#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
#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
#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
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