Immigration didn’t bring Customs into its bosom, Customs absorbed Immigration into its bowel.
Border Force is the contrivance of a knot of ambitious bureaucrats whose aim is to militarise Immigration.
The government has ceased processing citizenship applications from boat-arrival refugees entitled to become Australians, leaving hundreds in limbo.
The summons from cabinet for weekly security announcements until the next election can only be seen in one light – the political need to frighten people.
As unions attempt to discredit the trade deal with China, Bill Shorten must carefully weigh its post-byelection benefits.
The argument will be: ‘We’d create more jobs if only these people would let us get on with it.’
The government’s ‘lawfare’ rhetoric is part of a deliberate effort to shift blame for slow wages growth and high unemployment onto environmental groups and others.
You have a military for one of two purposes: you’ve got a fear of violence and you need to protect yourself, or you want to use it.
Entrepreneur Steve Killelea talks about his Global Peace Index, a comparison of nations including factors such as prison populations and ease of access to small arms.
Arthur Sinodinos gave the ministerial disunity story a huge blast of oxygen. He would not have done so without full knowledge of the ramifications.
Syria in firing line; Egypt’s hard line on journos remains; Indonesia cuts no-go zone red tape.