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.

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?

Is Tony Abbott right to suggest that indigenous people are living in remote communities as a 'lifestyle choice'. And what's with the onion?

New Zealand customs has made a request for powers to demand the right for travellers' laptop passwords. 

The people of Alabama are rightly confused. If you are gay, can you marry or not? Judges are spending a disproportionate amount of time on the issue.