Abuse victims have hit out at comments made by Pope Francis after he labelled the church's critics "friends of the devil".

Don’t panic… The earth is under attack. The comic cosmos has made life tenuous on this planet. 

Yes, we avoided a second government shutdown this month — a fact for which we can all be grateful. But as we learn more and more about what has happened to science thus far in 2019, it is increasingly clear that our community will feel the negative effects of last month’s shutdown for years.

If the polls this week are anything to go by, the Morrison Government's border security scare campaign is working.

The question is, could fear be enough to win the Coalition the election?

Labor and the crossbench plan to zero in on the awarding of contracts for security services on Manus Island as Senate estimates gets underway today.

MIKE POMPEO: Elliott’s passion for the rights and liberties of all peoples makes him a perfect fit, and a valuable and timely addition.

Here we study the way the bourgeoisie has shaped the Western world into a deliberate mess so that some people can make more money than you and me.