23
Mar
2015
The data retention bill passed the lower house, backed by Labor and the Liberals. Now a formality that it will pass through the senate and become law.
23
Mar
2015
Tony Abbott upset a few bringing likening his archnemesis to Hitler’s propaganda minister. Christopher Pyne's defence of the Prime Minister was so rapid you are left wondering whether the whole event was stage managed.
16
Mar
2015
Four more big ideas with Brian Haverty, this time robots that can lie, model houses for real-estate, a kilojoule trading scheme and the answer to the Middle East situation.
16
Mar
2015
So what was behind the alleged "fracas" involving Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson and his producer. Did he hit him right in the fracas? If so, doesn't he deserve the sack?
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16
Mar
2015
John Dobbie reports from the UK where, despite all he has done for Britain, James Bond has been denied to the right to film the next movie in the home of the Welsh government.
16
Mar
2015
Erklärungsnot and Treppenwitz are amongst the five German words we could do with in the English language.
16
Mar
2015
Willy Moon and Natalia Kills went over the top in their judgement of an XFactor contestant, to the point of bullying. All this from a show that included a convicted killer in its line-up.
16
Mar
2015
Hillary Clinton isn't the only one getting into trouble over communications. NZ Prime Minister John Key is in hot water for deleting text messages from his mobile phone, rather than keeping it as part of…
16
Mar
2015
After causing devastation in Vanuatu, Cyclone Pam headed south to New Zealand. Even though downgraded to a tropical storm, David Campbell explains its still an unusual event.
16
Mar
2015
The CIA has announced sweeping changed and will focus more on the cyber world. Should we really believe they were so far behind the times. Richard Kazimer explains.
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16
Mar
2015
Hillary Clinton has been accused of using a personal email account to conduct official government business. So what's the big deal?
16
Mar
2015
A few weeks back CPA Australia published their case for why GST should rise. This week The Australia Institute's Matt Grudnoff explains why that would be a bad idea.
16
Mar
2015
The Germans have words for everything. We look at Weltschmerz, Kummerspeck, Torschlusspanik and a couple of others. How can we manage without them?
16
Mar
2015
Word on the street is that Nick Clegg will bow out of UK politics in just a few weeks, after the (unwinable) next election. JOhn Dobbie explains what went wrong for him.
16
Mar
2015
The UKIP leader says he wants to abandon much of the UK's race discrimination law because, he says, it isn't needed any more. Does that mean racism is dead?
16
Mar
2015
If the government really wanted to help small business it would take a look at the complexity of tax law, particularly in relation to personal services income.
16
Mar
2015
Richard Kazimer reports on rules around drone use in the United States. You can't shoot one down over your property. So do you have any recourse if someone starts filming your back yard?
16
Mar
2015
Whether you agree with Obama or not on supporting Iran's nuclear program, surely the GOP senators who wrote a letter to the Ayatollah were way out of line.