The raid on a News Corp journalist exposes how police can target journalistic sources with impunity — and how "national security" is simply a tool to protect the powerful from scrutiny.
Beijing was clearly hoping for a Labor win, and has every reason to be distrustful of our new government. Where can we go from here?
The dignity of private reflection has never been the case for us on Anzac Day. The silence I would like to afford the dead was shattered from the start.
Another budget, another drop to a News Corp journalist about amazing extra funding being given to our security agencies.
White supremacists have the same agenda of terror as jihadists but have operated with the indulgence of the media and politicians, even as security agencies warned us about them.
The Australian Defence Force will be inordinately affected by future humanitarian crises and military conflicts resulting from climate change. How it acts today will prove crucial.
The recent rise of advanced underwater drones has highlighted Australia's $50 billion gamble on traditional submarines which won't be deployed for decades.
We need to stop kidding ourselves that we're so different from the Chinese on surveillance and control. They just do it better than us.
The encryption fiasco isn't the only capitulation recently made in the name of Australia's national security.
What makes a protectionist? Willingness to waste money, or true faith in the power of trade barriers?