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law & crime March 23, 2019
Wider laws to allow Victoria Police to take DNA samples
Privacy fears surround Victoria’s new DNA laws, which would allow police to take samples from suspects before they are charged with any crime.
immigration March 23, 2019
The Coalition and the race issue
Scott Morrison’s words following the Christchurch massacre were sensitive and well chosen, but how can they be read as ingenuous when they follow on from almost two decades of his party deliberately cultivating disunity and fear?
law & crime March 23, 2019
Following the killing of 50 Muslims by an Australian terrorist, local security agencies face questions of whether they overlooked the threat posed by white extremists.
law & crime March 23, 2019
Shooters party set to wield power in NSW
With NSW facing the possibility of a hung parliament, fear grows that the state’s gun laws – already eroded by two decades of deal-making with the Shooters party – will be further traded away.
media March 16, 2019
Minor parties the key to NSW poll
With just a week to go until the NSW election, the major parties are campaigning hard to woo voters. But it’s the micro-parties that may end up deciding who will govern.
ir March 16, 2019
Wages growth lowest since WWII
With wages stagnating since the Coalition took office, Labor is hoping to make the election a fight on industrial relations – even if it doesn’t have solutions.
resources March 16, 2019
As the Nationals quietly shift positions on climate change and energy, Barnaby Joyce is wreaking havoc as coal’s last defender.
resources March 9, 2019
Climate policies: Twelve dumped in half a decade
Still cautious after the pink batts program, the government’s climate policies fail to properly engage with energy efficiency.
politics March 2, 2019
The campaigner behind Phelps, Banks and Steggall
Having helped get Kerryn Phelps elected, Damien Hodgkinson is running campaigns for eight independents at the election, including Julia Banks and Zali Steggall.
resources March 2, 2019
Scott Morrison says his new $3.5 billion climate fund will cut Australia’s emissions, but experts warn he is playing a numbers game that is ‘essentially dishonest’.
ir February 23, 2019
As the Federal Court prepares to make a ruling on the AWU raids, and it emerges Michaelia Cash refused to give a statement to the federal police over her office’s involvement, The Saturday Paper reviews the minister’s position to date.
