Something Wonky

Guest Dave, Andrew Tiedt, joins Guest Jeremy, Jeremy Sear, for a happy discussion about wonderful things including * Lawyerb’s Corner * Renewable Energy Murdered Tony’s Parents * ALP & Affiliated Unions Pride Moment * Money Well Spent * Australia Vs Humanity

Jeremy is joined again by Guest Dave Keri, and we discuss, among other things… Tony’s advice for Greece Tony’s programming advice for the ABC Labor Left - HUH - what are they good for - HUH - The Return of Sophie M and Tony W Bill Shorten’s retort to Bob Hogg Another awful trade deal; and Richard Dennis explodes the myth of Coalition economic competence.

In which Jeremy and Keri discuss the new Border Force commissioner, Sophie Mirabella’s inspiring return, dumb excuses by LNP politicians to try to delay marriage equality, The NewsCorp QandA Whinge That Will Never End, silencing reporting of abuse in detention centres, and other things I can’t remember because we didn’t actually use a running sheet. I think Daniel has sensibly edited out the bit where the conversation turned to that terrible new dinosaur movie.

Terror, terror, terror, terror. Asio photo op screw-up Citizenship stripping laws - Whistleblowers could have citizenship revoked under proposed laws Libs use terror threat as a fundraiser Q and A bullshit. “Heads should roll” because qanda “betrayed Australia” Australia versus Humanity ALP and LNP conspire to continue victimisation in offshore processing. Guards at Nauru paid for and taped sex with refugees – former case manager Paediatrician may face prison for speaking out about Nauru - ABC North Coast NSW - Australian Broadcasting Corporation Refugee Left In Limbo On Nauru Amid Fears His Cancer Has Returned Investigation Into Allegation Of Sexual Assault By Staff On Nauru Did Not Substantiate Claim, Says Save The Children Windfarm commissioner Former disability discrimination commissioner Graeme Innes outraged by Government’s wind farm role ALP accuses greens of a “filthy deal” over pension changes Anti-Piracy laws draconian and incompetent Why Civil Liberty And Consumer Groups Are Concerned About Australia’s New Anti-Piracy Laws 8.8.8.8: The four digits that could thwart Australia’s anti-piracy, website-blocking regime Sydney “property guru” the poster girl for News Ltd

Peter Dutton Leaks are good for Tony Peter Greste Sarah Hanson Young - With Ray Hadley Gillian Triggs Paying people smugglers Australia versus Humanity Baby born in Australia sent to Nauru Joe Hockey Get a good job Housing is affordable because people keep buying it Greens and ALP looking at negative gearing Tony Abbott Lazy, sneaky or both: what were you thinking, Prime Minister? PM unaware vital Aboriginal legal service is about to lose Commonwealth funding | SBS News Not a fan of wind farms Daesh is coming to get you!!! Equality Paul Kidd Ricky Muir Cory Bernardi, Crazy Canberra Couple Divorce.

The Focus Group LNP Tactics Rising House prices: Tony Abbott plays to the base Housing affordability: The comment that shows that Tony Abbott doesn’t get it Tony Abbott accuses Bill Shorten of wanting house prices to fall Tony Abbott must do more to improve housing affordability Hockey’s return to surplus not credible Mathias Cormann does not deny he leaked against Treasury following ‘cook the books’ row Great Barrier Reef shouldn’t be on ‘in danger’ list for now, says Unesco Bob Brown Foundation: government ‘should be embarrassed’ by UN report Australia Prepares For A Global Grilling On Our Green Credentials Q&A: Liberal party room ‘has the numbers for a gay vote’ Tony Abbott rolled by his own ministers over stripping terrorists of citizenship Forget the leaks, cabinet citizenship divisions are on the record Australian citizenship: who really deserves it? Stripping Citizenship from a traitor is dumb Gillian Triggs calls for $5.9m in compensation Australian MPs allowed to see top-secret trade deal text but can’t reveal contents for four years Australian Medical Association lambasts government over doctor rebates freeze The Seagull Section Video footage to be accepted as evidence in domestic violence cases East Melbourne abortion clinic lawyers demand end to pro-life ‘nuisance’ Archbishop Denis Hart lobbies parents to support ‘the meaning of marriage’ Australia versus Humanity Asylum Seekers Immigration Blasted For ‘Authoritarian Culture’ After Blocking Legal Inspection Of Christmas Island Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Why We Torture Asylum Seekers, But Were Too Afraid To Ask EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblowers Warn New Immigration Laws Will Boost Secrecy In Detention Centres Former guard on Nauru details allegations against ‘corrupt and incompetent’ Wilson Security - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Private Health Provider ‘Brushed Off’ Concerns About 11-Year-Old Refugee On Nauru First People Adam Goodes Displays His Culture During Indigenous Round; Australia Implodes Aamer Rahman On What Adam Goodes’ Invisible Spear Shows Us Eddie McGuire Has Been Officially Condemned For Being A “Continual Boofhead” Anti-Deaths In Custody Service Could Disappear After Federal Funding Cut Report Used To Cut Aboriginal Health Actually Recommended Continued Funding, Say Greens Indigenous youths 24 times more likely to be in detention, Amnesty International report finds A generation lost if Indigenous youth incarceration rate continues: Amnesty Stop The Press Newspoll closes as News Corp Australia replaces 150 staff with ‘robopoll’ Prime Minister Tony Abbott can’t have his cake and eat it too Chris Kenny’s Media Watch Watch Paul Barry And Sharri Markson Disrespected Transgender People And Failed To Understand News Acceptable problems to have with Caitlyn Jenner Gather around young and old. It’s time for Australia’s favourite holiday | First Dog on the Moon A public servant’s account of what it’s like to work in a Centrelink call centre Say goodbye to the burly blue-collar face of unions: they’re now feminist | Van Badham

The Focus Group Marriage Equality Ireland votes for Marriage Equality Jacqui Lambie wants gay marriage referendum, but would ‘fight like hell’ against change - video Bolt - Battle for same sex marriage is over Budget Australia dumbs down as government bets on baristas over brains Tony Abbott refuses to budge on funding for Queensland public transport Sussan Ley won’t ‘waste time’ trying to get $1bn budget cuts through Senate Budget will cost low income earners $15bn, says Council of Social Service NATSEM analysis shows federal budget to hit the poor hardest, while rich benefit Treasurer Joe Hockey has done something he may regret Healthy Kids Check axed by Abbott government The Seagull Section ‘Sad day’ for Cadbury as the chocolate giant sheds 80 jobs from Claremont factory Queensland chief justice Tim Carmody will quit if Labor agrees to courts reform Arts Minister George Brandis defends Australia Council funding changes - Books and Arts - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Push to give landlords right to enter properties and take photos slammed Labor, Greens and crossbenchers concerned at Trans-Pacific Partnership ‘Age of entitlement’ finally over as prince Harry claims $115,000 | REDFLAG A Student Basically Got Joe Hockey To Scrap The Tax On Periods On ‘Q&A’ Last Night Heffernan’s chairman duties blasted by anonymous letter as Agriculture Estimates kicks off in Canberra Australia versus Humanity ‘Refugees are scum’ campaign provokes Australian public Vietnamese asylum seekers secretly held at sea for more than a month, commander tells Senate estimates ‘There Is No Front Door’: Rohingya In Australia Reject Abbott’s Attack Cabinet revolt over Tony Abbott and Peter Dutton plan to strip Australians of citizenship Australia has paid Nauru $29m in visa fees to keep asylum seekers in detention Shane Bazzi on Twitter: “.@TransServices MD and CEO congratulates the @TransServices team who appeared at #NauruInquiry http://t.co/00a2K4IYpw” AFP drops corrupt conduct inquiry as Gillian Triggs decides against complaint Stop The Press News Corp to axe commuter mX newspapers Tracey Spicer claims The Guardian is exploiting freelance writers to produce branded content Former SBS reporter Marion Ives sues over sacking after social media post ABC to review Q&A after claims of bias. ABC takes public servants off the air Belt up, fellow Australians: we’re in for another Big Stupid tax debate

The Seagull Section Halal Senate Inquiry Submission: ‘I Want Clear Labelling So I Can Choose Not To Support A Death Cult’ Tony Abbott defends his ‘try before you buy’ reference to long-term unemployed’ Vatican official George Pell ‘corrects record’ after abuse victim’s bribery claim What the Coroner’s Court report reveals about domestic violence Nicholls residents oppose public housing near primary school The Focus Group Paid Parental Leave Omnishambles Paid parental leave: Could the Coalition have been any dumber? Double Dipping didn’t score for our male ministers Joe Hockey: ministers’ wives ‘may have double dipped PPL without telling’ Paid Parental Leave: Why Break A Promise Once When You Can Double-Dip? Tony Abbott hints at welfare shakeup as furore over parental leave continues Budget Fallout Joe blasts ‘welfare rich’ who have more money to spend than workers | DailyTelegraph Small business should use budget windfall to raise wages, says ACTU Abbott can’t sustain Victoria’s raw deal in budget Tony Abbott enjoys approval rating bounce in Fairfax and Newspoll surveys Ten-point poll turnaround puts Coalition within reach of election win Small business should use budget windfall to raise wages, says ACTU The impact of the changes Queensland Traditional owners ‘disgusted’ Queensland Government did not consult before opening land for gas exploration - ABC Rural Federal Libs Jump In Where Newman Left Off On Plans To Mine Coal In Galilee Judge recorded Tim Carmody Spray Australia versus Humanity Burma’s boatpeople ‘faced choice of annihilation or risking their lives at sea’ Asylum seekers launch High Court challenge to legality of offshore detention system Pregnant asylum seekers on Nauru ‘forced to create makeshift toilets’ Nauru sex assault allegations not reported to workplace watchdog Australian Doctor confirms PNG rape threat Transfield On Notice As Heat Turned Up Over Nauru Detention Centre How A New Immigration Law Will Help Hunt Whistleblowers Stop The Press SBS It’s On: Scott McIntyre Sues SBS After Broadcaster Sacked Him For His ‘Political Opinions’ Sports reporter Scott McIntyre to sue SBS for sacking over Anzac Day tweets ‘Harro prease’: Will SBS’s ‘Scott McIntyre Standard’ Apply To This Journalist’s Comment? ABC Malcolm Turnbull defends the ABC against Andrew Bolt’s claims of bias ‘Less aggressive’: Malcolm Turnbull’s advice for ABC journalists Leigh Sales and Emma Alberici LOLOZ Even Aunty can’t help seeing through Shorten’s budget fakery Echo Chamber of Anti Government Outrage

No links this week. Except for Dave’s Cambodia Fundraiser

The Seagull Section Abbott acted against Defence advice on subs Survey Finds Only One House In Capital Cities Affordable For Single Person On Newstart Elections aren’t lotteries and a Senate seat isn’t a prize. Australia needs reform | Ben Raue Fact check: Did abolishing negative gearing push up rents? - Fact Check Budget Leaks - Drip, drip | The Monthly Government backdown on online shopping tax Ambassador to France offers resignation after ‘bizarre’ Abbott airport incident It’s about a fair go: Alan Joyce on same-sex marriage Transurban lobbyists were former advisers in previous Labor govt Scripture classes: Calls for crackdown on public schools Monash hospital agrees to female-only doctor requests after complaint The Focus Group Struggle Street Struggle Street protesters stage garbage truck blockade of SBS | Television & radio | The Guardian Struggle Street: the first review Domestic violence calls going unanswered as demand spikes Homeless, young job seekers miss out as services close Bali Executions Bali Nine: Indonesian ambassador offers sympathy to families of executed men Bali Nine: AFP strenuously defends actions over 2005 drug-smuggling case The AFP On Chan And Sukumaran: It Was Legal, We Might Do It Again Has anything changed with the Greens? 10 facts about Richard Di Natale | Greens MPs Milne’s Legacy And Di Natale’s Challenge Supermarket Sweep Shoppies union pay Coles and Woolworths millions to boost membership Why is the union that represents supermarket workers stopping gay marriage? Australia’s fresh food workforce: How does it operate and who is involved? From Suburban Cafes To The Fields Of Queensland, Worker Exploitation Is Rife In Australia Australia versus Humanity Indigenous Australia Mark Di Stefano on Twitter: “The Herald Sun’s anti-Aboriginal protest angle is just so embarrassing for them http://t.co/f3Q3eqkcIN” The Herald Sun Has Doggedly Re-Run A Headline Which Spectacularly Backfired The First Time Around In Andrew Bolt’s World, Black Is White And Peaceful Protest Is War Memo to the Australian: blast Kelly, not me Andrew Bolt Blog Asylum Seekers Red ink flows from Serco’s detention centres Europe denies talks with Abbott Bill Shorten signals harder line from Labor on asylum policy and boat turn-backs Bill Shorten: I live a little better each day backing policy that stops deaths at sea Australia Blasted For ‘Paying Cambodia To Take Refugees Off Its Hands’ Stop The Press People Are Being Offered £100 For Pro-Tory Success Stories To Appear In The Sun - BuzzFeed News The Telegraph mails readers and tells them to vote Tory Tony Abbott’s War On Journalism: Media Union Scathing In Annual Press Freedom Report The future of ‘the end of TV’ Foreign investors face crackdown on Australian property purchases Australian envoy to France ‘resigned after defying ruling on gay partner’

The Seagull Section Australia ‘public enemy number one’ of UN climate talks, says Nobel laureate On these numbers, Australia’s emissions auction won’t get the job done Australia faces battle to maintain living standards, says report Nannies to be funded with $250m pilot program in childcare budget Women fleeing violence only able to afford one suburb in Melbourne: Melton Negative gearers are the opposite of battlers and they don’t build many new homes Tax Office statistics reveal the 55 millionaires who paid no tax The Australian news Asio Act review told journalists face jail even if reporting on serious wrongdoing AM - Lockheed executive insists trouble-plagued F35 on track 24/04/2014 Anti-association charges dropped against first woman charged under Queensland’s anti-bikie laws The Focus Group Tony Abbott and the normalisation of bad politics Abbott unveils $100 million Villers-Bretonneux educational centre to ‘remember our victories’ Execution in Indonesia The Other Victims of State Sanctioned Murder In Indonesia Blood On Their Hands: The Secret Government Treaties That Helped Kill Chan And Sukumaran Indonesian President Widodo under corrupt thumb of Megawati Silence on why the Coalition cut the AFP’s anti death penalty directive Scott Macintyre Malcolm Turnbull refers Scott McIntyre Anzac Day tweets to SBS management SBS fires soccer commentator Scott McIntyre Response to Crikey’s questions regarding tweets by Scott McIntyre | Malcolm Turnbull MP Geoff Lemon on Scott McIntyre (with image, tweets) · number86 · Storify On Scott McIntyre: the greatest insult is to whitewash the fallen | Geoff Lemon The New Australian Idols: Was Scott McIntyre Sacked for Blasphemy? – Opinion – ABC Religion & Ethics Are we even able to debate the ideas behind ANZAC day? 12 Times Conservative Commentators Were More Outrageous Than Scott McIntyre And Kept Their Jobs Sacked for speaking your mind? Don’t expect the free speech brigade to help | Jason Wilson Praise Be To The Righteous Online Mob Who Made Anzac Day Safe Again Under The New ‘Scott McIntyre Standard’, So Endeth the Career Of Samantha Armytage? ANZAC Day A nation reborn at Anzac Cove? Utter nonsense: Keating Homeless Diggers reveal Australia’s double standards ‘This Day Is Not For You’: Police Stop Black Digger From Marching For Frontier Wars Australia versus Humanity Tony Abbott? He’s too tough on immigration for me, says Nigel Farage | David Marr A Very Fine Cat Hat on Twitter: “This is how the Department of Immigration summarises that period in our history where we murdered indig Australians. http://t.co/xwFMGqec5v” Lawyers gain access to ‘dangerous’ Christmas Island compound after judge dismisses ‘contrived’ refusal Immigration Denies Entry To Man Invited To Australian Conference To Talk About Open Borders Four Nauru refugees who agreed to go to Cambodia wait to fly out Fears returned Vietnamese asylum seekers are being grilled in police detention What Will It Take To Change Australia’s Mind About Asylum Seekers? An Interview With Julian Burnside More calculated cruelty to asylum seekers: is this really us? | Julian Burnside Stop The Press Chris Kenny - Rain is an embarrassment to environmentalists Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews quickly loses his gloss The Sun can’t decide who to support in UK GE. Six years ago The Australian said Twitter wouldn’t last… A Devine Irony As Miranda Rights A Wrong, Calls Time Out, Then Joins The Hunt

The Seagull Section Sydney Airport refuses Labor billboard attacking corporate tax dodgers Vaccination crackdown: Australia announces end to religious exemptions Julie Bishop should have shunned headscarf on Iran trip, says Andrew Bolt Charlie Hebdo attack: Julie Bishop presents French cartoonists with David Pope’s famous work Caulfield gym teaching Israeli army shooting techniques for self-defence Weekend raids raise questions about counter-terrorism laws Tasmania introduces “religious freedom” legislation, just days after Indiana scraps it. Significant Investor Visa scheme halted as government decides how to spend billions Green Is Not Good: How Abbott Sabotaged The Clean Energy Sector Report Says One Million Australians Living In ‘Persistent Poverty Or Deprivation’ Knitting Nanas The Focus Group Lacking Consensus Abbott government gives $4m to help climate contrarian set up Australian centre Bjorn Lomborg: Senior academic says Government approached UWA on $4m centre for ‘sceptical environmentalist’ Copyright Shenanigans Australian pirates have made Netflix cheaper Optus wants Netflix to pay up to ensure quality video streaming VPNs could be blocked under proposed Australian copyright legislation, say Choice HBO Now cuts off Australian Game of Thrones geo-dodgers Tax Talk Treasurer Joe Hockey refuses to set surplus date as economy struggles ‘No show Joe’ lashed for missing key budget razor gang meeting Greens back Coalition’s small business tax cut | afr.com Labor’s plan on super tax breaks is step in ‘right direction’ but more is needed: economists The myth of ‘mum and dad’ property investors Is This The Beginning Of The ALP’s Renewal? Anzac Day What’s left to say? While Twitter Raged About Woolworths’ Social Media Campaign, Australian Troops Left For Another War Australia versus Humanity Tony Abbott tells Europe to ‘stop the boats’ like Australia as migrant crisis continues - Europe - World - The Independent Australia prepares to send first refugees from Nauru to Cambodia within days Resettlement offer to asylum seekers may have breached Cambodia deal Refugees sent from Nauru to Cambodia may join others in lining up to leave British Columnist Calling For ‘Gunboats’ To Be Used On Refugees Cites Australia As Inspiration Boy pleads with Q&A panel to stop deportation of friend with autism Abbott government under fire for secret bid to hand back asylum seekers to Vietnam Darwin detention centre families taken to Nauru in early hours, say advocates Legal action being taken to stop 5yo asylum seeker with PTSD in Wickham Point detention centre being returned to Nauru Stop The Press UPDATE: The Prime Minister and the Waitress Part 2 – Dirty Politics? « The Daily Blog

This week on Something Wonky we ask, how are anti-vaxxers like Reclaim Australia? And if Anzac Day isn’t about meme generators, what is it about? Plus Australia versus Humanity, Stop The Press and our brand new Seagull Section. The Seagull Section Dr Karl regrets backing Joe Hockey’s Intergenerational Report | The New Daily Peter Costello blasts Prime Minister Tony Abbott over taxation: Says Coalition promise of fairer taxes is a ‘morbid joke’ Passport staff receive grim news about their jobs, then … ‘April Fools!’ GST: Barnett invokes Black Saturday help Daniel Andrews says Victoria won’t compensate East West Link consortium Federal Government to spend $4 million on TV drama to deter would-be asylum seekers Private schools perform no better than public Climate change ignored in energy white paper that lets market rule future policy Tony Windsor - ABC Conversations with Richard Fidler The Focus Group “No jab, no pay” Abbott government to announce anti-vaccination parents will lose benefits Parents who refuse to vaccinate children to be denied childcare rebates | Society | The Guardian Vaccination-exempt church revealed as Christian Scientists Brandzac Day backfires on Woolworths Woolworths failed to ask permission to use ‘Anzac’ in marketing campaign Camp Gallipoli ANZAC “Mateship Coins” War on Women 30 women have been murdered in Australia and it’s only April. Australia versus Humanity Australians Still Confused About Proportion Of Asylum Seekers Who Are ‘Genuine’ Refugees | newmatilda.com New Laws Allow Security To ‘Quash’ Detention Centre Protests, Parliament Warned Julie Bishop to lobby to return failed asylum seekers to Iran Cricket Eases Angst As Refugees Wait On Processing | newmatilda.com Reclaim Australia Rallies Detention centre guards suspended over social media posts Manus Island guard stood down after posts endorsing Reclaim Australia and anti-halal views Nationals MP Calls Anti-Reclaim Australia Rally Racist, Reports Flag Burners For Breaching 18C Stop The Press The Herald Sun Has Dismissed 4,000 Indigenous Rights Protesters As A “Selfish Rabble” The Truth Hurts: How To Be An Ignorant Racist And Still Get A Job In The Mainstream Media Herald Sun’s Feral East-West Link Coverage The Daily Tele has fallen out of love with ICAC

This week on Something Wonky, Metadata Mayhem, Copyright Crap, Talking Taxation, Crossbench Capers and Team Tony, as well as news from the states, Australia versus Humanity and Stop The Press. Our favourite things: Jeremy - SBS news staff urged to run ‘quirky’ and not ‘turn-off’ stories Dave - The Greens in rural NSW The Focus Group Metadata Mayhem Personal details of world leaders accidentally revealed by G20 organisers Australia’s immigration department bans email autocomplete after G20 leak Mandatory metadata retention becomes law as Coalition and Labor combine Australia’s data retention laws ‘the worst in the developed world’ - NSWCCL 2500 metadata ‘cops’ to search phone and internet records Copyright Crap ParlInfo - Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015 Abbott’s copyright kowtow a step backwards Talking Taxation Joe Hockey to launch tax reform report that could pave the way for rise in GST Ramping up GST while cutting company tax will be a tough sell for Hockey Joe Hockey’s Tax Paper: A Lesson In How To Avoid The Elephants In The Room How property investing politicians have skin in the game on the negative gearing debate Crossbench Capers Jacqui Lambie applies to register her own political party Clive Palmer launches legal action against former Palmer United Party senators Jacqui Lambie and Glenn Lazarus Team Tony Coalition senators reject federal Icac and claim corruption isn’t an issue Scott Morrison boycott at Sydney Boys High School: alumni say he is ‘an embarrassment’ The Sale of US Reaper Drones to Australia Could Provoke Regional Tensions Legal Aid cuts delayed Around the States NSW NSW election: Mike Baird says voters choose ‘hope over fear’ as Coalition returned to power Labor’s NSW election scare tactics show one thing: defeating scare tactics is possible Luke Foley May Have Gone Full Racist, But At Least He Didn’t Go Half Monty Call For Inquiry Into Women’s Refuge Changes Singer walks free from court | Namoi Valley Independent Victoria Dunkley Liberals explain it all. Female Victoria Liberals asked who would cook for their families and ‘bullied in own party’ Women guaranteed at least 50% of jobs on Victorian government boards Commuters waive rights when faced with aggressive PSOs, report claims Baseline sentencing may help worst criminals avoid jail, warns Chief Crown Prosecutor Gavin Silbert Queensland Annastacia Palaszczuk sacks Labor MP Billy Gordon after criminal past revealed Tim Carmody hits back at criticism from retiring Queensland supreme court judge Australia versus Humanity Nauru abuse goes further than the Moss review | The Saturday Paper School in Nauru detention centre to be closed Manus Island: Refugee Reza Mollagholipour stopped by PNG government from going to mainland for work Racist thugs’ threat to kill refugees at Maribyrnong Immigration Detention Centre The Most Exciting Part of The Cricket World Cup? The Refugee Protest You Almost Missed Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs hits back at the critics Gillian Triggs says Coalition chose to challenge Basikbasik report via media Stop The Press The Australian agrees with Marcia Langton Human rights lawyer George Newhouse wins defamation case against News Corp’s Andrew Bolt The Australian news Bill Shorten backs pay rise for the poorest Longer Service, Less Leave Qantas lounge dress code sparks social media backlash

The Focus Group This week on Something Wonky we discuss Malcolm Fraser’s passing, cast an eye over his successor, then roll our other eye to the Foreign Minister. We gladly welcome the new surveillance state, before looking at the continuing fallout from the Moss Report in Australia versus Humanity. And of course, we take a minute to stop the press. What did we like this week? Jeremy: “Days Since Tone Was Just Plain Weird: 0” - Tone’s reply Dave: Jeremy Clarkson’s Time At Top Gear Is Over, Good Riddance | Luke Hopewell Malcolm Fraser Malcolm Fraser, former Australian prime minister, dies aged 84 Malcolm Fraser dead: the Liberal Party turned its back on former prime minister Fraser’s politics didn’t shift much after 1975, but the rest of Australia’s did | Julian Burnside I’m devoutly ‘red’ but I loved becoming Twitter friends with Malcolm Fraser | Van Badham Six Of The Best Malcolm Fraser Quotes On Refugees And Immigration Senator slams day of condolence Hewson writes for getup. Not Malcolm Fraser When Tony Abbott ate that raw onion it really got under my skin PM Tony Abbott flies on taxpayer-funded jet to Liberal donor’s birthday bash at Huntingdale Golf Club Meanwhile in Canberra Christopher “The Fixer” Pyne, Seamlessly Inserted Into ‘Star Wars’ Dick Smith announces move into politics with eponymous party Abetz uses unrelated ComCare case the employer ultimately won to justify changing law further/Media prurient coverage of $600,000 legal bill for public servant’s motel sex romp Domestic Violence Why is the government lying to Rosie Batty? Regional Women’s Refuges Are Being Ripped Apart Data Retention Data retention keys to surveillance success Labor And Journalists Have Sold You Out On Brandis’ Surveillance Law Leaking Securely - Internet Hugbox Julie Corner Julie Bishop rolls eyes at Joe Hockey’s praise for budget razor gang during Malcolm Fraser tribute Bishop’s eye-roll over Hockey speech ‘taken out of proportion’, says Turnbull Foreign aid becomes a pawn in leadership play Shrinking Australia’s Aid Budget Is Selfish And Self-Defeating Remember when Julie mocked Labor’s bid for Security Council seat? NSW NSW election winner seems clear, but fear, anxiety and nerves take hold NSW Election: It’s All About The Leaders, And Their Poles And Wires | newmatilda.com Inside The Maze Of Electricity Privatisation: The Pros And Cons Of Selling Poles And Wires NSW Greens preference Labor in 2015 election key seats Revealed: political parties’ widespread failure to disclose donations Liberal and National parties tried to stop release of AEC reviews of their finances Liberal National party fundraising bodies forced to correct AEC returns SA Labor and the Coalition hail union deal that could reduce weekend penalties for retail workers Australia versus Humanity The Moss Review Moss Review Released: Finds No Evidence Of Misconduct By Save The Children Workers Witness Threats, ‘Inhuman Guards’, Rapes And Deaths At Sea: Testimony That Didn’t Make The Moss Review Rapes, sexual assault, drugs for favours in Australia’s detention centre on Nauru: independent Moss review Tony Abbott acknowledges Nauru sexual assault allegations are ‘disturbing’ ‘Things happen’: Tony Abbott on sexual assault allegations in offshore detention Greens call for inquiry into Nauru sex assault claims following Moss review Save the Children staff say Moss review exposes negligence on Nauru Geoffrey Eames, former Nauru chief justice | The Saturday Paper Meanwhile Protests Against Indefinite Mandatory Detention In Australia Go Global ALA warns of asylum seeker compo claims Stop The Press THE HOOPLA … LAST DRINKS! ALLEY OOP! | RendezView launches with the help of News Corp’s leading women writers Chris Smith back on air Network Ten directors ordered to sign stat decs as they try to track down lea