In an eventful start to parliament for 2026, MPs came together with condolences for the victims of the Bondi terror attack and passed hurried reforms on guns and hate speech. And then, on the national day of mourning on Thursday, the Coalition split fo

In an eventful start to parliament for 2026, MPs came together with condolences for the victims of the Bondi terror attack and passed hurried reforms on guns and hate speech. And then, on the national day of mourning on Thursday, the Coalition split fo

We can tackle antisemitism without imperilling Australia’s long history of respect for non-violent public protest

It was hardly an ideal environment in which to make major changes to the criminal law. Good reform rarely emerges from high emotion,

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• Children cook meals for needy and mourners lay wreaths for Bondi attack victims on national day of mourning

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A leadership challenge could be likely if Ley’s conservative rivals, Angus Taylor and Andrew Hastie, agree on who should be the candidate

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It was the bill that the prime minister hoped would bring people together, but instead, Labor’s hate speech legislation and the Liberal party’s decision to endorse it, has torn the Coalition apart.

The entire Nationals front bench has quit Sussan

Senior Coalition sources also believe David Littleproud’s leadership of the Nationals could end after division over hate speech laws

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Albanese government says laws, crafted in wake of Bondi terror attack, are ‘strongest’ Australia has seen in combating racial hatred

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Treasurer joins former PM Malcom Turnbull in praising Mark Carney’s comments at the World Economic Forum gathering in Davos

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David Littleproud says Sussan Ley was ‘aware of the consequences’ of divide over hate speech laws

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Survey by organisation, which is led by former Liberal senator Mathias Cormann, says economy is ‘now normalising’, after post-pandemic struggle

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Good morning. Division over Labor’s hate speech laws is threatening the future of the Coalition, after the e

To tie ourselves to the worst excesses of the Trump regime would be an act of national sabotage

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Departure of all eight remaining frontbenchers was not sparked by principled policy differences, but by ego, ideology and arrogance

• Coalition in crisis as entire Nationals frontbench quits after division over hate speech laws

David Littleproud and seven other frontbench colleagues resign their positions after Sussan Ley accepted resignations from three Nationals senators

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• Coalition under threat as three Nationals senators resign from frontbench after crossing floor

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Anthony Albanese and Tony Burke say the laws are needed to protect Australians – particularly the Jewish community

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The Greens have claimed Labor’s newly passed ha

Families call for end to political ‘bickering’ as David Crisafulli confirms the state LNP will not back the program

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The parents of police murdered in a 2022 ambus

Laws to ban hate groups and establish a national gun buyback scheme have passed the Senate after the Albanese government struck separate deals with the Liberals and Greens to legislate its response to the Bondi beach massacre. The two bills were rushed

While tariffs have been ‘all show and no substance’, economists fear an AI investment bubble and tensions in the South China Sea, along with Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve’s independence

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Coalition divided over reforms in response to Bondi beach terror attack, with Bridget McKenzie accusing government of ‘trashing normal process of parliamentary scrutiny’

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• Liberal leader claims credit for ‘fixing’ Labor’s hate speech laws as they pass lower house

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Opinions are divided

Liberals MPs agreed late on Monday to back Labor’s revised bill, which came in the wake of the Bondi beach terror attack

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• Labor and Coalition on track to achieve deal on hate speech laws

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Marles ‘confident about the future of Nato’

PM confirms Australia was asked on weekend to join new body focused on Gaza reconstruction and Middle East peace efforts

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Conceding that his hate speech and gun law omnibus bill was friendless and unable to pass parliament, Anthony Albanese announced over the weekend that he would split the legislation in two.

It was a move the PM said he needed to make if he wanted

Executive Council of Australia Jewry implores Anthony Albanese and Sussan Ley to thrash out deal after government splits contentious bill

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Jewish leaders have warn

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Labor does not ‘share the concerns of the Greens’ on hate speech laws: Gallagher

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Finance minister also says Arctic territory’s sovereignty ‘a matter for Greenland and Denmark’ as European Nato countries send troops

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We remain the only liberal democracy not to have adopted its own constitutional or statutory bill of rights

The very idea that all human beings have inalienable rights, and that humanity is distinctive and precious, is under serious assault.

Anthony Albanese says government will not proceed with racial vilification provisions, which in current form ‘do not have the support of the Senate’

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The superpower still plays a critical role in the Pacific, but there will be no going back to the liberal world order even after this presidential term ends, analysts agree

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As MPs prepare for an early return to Canberra to consider Labor’s draft bill, the politics must not be allowed to hide the fact that it would be bad law

In the frenetic first few hours after the Bondi shooting, Sussan Ley was quick to issue a st

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• Penny Wong says Sussan Ley’s leadership ‘unsalvageable’ after Coalition flags opposition to new hate laws

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Christian and Islamic leaders publish joint letter criticising the bill as Labor faces uphill battle to pass reforms

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Labor has hit back at Sussan Ley’s refusal to

Coalition, Greens and free speech advocates have expressed concern about the bill, which looks set to fail in its current form. Here’s why

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Accounts removed or restricted on Twitch, Kick, YouTube, Threads, Facebook, Instagram, Snap, X, TikTok and Reddit in world-leading ban

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More than 4.7m social media

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• Labor’s hate speech and gun laws set to fail as Coalition and Greens rule out support

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Opposition leader says government took ‘a month to deliver this bad bill’ as Labor criticises Liberal ‘hypocrisy’ on proposed hate laws

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The memorandum accompanying hate speech bill is 319 pages long. Here’s what you need to know about the laws proposed after Bondi terror attack

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It’s not a healthy relationship

Organisation singled out by home affairs minister as one that could be targeted by new laws targeting ‘hate groups’

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It comes after opposition leader Sussan Ley has spent weeks calling for better legislative protections to tackle antisemitism

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• Senior Liberals urge colleagues to vote against Labor’s hate speech and gun laws in wake of Bondi terror attack

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Anne Aly said the government was ‘open to considering extending the protections to other types of hate’

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Greystanes man Greg Tait, 43, did not enter a plea and told the court he is seeking legal advice

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As the government brings its new hate laws to parliament, it’s worth remembering past attempts suggest legislation used to outlaw political groups have been neither wise nor necessary

Australia’s history of banning political groups gives pause fo

Federal parliamentary inquiry hears tax concessions undercut policies, including first home buyer assistance

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