#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.14.2026 × Australia news live: Hume says opposition would resist any CGT increase; high-profile Liberal quits party saying there are ‘other ways I can support women’. Follow the latest updates live
#Politics × #Anthony Albanese #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Feb.14.2026 × 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
#Politics × #USA #Anthony Albanese #Australian continent × #Australia #North America #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Feb.13.2026 × 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
#Politics × #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. #Feb.12.2026 × 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
#Islamic #Politics × #Religious #Australian continent × #Australia #Asia #Insular Oceania #Israel #Isaac Herzog
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