In a desperate attempt to secure its electoral base, the government is shamefully wooing religious extremists

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was trying to think of something coherent to say about the Digital Economy Bill published this week, but I'm too damned angry right now.

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Ordnance Survey map data will be freely available online to everybody from 2010, the Government has announced.

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The head of a government body responsible for keeping children safe has criticised social networking sites for not doing enough to protect youngsters.

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As healthcare reform legislation advances in Congress, more state lawmakers are looking for ways to limit its effects on their constituents.

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The U.S. Congress needs to take action to protect consumers tricked into signing up for membership clubs that charge a monthly fee when they buy products or services from other Web sites, the chairman of a U.S. Senate committee said Tuesday.

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The Church of Scientology says allegations made in Federal Parliament by Independent Senator Nick Xenophon are an abuse of parliamentary privilege.

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There seems to be no end to unpleasant surprises. This is an excerpt from an article in The News today by Mr. Asif Ezdi:

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The Federal Government says today's national apology to the Forgotten Australians and former child migrants marks a significant step forward in the healing process.

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Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time.

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A new report has warned that up to 250,000 homes around Australia will be inundated due to climate change by the turn of the century.

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Every phone call, text message, email and website visit made by Britons is to be stored for a year and will be available for monitoring by government bodies.

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Intimidating and out-of-date laws are silencing free speech and scientific inquiry, a report claims, amid increasing controversy over England's status as "the libel capital of the world".

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A Maori politician in New Zealand has apologised for using swear words in an abusive email he sent to a member of the public. But during his apology, the outspoken MP landed himself in more hot water by swearing again.

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Plans for a £2bn Home Office surveillance project to track details of everyone's email, mobile phone, text and internet use have been put on hold after a consultation raised concerns over its technical feasibility, costs and privacy safeguards.

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CENSORSHIP of the internet is open to challenge at the World Trade Organisation as it can restrict trade in services delivered online, a forthcoming study says.

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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been asked to allow Labor MPs a free parliamentary vote on gay marriage.

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A bill that would have seen the government putting pressure on Uganda to withdraw its recently-tabled Anti-Homosexuality Bill has been rejected by the Senate.

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The winner of this year's Sydney Peace Prize, John Pilger, has labelled the Federal Government's asylum-seeker policy "illegal and immoral".

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Switzerland's biggest Jewish groups have described a far-right push to ban the construction of minarets as a ''threat'' to religious harmony and the integration of Muslims.

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The government has opened the data flood gates and said "geeks, come on in!" at an event called GovHack, held last weekend in Canberra.

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A TRANSSEXUAL has won a written apology from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the distress she experienced as a result of having to travel on a passport that identified her as a man.

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United States President Barack Obama has said he will overturn a 22-year-old law barring foreigners infected with HIV-AIDS from entering the country.

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THE King of Jordan's sister has appealed to the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, to stop the ritual slaughter of conscious animals for halal meat in Australia, saying it was not necessary under Islamic principles.

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MPs will be forced to rent their second homes and banned from putting relatives on their payrolls under sweeping moves to overhaul the expenses system, it emerged last night.

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