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Banning Possession of Nazi, ISIS Flags ‘Overkill’: Australian Law Council The Law Council of Australia is warning against criminalising the possession of extremist memorabilia, calling it overkill and saying it would have “unintended consequences.” Richard Wilson SC, the co-chair of the Council’s National Criminal Law Committee, was responding to comments yesterday by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) calling for new laws to address gaps in the monitoring of extremist activity. One recommendation from the AFP was that the possession and sharing of propaganda, flags, and insignia�...

SHARE Iran is looking to develop weapons of mass destruction and source materials from Europe, a German intelligence report said. But the report by Bavaria’s Office for the Protection of the Constitution names Iran as one of several countries, along with North Korea and Syria, seeking to develop a stock of destructive weapons. They are “endeavouring to expand their conventional weapons arsenals through the production, or constant modernisation, of weapons of mass destruction,” the report said. “In order to obtain the necessary know-how and materials, these states are trying to forge c...

Andrews’ shift in emphasis may be exactly what the Home Affairs behemoth needs We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement When Karen Andrews was deciding on her next career move just over a decade ago, those closest to her did not expect what was coming next. Andrews first became an engineer before going on to run her own industrial relations business in Melbourne and the Gold Coast. When her husband Chris decided to study a Doctor of Business Administration, Andrews focused on raising their three children....

Like dogs and cats, snakes and rats, journalists and the government are not supposed to be friends. It is always going to be a fractious, difficult relationship. We, the voters and taxpayers, grant politicians enormous power and resources to run the government on our behalf. The media’s job is to make sure they do it responsibly and ethically. As the American newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst reportedly once said, “news is whatever someone doesn’t want printed; all else is advertising”. The natural order of things requires there to be a necessary tension between those two in...

Labor pushes for far-right extremists Proud Boys to be declared terrorists Posted ThuThursday 4 updated ThuThursday 4 FebFebruary 2021 at 2:21pm Men wearing the Proud Boys logo on their clothing took part in rallies protesting the cancellation of the official Australia Day parade. ( Print text only Cancel Canada's recent decision to declare far-right extremists the Proud Boys as terrorists is ramping up the pressure on Australian authorities to do the same. Key points: The Proud Boys were involved in January's attack on the US Capitol, according to US officials People who associate with the ...