Girard Dorney
How Sydney and Australia Reacted to the Cafe Hostage Crisis Online
The gunman who seized a cafe in downtown Sydney has reportedly been killed by police, but not before two hostages were killed (and four wounded). Here's how it played out online.
What We Can Learn From Hicks vs. Brandis
David Hicks, a former detainee of Guantanamo Bay, heckled Federal Attorney-General George Brandis at a Human Rights Award ceremony in Sydney.
Freya Newman and the Hypocrisy of A Surveillance State
The woman who outed Frances Abbott's secret $60,000 scholarship may have been freed, but the government's willingness to spy on citizens and prosecute a remorseful young woman highlights its own hypocrisy.
Can Someone Bring Us to Justice Over Our Treatment Of Refugees Already?
As Scott Morrison "takes the sugar off the table," let's step back a moment. What happened to us?
What You Need To Know About The Australia China Free Trade Agreement
The free trade agreement is front-page news in Australia and business page news in China. That being said, what do you need to know about it?
There Is No Ice Epidemic: A Statistical Analysis
The numbers used to prove Australia is in an ice epidemic don't prove that at all.
Seeing Through The Ice
Calling methamphetamine use an 'epidemic' is a misuse of language; it’s a deceptive metaphor. Ebola, an actual epidemic, is not contracted voluntarily.
Australia’s Anti-Terrorist Laws: The Balance between Liberty, Security, and Fear
In the shadow of our most recent military venture into Iraq, Australia is currently debating a raft of new anti-terror laws.
Australia's Prime Minister Surprised Australia by Backing Medicinal Marijuana
Tony Abbott is being reasonable. Let's not break out the Nobel Prize just yet.
Unpacking The Propaganda: Why Australia Is Sending Troops to The Middle East
Moral outrage might be what Abbott feels, but it’s a difficult justification in a world where so many moral outrages are allowed to continue without our intervention.
Arming the Kurds, Shooting at Aussies, and Other Things that Aren't Controversial
At the request of the United States, Australia will be delivering arms and ammunition to the Kurdish forces fighting the Islamic State in Northern Iraq.