John Coyne

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I'm Glad Our Security Agencies Are Stretched

It hopefully means that they are using their resources in an efficient and effective manner.

20/10/2017 9:45 AM AEDT

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The Government's New Ice Disruption Strategy Isn't That New

More of what we're already doing, with fewer resources.

21/09/2017 8:36 AM AEST

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Online Dating Scams Are Costing Lovesick Aussies More Than $25 Million A Year

Love hurts.

05/09/2017 9:53 AM AEST

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Corruption In Australian Border Force Is Devastating News For Public Trust In Law Enforcement

Especially in light of the importance that government has placed on domestic security in recent weeks.

10/08/2017 9:46 AM AEST

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We Need To Fix The Public's Trust Issues With The Home Affairs Super Department

Greater transparency is the first step.

31/07/2017 10:37 AM AEST

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The Pros And Cons Of A Mega Department Of Homeland Security

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is going to have to mediate one hell of a cabinet fight over this.

17/07/2017 4:40 PM AEST

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Australia's Drug Strategy Is Out Of Date, But That's Just The Start Of The Problem

Reducing supply through innovation could help solve the issues.

03/07/2017 9:58 AM AEST

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Medium, Likely, Probable: Why We Need To Revamp Our Terror Threat Levels

Citizens around the world are suffering from "terrorism threat fatigue".

14/06/2017 12:51 PM AEST

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Putting Citizenship On The Line In The War On Terror

The target should be problematic individuals, not whole ethnic groups.

09/06/2017 11:40 AM AEST

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The Delicate Balance Between Security And Inaction

Sometimes our authorities are damned if they do and damned if they don't.

26/05/2017 11:32 AM AEST

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Policymakers Are Focussing On Drugs Australians Aren't Taking

They're worried about 'bath salts', but more people are abusing 'hillbilly heroin'.

28/03/2017 1:40 PM AEDT

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Xenophobic Migration Bans Won't Prevent Terrorism In America

In fact, it's highly likely that Trump's policy will do much more harm than good.

31/01/2017 1:35 PM AEDT

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A Potential Mass Migration Nightmare On Our Doorstep

It's a false assumption that Australia has passed the worst phase of its refugee challenge.

01/11/2016 5:36 AM AEDT

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Border Force Needs New Powers To Avoid Border Farce

It's time for the Turnbull government to reconsider the role of the Border Force and the legislative powers that it exercises. Last week, the Fair Work Commission made an order that the Community and...

14/10/2016 1:49 PM AEDT

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An Increase In Drug Seizures Doesn't Mean A Decrease In Drugs

The intent of the enforcement regime of Australia's national drug strategy shouldn't be to arrest more people, nor seize more drugs. Rather, the intent behind our illicit drug enforcement strategy should be to reduce the supply of these harmful drugs in our communities.

04/08/2016 3:19 PM AEST

Politicians don't understand the limits of intelligence

Chilcot's review reveals that there were indeed two fundamental problems with the intelligence-based decision making at the time of the Iraq war.

11/07/2016 12:17 PM AEST

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Australia's Migration System Needs To Go Through Security

The real problem arising from this week's revelations isn't so much the corruption of DIBP staff. It's the widespread criminality and system vulnerability present in Australia's visa regime.

05/07/2016 5:58 AM AEST

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International Policing Is On Death Row

We shouldn't be leaving it to our politicians to decide if and when we share information with foreign police where the death penalty may be at play.

13/05/2016 3:21 PM AEST

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UNGASS 2016: Evolution Rather Than Revolution In The War On Drugs

UNGASS 2016 was controversial by UN standards. While it stopped well short of a drug reform revolution, it has provided some very important first steps in the evolution of global drug policies.

02/05/2016 2:19 AM AEST

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The Intel On Intelligence Gathering In Times Of Terror

In the wake of the terror attacks in Paris, Jakarta and Belgium, intelligence collectors and police everywhere are under immense pressure to collect the necessary intelligence to protect us from future violence. In this pressure-cooker environment the intelligence and police agency red lines for acceptable covert intelligence collection are at risk of being blurred.

29/03/2016 12:06 PM AEDT

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