#theguardian.com. Woman in Syrian detention camp banned from returning to Australia for up to two years. Person among group of 34 women and children who were released from al-Roj camp on Monday but were forced to return
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#bbc.com. Australia temporarily bans citizen from IS-linked group trying to return. The person temporarily banned is among a group of 34 who this week attempted to leave the camp for Australia.
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#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’
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#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. Man charged with murder after Merrylands stabbing spree had allegedly absconded from hospital. Sydney health authorities say 25-year-old accused ‘absconded from care while being transferred from Cumberland to Westmead hospital’ 10 days earlier
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#motorsport.com. Petronas in race against time to homologate F1 2026 fuel. The sustainable fuel manufacturer for Mercedes is racing against time to get its fuel approved for F1 2026. If approval is not granted in time for the Australian Grand Prix, teams may be forced to use
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. Role of far-right ‘manosphere’ in homophobic attacks on men to be investigated in Victoria. Exclusive: Greens move to call parliamentary inquiry after series of ‘disturbing’ attacks targeting gay and bisexual men lured via dating apps
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#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. Building 1.2m homes will barely put a dent in Australia’s housing affordability, one expert says. Here’s why. Thinking ‘supply is the answer’ lets politicians dodge a much more difficult conversation about tax – for investors and owners
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. Algorithm-based tool for home support funding is ‘cruel’ and ‘inhumane’, Australian aged care workers warn. Mark Aitken, who worked in the sector for 16 years, said eight times out of 10 he disagreed with the integrated assessment tool
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#motorsport.com. Pierre Gasly: ‘Turn your TV on for the start in Australia – it might be memorable’. Gasly won’t be surprised if the start of the Australian Grand Prix is somewhat chaotic
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#aljazeera.com. Australia refuses to repatriate ISIL relatives from Syrian camp. Australia is refusing to repatriate 34 women and children held in a camp in northern Syria.
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#motorsport.com. Oscar Piastri denies McLaren 'sabotage' claims after Australian parliament discussion. Oscar Piastri has rejected claims that McLaren sabotaged his 2025 title bid, insisting there were “no bad intentions” and saying the team has learned its lessons ahead of the 2026 season
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. Gentoo penguins the first birds on Australian territory to contract H5N1 as bird flu spreads. Australian Antarctic Program scientists say virus on Heard Island has spread to new species
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#bbc.com. Ex-NRL winger Matt Utai in serious condition after drive-by shooting. Former NRL star Matt Utai is in a "critical condition" after being shot multiple times outside his home in Sydney, Australia.
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#theguardian.com. Family of 85-year-old Sydney man kidnapped by mistake say they are ‘living through a nightmare’. Chris Baghsarian’s relatives say ‘kidnapping feels surreal and we are struggling to make sense of the fact he has been taken’
#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. Liam Alexander Hall named as man accused of attempted Invasion Day bombing in Perth. Liam Alexander Hall is the first person to be charged with terrorism offences in Western Australia
#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 ×
#aljazeera.com. Australian PM Albanese says no help for ISIL relatives held in Syria camp. Group of 34 women and children with Australian passports forced to return to Roj detention camp for ISIL relatives.
#Feb.17.2026 ×
#wikipedia.org. Australia. Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. Australia has a total area of 7,688,287 km2 (2,968,464 sq mi), making it the sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. It is the world's oldest, flattest, and
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