“Lenders increase borrowing rates by 0.25%; pro-Palestine meeting barred from council venue goes ahead outside in Darlington. Follow updates live Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Next week’s federal budget will fund a dedicated national centre to detect and disrupt the evolving threat of online violent extremism and terrorism. The home affairs minister, Tony Burke , will announce the $74m in funding over two years for the project on Wednesday. It is part of the government’s response to the Bondi terror attack in December. A bolstered online threat capability will give AFP and Asio the resources they need to target terrorists and violent extremists online. Just because I, and other people, might find it personally offensive does not mean that governments have unlimited power to constitutionally strike down the right of everybody else to freedom of political communication. Continue reading...
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