Ben Knight

Sun 31 May 2026 at 5:38am When you see those swarms of illegal electric bikes popping wheelies down freeways, through the CBD, you probably don't think of former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce.

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Berlin played host to the 9th annual Creative Bureaucracy Festival this week, where highly-motivated public service workers explained why a healthy democracy needs a functioning state.

A German fund established to compensate the millions forced to work for the Nazi regime has marked 25 years since the first payments were made. But for many it was much too late.

A German fund set up to compensate the millions forced to work for the Nazi regime is marking 25 years since the first payments were made. But for many victims, it was much too late.

Germany's special law prohibiting the insulting of politicians has led to cases that many people consider absurd. Some members of the government want to abolish the law; others think there's a good reason to retain it.

A 30-point plan to reform Germany's pension system has drawn praise and criticism in almost equal measure. Centrist politicians have called it a good compromise, opposition parties on the left and right are unhappy.

Germany is one of few European countries that still has an exclusively "opt-in" choice for organ donation — despite long waiting lists for organs. Now the Bundestag is debating a change.

A new report by legal experts has found that efforts to ban Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) could be successful — but there would be political dangers to such a move.

The German government has expanded the powers of its federal police, especially in the use of surveillance, AI, and drone defenses. But experts warn of constitutional challenges.