The public's right to know, acid-dropping activists trying to levitate the Pentagon and links to other news and views

Barnaby Joyce and the public’s right to know - Sydney Daily Telegraph
... politicians (and, indeed, certain members of the Canberra press gallery) believe the gallery’s role is not to report but to conceal.
And the story that started the debate:

 Barnaby Joyce battles vicious innuendo as Coalition fears citizenship woe - Sydney Daily Telegraph

'Impossible To Save': Scientists Are Watching China's Glaciers Disappear - NPR

The Three Students Who Uncovered 'Dieselgate' - Der Spiegel
The diesel emissions scandal has already cost Volkswagen 25 billion euros, and no end is it sight. But how did it start? In a corrugated iron shack in the forests of West Virginia, discovered by a trio of university students.
Club Fed - Why the government goes easy on corporate crime - New Republic

Fifty Years Ago, a Rag-Tag Group of Acid-Dropping Activists Tried to “Levitate” the Pentagon - Smithsonian.com
The March on the Pentagon to end the Vietnam War began a turning point in public opinion, but some in the crowd were hoping for a miracle
Serco, Centrelink, and the privatisation of human services - Eureka Street

Researchers have demonstrated how to decode what the human brain is seeing by using artificial intelligence to interpret fMRI scans from people watching videos, representing a sort of mind-reading technology.

China bans foreign waste – but what will happen to the world’s recycling? - The Conversation UK

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