Segal’s speech code meets the law: Justice Fagan wrecks Canberra’s Israel exception
The Israel lobby wrote itself a dictionary. Governments adopted it, regulators enforced it and police made arrests under it. Then it met a judge who required evidence, and it collapsed in an afternoon.
Customs confiscates travellers’ phones. Does Israeli tech firm clone them?
Border Force (ABF) is confiscating the phones of returning Australian travellers – declines to confirm if Israel tech group Cellebrite extracts information
Michelle Rowland to decide if David McBride gets out of jail tomorrow
Attorney General Michelle Rowland decides tomorrow whether military whistleblower David McBride will be released on parole. Stephanie Tran reports.
Police social cohesion squad prosecutes man over Gaza emails to his MP
A Palestine activist has been charged with a criminal offence for pestering his local MP with emails, and faces 5 years in jail
Australia, world leader in arresting climate protestors, drops 130 charges
NSW Police have dropped charges against the remaining climate protestors from Rising Tide’s 2024 People’s Blockade of Newcastle Harbour – the site of the world’s largest coal port.
“I’m sorry but …” BHP v coal miner Simon Turner delayed again
BHP’s case against coal miner Simon Turner has been vacated as the disabled miner has fallen ill in his 10-year quest for justice
Robert Pether stuck in Iraq. UN experts on torture voice concern
Robert Pether, the Australian engineer jailed for five years on trumped-up charges, remains in Iraq facing life-threatening illness and is unable to leave for treatment.
Segal’s speech code meets the law: Justice Fagan wrecks Canberra’s Israel exception
The Israel lobby wrote itself a dictionary. Governments adopted it, regulators enforced it and police made arrests under it. Then it met a judge who required evidence, and it collapsed in an afternoon.
Human v Algorithm. NDIS wrecking ball misses target
Putting NDIS care in the control of an algorithm, stripping humans out of the process, will damage peoples’ lives. Claudia Weisenberger interviews plan managers.
FOI. Train wreck. Who has $20k to pay for public information?
The Government caves to parliamentary, civil society and media pressure and offers to reduce the amount a citizen might have to pay for winning an FOI fight to $20,000. Rex Patrick
Thiel-linked ‘race science’ network penetrated Cambridge, targeted Jason Arday
Media coverage of Jayson Arday’s life is linked to a Cambridge far-right network campaign and controversial Palantir founder Peter Thiel. Investigation by Nafeez Ahmed.
An armed Jewish police force? Minns defies police and opens the door
The CSG is not legally police. Yet NSW Premier Chris Minns wants its armed guards patrolling public events despite senior police warnings. Andrew Brown.
Bondi Royal Commission. A “slippery slope to eroding our freedoms”
The “insidious fallout” of the Bondi Royal Commission is upon us before the Commission has even reported, writes Jeffrey Loewenstein.
World Humanitarian Day. Worker deaths nearly triple in 3 years amid aid cuts
World Humanitarian Day reminds us this is the deadliest time in history for aid workers. Humanitarian expert Aleta Moriarty reports.
Gonski at Royal Commission as two Israel conferences loom before Bell deadline
Businessman David Gonski fronted the Royal Commission into Antisemitism as two Israel conferences land before the Commission reports. Wendy Bacon reports.
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- An armed Jewish police force? Minns defies police and opens the door August 20, 2026 The CSG is not legally police. Yet NSW Premier Chris Minns wants its armed guards patrolling public events despite senior police warnings. Andrew Brown.
Robodebt on Steroids. Palantir eyes NDIS August 18, 2026 The Government has secretly put Palantir into its automated decision system inside the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) exposing Australia's most vulnerable
Police social cohesion squad prosecutes man over Gaza emails to his MP August 10, 2026 A Palestine activist has been charged with a criminal offence for pestering his local MP with emails, and faces 5 years in jail
The Segal State, Part 2: the mask, the children, the money and the answer August 11, 2026 Part 1 traced how Anthony Albanese built an unelected censorship apparatus for Jillian Segal without a vote. Today, the answer. Andrew Brown reports.
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- An armed Jewish police force? Minns defies police and opens the door August 20, 2026 The CSG is not legally police. Yet NSW Premier Chris Minns wants its armed guards patrolling public events despite senior police warnings. Andrew Brown.
- Robodebt on Steroids. Palantir eyes NDIS August 18, 2026 The Government has secretly put Palantir into its automated decision system inside the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) exposing Australia's most vulnerable
- Police social cohesion squad prosecutes man over Gaza emails to his MP August 10, 2026 A Palestine activist has been charged with a criminal offence for pestering his local MP with emails, and faces 5 years in jail
- The Segal State, Part 2: the mask, the children, the money and the answer August 11, 2026 Part 1 traced how Anthony Albanese built an unelected censorship apparatus for Jillian Segal without a vote. Today, the answer. Andrew Brown reports.