Abbott says Australia is considering paying people smugglers to take their passengers back to Indonesia. There is evidence it has already done so, and Abbott refuses to deny it.

Abbott will soon hit on the idea of paying them to drown their passengers. That is included in "stop the boats by hook or by crook".

When the government acts in secret, democracy depends on whistleblowers. No wonder Abbott has imposed new punishments on whistleblowers, and increased massive surveillance so as to catch them. Instead of accountable government, it's "Don't look behind the curtain" government.

Pakistan has closed Save the Children without even giving a reason.

This is not rule of law.

Railroading innocent people for murder occurs in Pakistan as well as in the US.

Teenagers and young adults say what led them to care about the danger of global heating.

I don't call it "climate change" because that term was promoted by denialists. Why give them what they wanted?

Saudi Arabia is dropping US-made cluster bombs on Yemen. As usual for cluster bombs, a child picked up a pretty bomblet, and it exploded.

Cluster bombs should be banned.