Jacquelin Magnay

Jacquelin Magnay is the Europe Correspondent for The Australian, based in London and covering all manner of big stories across political, business, Royals and security issues. She is a George Munster and Walkley Award winning journalist with senior media roles in Australian and British newspapers. Before joining The Australian in 2013 she was the UK Telegraph’s Olympics Editor.

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standards violationGolf

AUGUSTA, GEORGIA - APRIL 13: Tiger Woods of the United States acknowledges the crowd walking off the 18th green during the third round of the 2024 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on April 13, 2024 in Augusta, Georgia. Andrew Redington/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Andrew Redington / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

WADA media chief in freebie Masters golf pass scandal

The World Anti Doping Agency, already under pressure following two Chinese doping scandals, faces more scrutiny after it emerged a senior executive obtained a Reuters media credential.

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Indo-Pacific SecurityWorld

Prospective British Conservative leaders have led a widespread chorus of opposition to Sir Keir Starmer’s government’s “astonishing” decision on Thursday to cede British sovereignty of the Chagos Islands.

Britain cedes sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius

Critics slam Sir Keir Starmer’s ceding of British territory, Chagos Islands, to Mauritius, claiming it enhances China’s authority in the Indo-Pacific region.

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‘astonishing backflips’Nation

Julian Assange sits alongside his wife Stella at the Palais de l'Europe in Strasbourg to address the Committee of Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on October 1, 2024. Photo: Jacquelin Magnay

‘I lost 14 years’: Assange breaks silence

The WikiLeaks founder has spoken for the first time since striking a plea deal with the US, blaming powerful British and American institutions, oil giants and banks for his lengthy battle with the law.

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IsraelWorld

People check the rubble of buildings which were levelled on September 27 by Israeli strikes that targeted and killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut's southern suburbs, on September 29, 2024. Israel killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in a huge air strike in Lebanon, dealing the movement a seismic blow that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on September 28 called a "turning point" for his country. (Photo by AFP)

‘Special ops go in, invasion imminent’

Israeli special forces have been carrying out raids into southern Lebanon ahead of a possible ground invasion that could come as early as this week.

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Israel at warWorld

Lebanese army soldiers gather over the rubble of a levelled buildings as people flight the flames, following Israeli air strikes in the Haret Hreik neighbourhood of Beirut's southern suburbs on September 27, 2024. A source close to Hezbollah said the massive Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs flattened six buildings. (Photo by Ibrahim AMRO / AFP)

Nasrallah blown up by 80 tonnes of ‘bunker busters’

When Benjamin Netanyahu faced the UN General Assembly, he had just minutes before approved one of the biggest single airstrikes on a major city in recent history.

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World

Israel has targeted Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in an aggressive strike on Beirut.

‘We settled the score’: Netanyahu says as Hezbollah chief is killed

Benjamin Netanyahu tells Israelis he ordered the killing of Hassan Nasrallah in massive air strikes in Beirut to enable the safe return of Israel’s northern residents, and warns Iran: ‘There’s nowhere beyond our reach.’

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DefenceDefence

Australia's deputy prime minister Richard Marles (l) with UK defence secretary John Healey and the US secretary of defence Lloyd Austin at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich on Thursday September 27, 2024 to discuss the AUKUS Alliance. Photo: Jacquelin Magnay

Keating takes swipe at AUKUS ministers meeting

Former prime minister Paul Keating has slammed the AUKUS alliance partners for failing to respond to concerns about the future of Australian military sovereignty.

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war on two frontsWorld

Lebanese army soldiers secure the area of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an apartment on al-Qaem street in Beirutâs southern suburbs on September 26, 2024. Israel flatly rejected on September 26 a push led by key backer the United States for a 21-day ceasefire in Lebanon, as it vowed to keep fighting Hezbollah militants "until victory". (Photo by Fadel ITANI / AFP)

Netanyahu ‘shares aim of US-led peace initiative’

Benjamin Netanyahu blamed claims he rejected a US-led push for ceasefire with Hezbollah on ‘misreporting’, as officials say his denial of the truce had ‘shattered’ relations with Washington.

Anne Barrowclough and Jacquelin Magnay

UK treatyDefence

(L-R) Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Britain's Defence Secretary John Healey smiles for members of the media ahead of the AUKUS Defense Ministerial Meeting in London on September 26, 2024. The UK, US and Australia have forged a new defence alliance in recent years dubbed AUKUS, which is seen as primarily aimed at countering China's growing military strength in the Asia-Pacific region. (Photo by Kin Cheung / POOL / AFP)

New AUKUS deal with UK to keep $368bn nuclear sub program on track

Ministers believe having a new bilateral framework between Australia and the UK – in addition to the trilateral deal with the US – will accelerate the design, build and delivery of SSN-AUKUS.

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Assisted SuicideWorld

Euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke and his Sarco suicide pod

Arrests after Aussie suicide pod used for first time in Switzerland

An American woman immediately pressed the button to die once inside the controversial Sarco ‘suicide capsule, says ‘Dr Death’ Philip Nitschke.

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