If people believe in freedom of speech as it relates to religion, political views and social commentary then they must stand up for freedom of the press to publish well researched articles that are in the interests of the community to know this information.

In one case it related to the war in Afghanistan and documents provided stating the unethical, and in some cases illegal, actions by our soldiers (an army solicitor is currently facing charges on providing this information). In the other case a change in government policy to amalgamate several agencies giving significant powers to this "super agency" to gather information on members of the public, which if it succeeded would be made public anyway by its tabling in parliament.

There have been complaints and surprise expressed by many human rights and press associations around the world that Australia would allow this action to be taken - to stifle the voice of a free press, one of the four pillars of a democratic society.

Minister Dutton and the Prime Minister must be held to account and explain why this action has been taken and get some answers from the Commissioner for the Federal Police, who is under their jurisdiction.

NSW has imposed water restrictions, stating that water inflows are the lowest since 1940. Now is the time to consider ways to save water.

It's undeniable that between irrigating the crops that farmed animals eat, providing millions of animals with drinking water each year, and washing away the filth of factory farms, transport trucks and slaughterhouses, animal agriculture places a tremendous strain on our water supply.

It takes on average 4,000 litres of water to produce a steak. It takes over 500 litres of water to produce a litre of milk.

A study carried out by the University of Melbourne's School of Social and Environmental Enquiry and its Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering found a vegetarian diet could save households up to 35 per cent of their total water usage, 13 times the volume of water that would be saved by not watering the garden. Going vegan saves over 4,000 litres every day, and not eating a kilo of meat saves more water than not showering for twelve months.

In addition to being terrible for the environment, today's factory farms cram animals by the thousands into dark, filthy cages or windowless sheds, where they are denied everything that makes life worth living.

You can save water, money, and hundreds of animals from a life of suffering and a terrifying death by going vegan.

There was no miracle, the Ipsos poll got it right because people tell fibs.

In 2000, Peter Costello introduced a system of allowing shareholders to get a cash refund if they receive more in franking credits than they actually owed in tax. Because income from superannuation is tax free for people over 60, high income retirees were able use franking credits to get a cash gift of over [then] 40 cents for every dollar they received in dividends.

The two questions asked by pollsters are 1: Who are you going to vote for? And 2: Why?

Not to let the "cat out of the bag" a percentage of Labor voters receiving free franking credits would say "Labor" when actually they were going to vote "Liberal"- distorting the poll.

Hallelujah! It was these selfish voters that pushed Morrison over the line.