#theguardian.com. × 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
#Feb.18.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. × 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’
#Feb.18.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. × 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
#Feb.18.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. × 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
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. × 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
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. × 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
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. × 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
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. × 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
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. × 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
#Feb.16.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. × 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
#Feb.16.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. × Jonathan Powell rejects overtures to replace McSweeney as Starmer’s chief of staff. Exclusive: National security adviser previously held the role under Blair but is considering plans to step down this year
#Feb.15.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. × 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
#Feb.14.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. × 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
#Feb.13.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. × 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
#Feb.12.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. × NSW police watchdog to investigate alleged police brutality at Sydney protest against Isaac Herzog. Despite premier Chris Minns’s objection to an inquiry, Law Enforcement Conduct Commission says it is in public interest to investigate ‘alleged misconduct’
#Feb.13.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. × Sussan Ley to quit politics after being deposed as Liberal leader, triggering contentious byelection. Ley said she would step away ‘completely and comprehensively from public life’ after losing leadership ballot to Angus Taylor
#Feb.13.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. × Angus Taylor becomes opposition leader after defeating Sussan Ley in Liberal party leadership ballot. Former shadow defence minister wins partyroom vote, ending Ley’s tumultuous nine-month reign as the first female leader of the Liberals
#Feb.12.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. × Anthony Albanese raises bulldozed Australian war graves with Israeli president. Prime minister stresses importance of repairs to graves in Gaza being conducted as soon as possible in meeting with Isaac Herzog
#Feb.12.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. × NSW premier won’t apologise to Muslims after police grab men praying at rally against Isaac Herzog. Chris Minns doubles down on support for NSW police, stating officers would ‘never have disrupted a prayer service … unless it was in the middle of a riot’
#Feb.12.2026 ×
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