#theguardian.com. #Feb.20.2026 × Federal police ‘received reports of a crime’ in relation to Pauline Hanson’s comments about Muslims. Bilal El-Hayek, mayor of Canterbury Bankstown, says One Nation leader’s comments ‘will incite someone’
#Islamic #Politics × #Religious #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Feb.20.2026 × Former NSW MP Rory Amon faces trial over allegations he abused 13-year-old in car park bathroom. Ex-state MP has pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing boy in 2017 with defence barrister claiming Amon did not know boy’s age
#Politics × #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Feb.20.2026 × Australian PM says former prince Andrew has suffered ‘extraordinary fall’ but that won’t prompt another republic referendum. Exclusive: Anthony Albanese says arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor after life of ‘absolute privilege’ will be watched closely in Australia
#Politics × #United Kingdom #Anthony Albanese #Australian continent #Australia × #Europe #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Feb.19.2026 × Nearly 20% fewer lower socio-economic students studying law as Pocock calls to scrap Morrison-era job ready scheme. Experts say the Morrison-era Jobs Ready Graduates scheme has instead had a ‘devastating impact’ on the very people higher education needs to serve
#Education #Politics × #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Feb.19.2026 × Is Tim Wilson an ‘inflation nutter’? Why the new shadow treasurer’s RBA comments are making waves. Liberal MP claims the Reserve Bank has been soft on inflation. Labor says questioning the RBA’s dual mandate amounts to a ‘plan for higher unemployment’
#Politics × #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Feb.19.2026 × Magistrate rules it’s ‘not proportionate’ to ban Isaac Herzog protester from inner Sydney while on bail. Lawyer tells court there is ‘real doubt’ whether police gave lawful move-on direction during rally against Israeli president that ended in violent clashes
#Politics × #Australian continent #Australia × #Asia #Insular Oceania #Israel #Isaac Herzog
#theguardian.com. #Feb.19.2026 × Tim Wilson walks back suggestion Liberals would rethink RBA full employment mandate. New shadow treasurer accused of ‘extreme ideology’ that would result in higher interest rates and unemployment after suggesting RBA’s ‘core purpose’ should be to lower inflation
#Business #Politics × #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Feb.18.2026 × Federal MPs accept free sport tickets from gambling companies amid calls to restrict wagering ads. Tabcorp and Sportsbet provided tickets to at least six Liberal and Labor politicians, register of interests shows
#Politics × #Sport #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Feb.18.2026 × Victorian attorney general lambasts integrity expert over ‘unfounded claim’ CFMEU corruption cost taxpayers $15bn. Rotting from the Top report author Geoffrey Watson says ‘personal attacks’ from Labor government ministers have ‘crossed a line’
#Politics × #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Feb.18.2026 × Race commissioner calls on Pauline Hanson to apologise amid condemnation of ‘reprehensible’ Muslim comments. One Nation leader’s statements about Muslims also labelled ‘bigoted and wrong’ by NSW minister for multiculturalism
#Islamic #Politics × #Religious #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Feb.17.2026 × Will Tony Abbott return to frontline politics? The Liberal party’s most polarising figure can imagine a way. The former PM is open to resurrecting a parliamentary career if Angus Taylor does what Peter Dutton wouldn’t and actively drafts him in
#Politics × #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.17.2026 × Australia refuses to repatriate ISIL relatives from Syrian camp. Australia is refusing to repatriate 34 women and children held in a camp in northern Syria.
#Politics × #Australian continent #Australia × #Asia #Insular Oceania #Syria
#theguardian.com. #Feb.17.2026 × Angus Taylor says his new frontbench will take the fight to Labor, but his biggest battle is to save the Liberal party. Opposition leader picks Tim Wilson as shadow treasurer while rewarding his supporters and elevating some strong performers
#Politics × #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Feb.17.2026 × How a hardline ‘Trump-style’ Liberal immigration policy to ban migrants from Gaza and Somalia was developed. Another senior member of Sussan Ley’s team has expressed serious reservations about aspects of the plan
#Politics × #Somalia #Africa #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Feb.17.2026 × 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
#Politics × #Australian continent #Australia × #Asia #Insular Oceania #Syria
#theguardian.com. #Feb.17.2026 × 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
#Politics × #Australian continent #Australia × #Asia #Insular Oceania #Israel #Isaac Herzog
#aljazeera.com. #Feb.17.2026 × 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.
#Politics × #Australian continent #Australia × #Asia #Insular Oceania #Australia Group #Syria
#theguardian.com. #Feb.16.2026 × 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
#Politics × #Tech #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Feb.16.2026 × 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
#Politics × #Australian continent #Australia × #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Feb.15.2026 × 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
#Business #Politics × #director #United Kingdom #Australia × #Europe #Insular Oceania
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