Politics & Economy
Attorney-General George Brandis says that torture will be explicitly prohibited in the new counter-terrorism laws being presented later this week....
The polls show Scots have chosen not to become independent. But what would it mean if they had? For more...
The recent raids of homes in Sydney and Brisbane to arrest alleged members of the Islamist group Islamic State have...
The Law
Australia is set apart from most of the world in having a compulsory voting system. But how effective is it?...
The result of Fiji’s long awaited ballot looks set to keep military coup leader Frank Bainimarama in the top job,...
Australians who “support” or are calling for Sharia should leave, or be stripped of welfare and the right to vote,...
More Australians on welfare could have their income managed by the government, if Andrew Forrest gets his way. The Forrest...
200 military and 400 air force personnel will soon be deployed to Iraq. Tony Abbott has pledged these special forces...
Constitutional recognition is back in the spotlight, as Tony Abbott touches down this week in Arnhem Land. But it’s becoming...
United States President Barack Obama vowed to hunt down IS terrorists ‘wherever they exist’, including moving military operations into Syria....
