’s revival of an idea that died 22 years ago shows the government’s thinking about the budget hasn’t changed
