Gaffes are littered throughout Australia political history, some with more serious consequences than others. They all shape our politics, for better and worse.
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Framing the Petrov affair as a thrilling spy drama may have helped Australians manage their anxiety about the threat posed by Soviet espionage.
This may turn out to be a major threat to Australian security, but it is important that the political class – including the media – not overreact to the “China threat”.
Recently ASIO has taken on a quite public face in the discussion about fighting terrorism. Its immediate past chief, David Irvine, and its new head, Duncan Lewis, have appeared at ministerial news conferences…
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Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (CoPI) and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, University of Canberra