This Month
Albanese heckled for Israel stance at Lakemba Mosque event
The Lebanese Muslim Association invited the prime minister to hear anger about Australia’s support for Israel. He was called a “putrid dog” and told to get out.
How AI ‘kill chains’ are speeding up the US war on Iran
Systems from Palantir and Anthropic are helping to turn torrents of battlefield data into thousands of strikes.
US, Kurds discuss potential Iran military operation, sources say
Kurdish groups in Iraqi Kurdistan have a history of working with the US, but their shifting allegiances and ideologies have at times strained ties with Washington.
February
If we can’t handle a few ISIS brides, how will we fight antisemitism?
The PM wants us to believe ISIS brides will manifest on our shores. To say this non-policy falls short of demands of national security barely touches the sides.
One Nation surges ahead of Labor and Coalition in NSW poll
New poll reveals One Nation has a primary vote of 30 per cent, above both the Coalition and Labor government; Trade minister says Trump’s “confusing” tariff changes are bringing Europe and Australia closer together. Follow live.
ASX to simplify rules for firms; BHP boosts dividend; Cockroach alert for super funds
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
Australians turned back after release from Syrian camp for ISIS families
Syrian forces released - then abruptly returned - 34 women and children from a refugee camp, while the Australian government said it would not repatriate them.
Bondi accused Naveed Akram makes first court appearance
The alleged Bondi terrorist gunman is yet to say if he will plead not guilty to 59 charges, including 15 counts of murder and committing a terrorist act.
I’m a Jewish woman. I want Grace Tame’s Australian of the Year cancelled
Where is the support from Tame and other pro-Palestinian #BelieveAllWomen feminists for the Israeli women and girls raped by Hamas on October 7, 2023?
Why MAGA loathes ‘third-world sinkhole’ London
Donald Trump and his supporters see London as the symbol of a Europe facing “civilisational erasure”.
Ex-ASIO agent says he raised alarm on Bondi shooter’s terror links in 2019
ASIO says a “disgruntled” former agent is wrong to claim shortcomings with the agency’s probe into the alleged perpetrators of Bondi terror attack.
January
Festival debacle shows art jobs ‘no longer just about free tickets’
Despite two years of ructions on the boards of cultural organisations in the shadow of the Israel-Palestine war, candidates are still lining up.
PM faces another rebuild after a summer shocker
Anthony Albanese planned to use January to cement his government’s ascendancy. He has achieved quite the opposite.
From extremists to the left, 800 days of neglect let hatred take hold
Long after October 7, will our leaders continue to treat antisemitism and violence against Jews as a political problem to manage, rather than the moral and cultural problem that it is?
ASIO chief a propaganda mouthpiece: Islamist group
Fundamentalist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir has launched a public attack on Australian spy chief Mike Burgess, accusing him of spreading lies.
Anonymous online grifters try to monetise Bondi terror attack
One clothing retailer claimed in a closure announcement that its founder was shot during the massacre. The website was registered nine days after the tragedy.
We need a national inquiry into the root cause of hatred and division
The royal commission should not be confined to the Bondi massacre and antisemitism but should holistically examine intolerance across race, religion, and ethnicity.
Israel offers to train Australian police to counter terror
Israeli’s Diaspora Affairs Minister says Israel brings “extensive experience in combating radical Islamic terrorism and anti-Semitism”.
‘A national crisis’: Business heavyweights back Bondi royal commission
A group of business leaders from banking and super, retail and media have become the latest group to back a royal commission into the Bondi terror attack.
December 2025
George Brandis joins legal experts calling for Bondi royal commission
Judges, lawyers and academics have supported calls for a federal royal commission into the Bondi attack, but Labor maintains ‘experts’ are against the proposal.
