Labor‘s online safety push could drag Gmail, private messages and personal files into a system of age checks and intrusive monitoring.
Three acquittals, a media campaign that demands scrutiny of its own, and a man in jail over he-said, she-said allegations.
Trade sweeteners could lure Australia into a climate trap, exposing our industries to sanctions and handing Brussels a weapon against our economic independence.
Our parliament has survived many tests with little change. The current political panic has brought in useless symbolism.
It's been a long time since I watched parliament live.
After nearly fourteen years in the Senate, I haven't missed it for a day since leaving eighteen months ago. Sure, I miss a few of the people but none of the cut and thrust of politics.
Yesterday I happened to tune in to the television broadcast and I was shocked by how much it had changed. From an insiders perspective it looked like another world to the one I worked in.
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