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Editor's note
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Malcolm Turnbull's reorganisation of Australia's national security agencies and responsibilities is a major win for his key conservative backer, Peter Dutton. But the rationale for creating a 'super ministry' of Home Affairs lies on flimsy grounds, writes John Blaxland. And Amy Maguire argues
that it's hard to see how consolidating far-reaching security powers will do anything to promote to human rights.
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Top story
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Peter Dutton (right) is set to assume responsibility for the newly created home affairs portfolio.
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John Blaxland, Australian National University
The move to consolidate security agencies under one minister upends generations of conventions on how security intelligence and executive police powers are managed separately.
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Business + Economy
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Paul Harpur, The University of Queensland
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Arts + Culture
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Julie Collins, University of New England
In the late 1980s, a gang of feisty teenage girls briefly helped the good Doctor. But his female companions were still mostly there to show how clever he was.
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Health + Medicine
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Adam Gerace, Flinders University
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William Isdale, University of Melbourne
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Environment + Energy
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Lesley Hughes, Macquarie University
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Science + Technology
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Steven Tingay, Curtin University
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Andrew Dempster, UNSW
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Politics + Society
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
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Keiran Hardy, Griffith University
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Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
Peter Dutton will take charge of a new mega home affairs portfolio in a sweeping overhaul of national security agencies and responsibilities.
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Harry Hobbs, UNSW
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