Australia has (it seems) narrowed the plan to exile citizens with dual citizenship, by limiting it to those that actually fight for terrorist groups that Australia considers enemies.

It is legitimate to punish people for that, by imprisonment for instance, but taking away citizenship is the wrong way to punish any sort of crime. In addition, it can force people to go to a place where they will be tortured.

I also see a slippery slope here, in that if exile is tolerated in any kind of case, politicians will propose to extend it to other cases.

I don't think that exile would deter or prevent crimes more than imprisonment. Meanwhile, if some accused stay away from Australia to avoid being tried and imprisoned, that achieves the same effect as exiling them without the moral onus of imposing exile.

Banks are grooming children for credit card use starting at age 5.

If you use credit cards to pay, you are likely to spend more than if you pay cash. You can prevent that effect with self-discipline, but you can't stop them from tracking you.

Australia is planning new limits on freedom of speech. The government wants to ban "advocating genocide", apparently to be understood in a very loose fashion.

According to the article, what Hizb ut-Tahrir advocates is political change, not genocide. It advocates a lousy and unjust political system that wouldn't respect human rights, but then, so do Republicans (though they don't go quite as far). Freedom of speech includes the right to advocate such political systems.

The group's leader appears to have made anti-semitic statements. Bigotry is expression of an opinion — a despicable opinion, in my view, but that should not make it a crime.

Male surveillance camera monitors use the cameras to follow pretty women. The Chilean solution: hire only women to run them.

If we want to have cameras pointed at our streets for security, they must be security cameras, not surveillance cameras.

Carmakers Sued Over 'Deadly' Keyless Ignitions.

Plaintiffs say the engine could be running without the user's knowing, filling up a space with carbon monoxide.