Tony Burke
In Sydney’s west, division over Gaza action drives election debate
An activist group’s attempt to ban politicians from attending Muslim events has drawn criticism from some community leaders, but others insist politicians haven’t got the message.
- Perry Duffin, Anthony Segaert and Matt Wade
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‘Interrupt, disrupt, expose’: Plan to drive MPs from Sydney’s mosques
A campaign is under way to force government and opposition politicians away from the city’s Islamic community by heckling and filming them.
- Perry Duffin
Tony Burke forced to leave prayer event; unauthorised flyers label him ‘racist’
Activists are flooding the immigration minister’s western Sydney electorate with flyers and banners labelling him a “racist”.
- Jessica McSweeney
Furious Dutton says Burke is lying about caravan plot briefings
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke accused the opposition leader of playing into criminals’ hands, but the Coalition said its leaders were briefed on January 30.
- Olivia Ireland and James Massola
‘First arrest of many’: Graduate faces deportation as Trump cracks down on student protests
The case marks a dramatic escalation of the US president’s efforts to curb what he calls “antisemitic and anti-American activity” on university campuses.
- Michael Koziol
Could Trump’s tariffs spell disaster for Australia’s screen industry?
High-profile shows cancelled, no sign of streaming quotas and the spectre of Donald Trump have sent a chill through Australia’s film and television industry.
- Karl Quinn
What it’s like at one of Sydney’s so-called ‘vote-buying’ citizenship ceremonies
Under the Sydney Showground’s corrugated iron roof, hundreds of soon-to-be Australian citizens wore their Saturday best. But with allegations of an industrial-scale vote stack, one couple believed there was too much focus on voting.
- Max Maddison
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- Immigration
Coalition senator fills in for Burke at citizenship ceremonies slammed by Dutton
Kerrynne Liddle spoke at a citizenship ceremony on behalf of Tony Burke on the same day Coalition colleagues implied he was using the events to swing votes in key seats.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
Dutton wrongly says Labor is fast-tracking citizenship for Gazans to win votes
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton made a series of unfounded claims in an interview on Thursday. Home Affairs says nobody who has fled the war-torn strip since 2023 is eligible for citizenship.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
Opposition leader is more like Trump than he cares to admit
Until the Liberals find a leader worthy of representing Australia, we’re better off in Labor’s steady hands, writes Graham Lum.
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