#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2026 In 2022, Labor MPs urged compassion for Australian women and children stuck in Syria. Now Albanese has only contempt | Dan Jervis-Bardy. The government’s drastically changed rhetoric about its legal obligations to Australian citizens is a symptom of 2026’s ugly politics
#Politics #Anthony Albanese #Australian continent × #Australia #Asia #Insular Oceania #Syria
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2026 Guardian Essential poll: more than half of Australians open to voting for One Nation despite Hanson’s Muslim comments. A quarter of respondents say they would ‘definitely’ back the rightwing populist party at the next election while a third say they’re ‘open’ to it
#Islamic #Religious #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2026 NT environmentalists ‘gobsmacked’ at federal green light to bulldoze nearly 3,000 hectares of tropical savanna. Daly River region is home to threatened species such as the ghost bat, Gouldian finch, pig-nosed turtle and red goshawk
#Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2026 Ban under-16s from riding ebikes and e-scooters then require a driver’s licence, Queensland inquiry to recommend. Exclusive: State parliament’s inquiry will propose a crackdown amid concerns over injuries and deaths
#Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2026 Amyl and the Sniffers embroiled in US legal battle after photographer countersues singer. The rock band’s Amy Taylor claimed copyright infringement over sales of prints but now faces counter action in Los Angeles court
#Showbiz #USA #Australian continent × #Australia #North America #Insular Oceania #music
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2026 Anthony Albanese evacuated from official Canberra residence for three hours due to bomb threat. Prime minister moved from The Lodge to another location while investigation under way
#Politics #Anthony Albanese #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2026 Albanese says One Nation doesn’t ‘represent working people’ and claims Pocock ‘seeks to promote grievance’. Prime minister discusses range of issues in hour-long YouTube interview with Karl Stefanovic
#Politics #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2026 Tammy Shipley remembered as loving mother who picked tomatoes for her family at inquest into her death. The 47-year-old died in 2022 while on remand at Silverwater women’s correctional centre for minor shoplifting charges
#Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2026 Gus Lamont’s parents appeal to public for information and say ‘every moment without him is unbearable’. Four-year-old’s parents say ‘even the smallest detail could give us the answers we so desperately need’
#USA #Australian continent × #Australia #North America #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2026 High-speed train ticket between Newcastle and Sydney to cost $31 for one-hour journey from 2039. Rail line projected to cost taxpayers $61.2bn, with further line to Western Sydney international airport to cost extra $32.4bn
#Aviation #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2026 Australian women held in Syrian camp say they would accept children returning home separately. Exclusive: Some of the 11 mothers detained in Kurdish-controlled al-Roj camp say they want Australian government to repatriate children at any cost
#Australian continent × #Australia #Asia #Insular Oceania #Syria
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2026 Tax expert worried Australia on path to neo-feudal society as housing wealth drives inequality. Real inequality is between those who have assets and those without in same generation, not young versus old, says ANU academic
#Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.24.2026 New Zealand would back removal of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from royal line of succession, says PM. Country follows Australia in saying it would support any UK government proposals to remove former prince after arrest
#Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania #New Zealand
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 Maxi Shield, beloved Australian drag queen and Drag Race Down Under star, dies aged 51. Performer appeared in closing ceremony of 2000 Sydney Olympic Games and was a mainstay of city’s drag scene
#Sport #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 Human remains found in search for kidnapped Sydney man Chris Baghsarian, police say. NSW detectives have located what they believe are human remains near a golf club in Pitt Town, 11 days after 85-year-old abducted from North Ryde home
#Sport #Australian continent × #Australia #golf #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 Australian families in convoy from Syrian camp warned they would be attacked unless they turned around. Exclusive: Government forces issued threat because Australian government failed to coordinate with them, official says
#Australian continent × #Australia #Asia #Insular Oceania #Syria
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 Inquiry into Andrew’s links to Jeffrey Epstein is matter for MPs, says No 10. Anthony Albanese says Australia would not object to his removal from royal succession line
#Politics #Anthony Albanese #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 ‘Stuff of nightmares’: calls for help surge by 50% after Australia launches aged-assistance tool. Exclusive: Assessors unable to override algorithm-based tool, leaving people at risk of being pushed into aged care homes before they are ready
#Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 Australian government says it would support removing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from royal line of succession. Anthony Albanese writes to British PM as UK prepares to consider laws to strip former prince of his right to inherit the throne
#Politics #United Kingdom #Anthony Albanese #Australian continent × #Australia #Europe #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 NSW prepares for possible return of Islamic State-linked women and children from Syria. Premier Chris Minns says state has been working with federal government as group of 11 women and 23 children attempt to leave refugee camp
#Islamic #Religious #Australian continent × #Australia #Asia #Insular Oceania #Australia Group #Syria
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 High-speed rail link between Sydney and Newcastle could be ‘shovel-ready’ in two years, Albanese government says. Transport minister Catherine King will pledge $230m for planning work for the first phase of a bullet train on Australia’s east coast
#Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 Bill Kelty’s tax reform comments cast a harsh light on Labor’s lack of ambition. The Labor heavyweight and union legend says young Australians increasingly feel economic policy is rigged against them. But will Jim Chalmers step up?
#Business #Politics #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
#theguardian.com. × #Feb.23.2026 Tammy Shipley drank 67 glasses of water before her death in custody from water intoxication, inquest hears. The state coroner will examine why police failed to identify the Aboriginal mother of five’s acute mental health conditions at the time of her arrest, despite having previously detained her under the m
#Health #Australian continent × #Australia #Insular Oceania
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