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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Cloncurry, north-west Queensland, on Tuesday.

PM signals royal commission U-turn as public pressure grows

The prime minister has declined to rule out a federal royal commission into the Bondi attacks in the face of mounting public pressure.

A menorah frames flowers laid in grief a week after the December 14 massacre at Bondi Beach.

Bondi probe should examine security shake-up, say former officials

Security experts say investigations into the attack should examine Labor’s decision to shift ASIO and the AFP out of Home Affairs, then back again.

Labor MP Julian Hill, before becoming a minister, criticised his government’s rules on partner visas as illegal.

Labor accused of breaking the law on migration rules

Labor’s Julian Hill said the rules were “cruel” and “illegal” in opposition, but the Albanese government has continued the Coalition’s policy.

This Month

Chris Minns and Anthony Albanese spoke eloquently that the attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on all of us. What needs to happen now? Action.

The unaffordable cost of not calling an antisemitism royal commission

How have you allowed your government to throw money at increased security for Jewish Australians rather than demanding the combating of the core issue of antisemitism?

The senior cabinet minister rebuked the Albanese government over its failure to identify “radical Islam” as the “driving ideology” behind the Bondi attack.

Israel offers to train Australian police to counter terror

Israeli’s Diaspora Affairs Minister says Israel brings “extensive experience in combating radical Islamic terrorism and anti-Semitism”.

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December 2025

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke announced new hate speech laws on Thursday.

‘Unconvincing’: Jewish groups slam PM on refusal of royal commission

Critics say Labor is evading a federal inquiry into the Bondi shooting to prevent criticism of the government’s lack of leadership on domestic antisemitism.

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese provide an update on Operation Arques.

Bondi terrorists not in Philippines ‘for tourism’: AFP

Police have provided new details about a month-long visit to the Philippines by the two Islamic State inspired gunman weeks before they murdered 15 Australians.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Albanese’s Bondi shooting royal commission excuses are implausible

The reasons put forward by the government for rejecting such an inquiry are the same they used with COVID-19. It all reeks of political protection.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Minster for Immigration Tony Burke

‘Deal with antisemitism’: Julie Bishop joins calls for royal commission

Anthony Albanese has doubled down on his opposition to a federal royal commission into the Bondi terror attack and growing antisemitism despite mounting pressure.

The books MPs are reading over summer

From reading memoirs about Aussie pub rock to hikes across Tasmania’s Overland Track, here’s how Australia’s politicians hope to unwind over the break.

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DroneShield soars; Bondi’s hero cop; Star CEO quits

Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.

Blame game erupts over Bondi massacre as PM pledges new gun laws

The Albanese government is facing a wave of criticism for failing to heed warnings about the seriousness of the threat posed by antisemitism.

Israel joins Bondi terror probe as calls grow for ASIO review

Israel’s intelligence services will help investigate whether the attackers had links to Iran or the Islamic State.

High-profile guests at Graham Richardson’s state funeral.

Tribes pay tribute to Richo, a deal maker who ‘gave voice to the mob’

The country’s political and media elite gathered to celebrate the “colourful” powerbroker, with Anthony Albanese acknowledging his service and controversies.

Wells refers herself for expenses audit, as calls grow for review

The spending saga threatens to engulf the government, as it widens to trade minister and attorney-general, with calls for a review of the family reunion entitlement.

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Pressure mounts on Wells as travel expense revelations roll on

Anika Wells also billed taxpayers $765 on a chauffeur-driven car on the day she attended the Magic Millions Race Day on the Gold Coast.

Communications Minister Anika Wells.

Wells bills taxpayers $1800 to attend Melbourne F1 Grand Prix with husband

Anthony Albanese insists his rising star sports and communications minister followed taxpayer-funded travel rules, but integrity experts say the rules need to change. 

ETU NSW secretary Allen Hicks at a May Day rally this year.

Militant union makes big power play for whole of NSW

The ETU is seeking to use Labor’s multi-employer bargaining laws to cover all NSW and ACT electrical contractors, threatening to hand the union unprecedented power.

November 2025

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his wife Jodie Haydon, who married on November 29, 2025.

Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon marry in private ceremony

Anthony Albanese and his fiancée Jodie Haydon have tied the knot at a private ceremony in Canberra marking the first time an Australian prime minister has married while in office.

Shadow Minister for The Arts Julian Leeser wants the government’s streaming laws to safeguard the prominence of Australian content.

Coalition backs Labor’s streaming laws despite US tariff threat

The government’s streaming laws are set to pass both houses of parliament, despite US threats of new and increased tariffs.

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