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Samantha MaidenNational political editor

Samantha Maiden is the political editor for news.com.au. She has also won three Walkleys for her coverage of federal politics including the Gold Walkley in 2021. She was also previously awarded the Graham Perkin Australian Journalist of the Year, Kennedy Awards Journalist of the Year and Press Gallery Journalist of the Year. A press gallery veteran, she has covered federal politics for more than 20 years.

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‘Prepared to die’: New clip shows hero’s act

New video: Hero shot twice tackling killer

The tobacconist who risked everything to stop the carnage has received a bedside visit as new footage of the tackle emerges.

NSW & ACT Politics

‘Need to change’: Gun law crackdown looms

‘Need to change’: Gun law crackdown looms

The Premier is ready to recall parliament as shocking details emerge about the arsenal and dark past of the Bondi Beach terror suspects.

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‘Blood on his hands’: Albo under fire

Public sentiment is turning on Anthony Albanese, as critics blast his lack of action on anti-Semitism in the aftermath of the Bondi Beach terror attack.

TOPSHOT - This screen grab of UGC video taken on December 14, 2025 and received courtesy of Mike Ortiz shows beach-goers fleeing Bondi Beach after gunmen opened fire, in Sydney on December 14, 2025. Two suspected shooters opened fire at Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach, killing nine people and wounding multiple others in an attack that spread panic, with bodies reported lying on the ground. (Photo by Mike Ortiz / UGC / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE â MANDATORY CREDIT Â« AFP PHOTO / UGC / Mike Ortiz Â» - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS â DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS [ NO ARCHIVE ]

What happens now? Promise to ‘eradicate’

These are the images that will leave Sydney, and indeed Australia, forever and irrevocably changed. We will never forget what happened.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - December 14, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Acting Deputy Commissioner Nigel Ryan, Director-General of Security of Australia, Mike Burgess hold a press conference after the Bondi Terrorist attack at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Act of evil’: PM condemns Bondi attack

The PM has declared the Bondi terror attack an “act of evil” and a “dark day”, but Australia’s terror threat will not be increased.

UPDATEDCourts & Law

brittany higgins breaks silence after ruling

Higgins breaks silence after Lehrmann loses

Brittany Higgins has broken her silence after Federal Court judges upheld a ruling that Bruce Lehrmann is a rapist.

Astonishing detail in top-secret Albo wedding

Astonishing detail in top-secret Albo wedding

A mysterious man called David ordered flowers for a ‘backyard wedding’. The truth left the Canberra florist stunned.

AnalysisPolitics

Death threat behind PM’s wedding secrecy

‘I will kill’: Threat changed Albo wedding

High security surrounded the PM’s spring wedding — and it also dropped some big hints about who is in and who is out of the Prime Minister’s inner circle.

Anthony Albanese has married Jodie Haydon. Picture: Supplied

Albo and Jodie marry in top secret ceremony

Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon have officially tied the knot in a stunning wedding this weekend. Here’s why they kept details of the affair a closely-guarded secret.

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There was one striking detail in Jodie's dress.

Stunning fact about Jodie’s wedding dress

There is one very striking detail in Anthony Albanese’s new bride Jodie Haydon’s wedding dress that you may not know.

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