You should be far more scared about your data security
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Sure, the government has demonstrated its incompetence in looking after your official data - so why shouldn't it be able to do the same with all your personal communications?
Sure, the government has demonstrated its incompetence in looking after your official data - so why shouldn't it be able to do the same with all your personal communications?
It's a good idea to check the facts before declaring "I don't get the internet!" to digital scammers.
Maybe you'd be less inclined to get that energy healing if it came up on your bank statement as "implausible optimism levy"
With Sydney's crown as Australia's Least Empty City under threat, how can we make it somewhere worth living?
Does relevance deprivation syndrome need a public spokesperson? You'd land that gig in a heartbeat.
The Kids are totes obsessed with redefining what constitutes a small business, right? Gnarly!
A little bit of unseasonal warmth and the UK goes into meltdown! You know, like the Arctic!
Seriously gents: just because Richard Dawkins says weird things about women on the internet doesn't mean you have to as well.
Think you'll still be killing it in job interviews in your fifties? Research suggests "nope".
Look, it's really flattering, but your inhabitants think of you more as a local bureaucracy than a BFF
Well, it's helping company profits skyrocket, but it's sure as hell not translating into jobs or growth.
The Coalition's new climate change strategy won't realistically work without including the thing they've spent years demonising.
If you're a body facing punitive cuts, you need only one thing: a large adorable mascot!
Will Trump's greatest victims be his own children? Not as long as they change their surname.
Spare a thought for poor Eric Abetz. What empty strawman argument will he employ now?
Dutton's bullying tactics won't work outside of the government's most secretive department, Andrew P Street writes.
Yes, obviously children change your life. But there was one thing that came as a real eye-opener for Andrew P Street.
After all, passengers already pay extra for such luxuries as "choosing a seat".
Robodebt? Manus Island? The marriage equality plebiscite? In case you were wondering, they're all still kicking along nicely.
It's easy to blame or praise people for the situation they're in, but for most of us our future was outlined long before we even turned up.
If there was a theme to the budget, it was this: hoo boy, them Abbott years were a mistake.
Sensible policy making is always worthy of praise - but it's worth asking why the government are making this sudden about-face about the deficit.
Backbencher Andrew Laming feels the second verse needs to be packed with more Australian values. So let's help him!
So, who feels like following a foreign superpower into unimaginable slaughter, yet again?
Patriotism isn't just the last refuge of a scoundrel; it's also pretty handy for political parties with nothing substantial to offer.
There's something deeply pathetic in watching Abbott tut tut about politicians playing "Canberra insider games" as though he's not a Canberra insider himself.
NSW government announces that it's ditching Safe Schools while ignoring its own religious education review because one's a social engineering program and the other's totally not, you guys.
Who would have guessed the conservative Tasmanian senator would turn out to be such a passionate advocate for the bisexual community?
It's the one morning of the year when the majority of the nation awakes and goes "hey, I'm actually totally ready to face my day!" Enjoy it while it lasts!
Maybe we should stop seeing gambling as the crippling and destructive social problem it is and start seeing it as the only acceptable solution to all our ills!
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