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Foreign fighters for Israel – beyond the reach of Australian law?

While the government vows to block the return of Australian women and children from Syria, hundreds of Australians who have served with the Israeli...

25.02.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

Greg Barns

Grace Tame, free speech and the return of political punishment

12.02.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny – and this one ticks every box

22.01.2026 10

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Best of 2025 - OFFICIAL – Israel’s proposed death-penalty law is a war crime

14.01.2026 10

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Best of 2025 - Albanese and Rudd sold out freedom of the press this week

12.01.2026 10

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Best of 2025 - 7 October not a day to abuse protesters

10.01.2026 10

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Best of 2025 - FOI changes big backward step for government transparency

07.01.2026 20

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Rethinking the call for a royal commission after Bondi

06.01.2026 10

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Best of 2025 - Dreyfus leaves little legacy

05.01.2026 20

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Best of 2025 - Australia must defend International Criminal Court

04.01.2026 6

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Bondi demands answers – and a Royal Commission

19.12.2025 10

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Australia’s social media ban puts free speech on the chopping block

09.12.2025 6

Pearls and Irritations

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OFFICIAL – Israel’s proposed death-penalty law is a war crime

06.11.2025 9

Pearls and Irritations

Greg Barns

Albanese and Rudd sold out freedom of the press this week

22.10.2025 8

Pearls and Irritations

Greg Barns

7 October not a day to abuse protesters

07.10.2025 7

Pearls and Irritations

Greg Barns

FOI changes big backward step for government transparency

16.09.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Greg Barns

Australia must defend International Criminal Court

24.08.2025 9

Pearls and Irritations

Greg Barns

Universities, free speech and the High Court

19.08.2025 9

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Albo's Palestine delay an act of moral cowardice

05.08.2025 10

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Antisemitism envoy's report 'Trumpian'

10.07.2025 8

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Freedom of speech and chants

08.07.2025 10

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Lattouf’s win over ABC a big victory for freedom of expression

25.06.2025 8

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Bombing Iran a clear breach of international law

22.06.2025 9

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Tasmania in the news for all the wrong reasons

13.06.2025 4

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Australia still doing little as the Gaza genocide gets worse

27.05.2025 6

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Dreyfus leaves little legacy

09.05.2025 10

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If I were attorney-general...

01.05.2025 6

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Federal election: Time to hold MPs accountable for stance on genocide [fix pix]

09.04.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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No apologies over fabricated terror plot from pollies or lobby groups

11.03.2025 10

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Australia’s silence on Trump’s ICC sanctions is nothing but shameful

10.02.2025 10

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The Genocide Red Line Package – a litmus test for our legislature

07.02.2025 6

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Canada and Australia’s federal elections

17.01.2025 10

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Another victim of the United States’ obsessive anti-China strategy

16.01.2025 10

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Dreyfus’ trip to Israel makes a mockery of Labor’s foreign policy

“The role of the attorney-general in Australia, even in these partisan times, is to uphold the rule of law,” as the former Chief Justice Sir...

08.01.2025 9

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