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Australian ISIS brides turned back after leaving Syrian camp for home
7+ hour, 7+ min ago (890+ words) Updated February 16, 2026 " 10:51pm,first published 8:54pm A large group of Australian Islamic State brides and their children left a Syrian camp late on Monday on their way back to Australia, but were turned around about 50 kilometres down the road and sent back…...
‘Not surplus land or disposable asset’: Labor MP says Victoria Barracks should be saved
1+ week, 4+ day ago (464+ words) February 5, 2026 " 7:30pm A state Labor MP has demanded plans to sell the historic Victoria Barracks in Sydney's east be abandoned, arguing the site is one of the military's most important and should remain in public hands. Coogee MP Marjorie O'Neill has…...
Bunnings wins appeal over use of facial recognition technology to fight crime
1+ week, 4+ day ago (429+ words) February 5, 2026 " 10:01am Bunnings has successfully overturned a decision by the privacy commissioner that found the hardware retailer breached the privacy of thousands of customers by trialling facial recognition technology to clamp down on shoplifters. During 2018 and 2021, Bunnings trialled technology in 62 stores…...
Brits in Australia are shredding their passports. I think I know why
3+ week, 3+ day ago (648+ words) January 23, 2026 " 3:30pm Renouncing your citizenship is a bold move. Some might even say dramatic. You lose the passport of your home country, your right to vote in that country, plus your nationality. To some, it even means shedding some of the…...
Ley will work with Labor on softer hate laws, as fears brew they won’t take on radical groups
4+ week, 22+ hour ago (797+ words) January 19, 2026 " 10:47am Opposition Leader Sussan Ley will work with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to pass a watered-down hate crimes bill, overriding the Nationals and conservative Coalition backbenchers, but there is fresh concern that the softer laws will make it harder to…...
Senior manager at bikie-linked security firm charged over threats to Age journalist
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (467+ words) A senior manager of bikie-linked security company MA Services Group has been charged with threatening the safety of investigative journalist Nick McKenzie following a call allegedly made to his home on Christmas Eve. Victoria Police said a 31-year-old man from…...
Former Labor MP Craig Thomson jailed over migration and COVID scams
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (1231+ words) Former federal Labor MP and serial fraudster Craig Thomson has been jailed for a maximum of four years for committing a migration scam, including faking documents about a baby, as well as for COVID payments fraud. The former national secretary…...
PM unveils new reforms to immigration and hate speech
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (18+ words) Anthony Albanese has announced major reforms to immigration and hate speech laws after growing pressure to combat antisemitism....
Ley plans to slash refugee intake in Coalition migration policy
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (615+ words) Opposition Leader Sussan Ley is planning to cut by thousands the number of refugees Australia brings into the country as she searches for ways to drive down the overall inflow of migrants. Shadow ministers working on the migration policy, which…...
Ley’s leaked plan to turbocharge deportations
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (951+ words) Unlawful immigrants would be deported and visas torn up if people breached Australian values under a plan by Opposition Leader Sussan Ley to muscle up to One Nation and Labor on migration. The Coalition's blueprint for lowering immigration is being…...