Peter Dutton

The United States, war on two fronts and loss of empire

The propaganda war against China and Russia got a whole lot worse in the past week. The very real danger of war either in our region, or in Europe, was made abundantly clear, argues William Briggs.

Australia must stop beating the drums of war against China

Federal ministers have been brazenly beating the war drums in the latest round of verbal aggression against China,听escalating听the government鈥檚 anti-China propaganda to a dangerous new level, argues Peter Boyle.

War is a racket

New allegations about the brutal behaviour of Australian special forces officers in the war on Afghanistan have added听impetus to the calls for justice and an end to听Australia鈥檚 involvement听in the听war, writes Pip Hinman.

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Despite Federal Court order, Dutton punishes detainees further

Despite a Federal Court ruling that a detainee from MITA must be released, minister Peter Dutton is moving to torture them further, report Michael O鈥橰eilly and Pip Hinman.

Obviously the only fair way to come here is as an au pair

I was stunned to read听听that Peter Dutton鈥檚 home affairs department is rife with bullying and harassment.听You learn something new every day.

I just assumed any department headed by Dutton would be a happy, friendly place, with puppies running around and flower gardens and lambs and group hugs every hour.

Dutton鈥檚 war on democracy

With the re-election of the Coalition government, conservatives have become emboldened to intensify their agenda of transferring even more wealth and power to the already dominant at the expense of the rest of us, writes Nick Fredman.

Protesters say 'Dutton out, refugees in'

Refugee rights activists rallied outside home affairs minister Peter Dutton鈥檚 electorate office in Queensland on May 11. They are hoping Dutton will lose his seat at the federal election on May 18.

Nothing like an election to sort the weird from the crazy

The bizarreness of Australian politics was summed up in multi-millionaire mining magnate Clive Palmer鈥檚 election advertisement accusing Labor of 鈥渟upporting the big end of town鈥. He's right, though he is in no position to point the finger, writes Carlo Sands.

Yes Dutton, obviously hating Muslims and not hating Muslims is equally bad

In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in which 50 people were killed, some of the comments from those with a public platform have been breathtakingly offensive.

End Australia鈥檚 alt-white immigration policy

Events over the last few weeks have revealed just how politicised Australia鈥檚 immigration policy has become.

What was behind #Libspill 'madness'?

Deposed Liberals Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull described the factional implosion in his party as 鈥渁 kind of madness鈥. It sure looked like it 鈥 and there may be even more 鈥渕adness鈥 ahead.

I don't care how often we change leaders, so long as no one gets tortured

A lot of people are alarmed at the rate at which prime ministers get changed these days. Personally, I鈥檇 be happy to have a new PM every week so long as none of them torture any innocent people in isolated offshore prison camps, writes Carlo Sands.