
#theguardian.com. Tony Burke ‘taking advice’ from security agencies about Australian women and children in Syria seeking to return. Temporary Exclusion Orders allow the home affairs minister to stop a person entering for up to two years, but there is a high bar for the powers
#Feb.17.2026

#theguardian.com. NSW police end restriction on protests now Israeli president has left the country. Widespread allegations of police brutality followed a rally outside Sydney’s Town Hall on 9 February against visit by Isaac Herzog
#Feb.17.2026

#aljazeera.com. Australian PM Albanese says no help for ISIL relatives held in Syria camp. Group of 34 women and children with Australian passports forced to return to Roj detention camp for ISIL relatives.
#Feb.17.2026


#theguardian.com. New rules on social media could target ‘doomscrolling’ and ban for under-16s, Starmer says – UK politics live. Prime minister says outcomes of consultation on social media ban should be implemented quickly as technology minister says Australia-style ban is not inevitable
#Feb.16.2026

#theguardian.com. Angus Taylor moves to promote conservatives and sideline Sussan Ley allies as Liberal party veers right. Andrew Hastie and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price among those expected to return to frontbench as new leader pursues rightwing agenda
#Feb.16.2026


#theguardian.com. Jonathan Powell rejects overtures to replace McSweeney as Starmer’s chief of staff. Exclusive: National security adviser previously held the role under Blair but is considering plans to step down this year
#Feb.15.2026


#theguardian.com. Anthony Albanese taunts new Liberal leaders in first comments since Sussan Ley’s ousting. ‘Angus Taylor presents us with a new question: can a soufflé rise once?’, the prime minister said in a speech to a Labor conference
#Feb.14.2026

#theguardian.com. Once demoted, now deputy leader: what will Jane Hume do for the Liberal party?. The Victorian senator’s elevation may help mitigate the effects of the party dumping its first female leader after only nine months. It also suggests the moderates still hold influence
#Feb.13.2026

#theguardian.com. Agreement to allow Muslims to finish prayer at Isaac Herzog protest didn’t reach officers, NSW police say. Men praying were grabbed at Sydney town hall rally against Israeli president’s visit
#Feb.12.2026

#bbc.com. Sussan Ley: Does Liberal Party drama show Australian politics still has a problem with women?. The Liberal Party elected its first female leader at a time of crisis. She lasted less than a year.
#Feb.13.2026

#theguardian.com. NSW police watchdog to investigate alleged police brutality at Sydney protest against Isaac Herzog. Despite premier Chris Minns’s objection to an inquiry, Law Enforcement Conduct Commission says it is in public interest to investigate ‘alleged misconduct’
#Feb.13.2026

#bbc.com. Angus Taylor ousts Sussan Ley as Australia's Liberal Party leader. Sussan Ley, plagued by poor polls, was deposed by Angus Taylor after just nine months in the job.
#Feb.13.2026

#theguardian.com. Sussan Ley to quit politics after being deposed as Liberal leader, triggering contentious byelection. Ley said she would step away ‘completely and comprehensively from public life’ after losing leadership ballot to Angus Taylor
#Feb.13.2026

#theguardian.com. Angus Taylor becomes opposition leader after defeating Sussan Ley in Liberal party leadership ballot. Former shadow defence minister wins partyroom vote, ending Ley’s tumultuous nine-month reign as the first female leader of the Liberals
#Feb.12.2026


#theguardian.com. Anthony Albanese raises bulldozed Australian war graves with Israeli president. Prime minister stresses importance of repairs to graves in Gaza being conducted as soon as possible in meeting with Isaac Herzog
#Feb.12.2026

#theguardian.com. NSW premier won’t apologise to Muslims after police grab men praying at rally against Isaac Herzog. Chris Minns doubles down on support for NSW police, stating officers would ‘never have disrupted a prayer service … unless it was in the middle of a riot’
#Feb.12.2026

#theguardian.com. Fears former Canberra boy has been executed in Iran, as Australia makes representations to Tehran. ACT government confirms it raised reports of boy’s fate with foreign affairs department, amid unverified claims he died last week
#Feb.12.2026

#theguardian.com. Rebel Queensland LNP MP urges colleagues to ‘put on the full armour of God’ and speak against abortion. Nigel Dalton says he sought to redeem himself ‘in the eyes of God’ by crossing the floor in an attempt to overturn the LNP’s abortion debate gag order
#Feb.12.2026

#theguardian.com. Angus Taylor launches bid for Liberal party leadership after spill motion delivered to Sussan Ley. The call for a leadership ballot followed a wave of resignations from the shadow frontbench on Thursday morning
#Feb.11.2026
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