March 27, 2015
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
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March 25, 2015
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
March 26, 2015
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.
March 24, 2015
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
March 23, 2015
Island of terror
Today
The Moss review ignores the real cause of the abuse on Nauru, because the government won’t go there
March 20, 2015
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 …
March 19, 2015
Fantasy land
Today
Budget 2015 is shaping up to be Tony Abbott’s latest book of nonsense
March 18, 2015
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?
March 17, 2015
Backflip, split, crash, burn
Today
Tracking the progress of Christopher Pyne’s higher education reforms
March 16, 2015
Whipping critics into line
Today
The government’s new Whip brooks no dissent – inside or outside the party room
March 14, 2015
Taking victims seriously
blog
An extract from ‘Crime and Punishment: Offenders and victims in a broken justice system’
March 13, 2015
Not so united
Today
Glenn Lazarus ends Clive Palmer’s influence and the Abbott government’s chances of passing anything contentious
March 12, 2015
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