Sarah Ison

Sarah IsonPolitical Reporter

Sarah Ison is a political reporter in The Australian’s Canberra press gallery bureau, where she covers a range of rounds from higher education to social affairs. Sarah was a federal political reporter with The West Australian’s Canberra team between 2019 and 2021, before which she worked in the masthead’s Perth newsroom. Sarah made her start in regional journalism at the Busselton-Dunsborough Times in 2017.

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attends Day 1 of CHOGM bilateral meeting in Samoa. Anthony Albanese with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Picture supplied

Albanese backs King’s climate crusade

As Australia and UK signed a new partnership to beef-up their collaboration on climate change, King Charles said the world was ‘well past believing it is a problem for the future’.

Sarah Ison

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Britain's King Charles III (C) reacts during the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Apia, Samoa, on October 25, 2024. (Photo by Rick Rycroft / POOL / AFP)

King Charles warns of impact of ‘misinformation, extremism’

King Charles III has raised alarm over misinformation, extremism and the impact of social media on society as part of his address to Commonwealth countries meeting in Samoa.

Sarah Ison

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APIA, SAMOA - OCTOBER 24: King Charles III and Queen Camilla pose with local rugby union playersduring their Samoa Cultural Village visit on October 24, 2024 in Apia, Samoa. The King's visit to Australia is his first as monarch, and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa will be his first as head of the Commonwealth. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

‘We have leadership role on climate change’

Anthony Albanese says Australia is playing a ‘leadership role’ in preparing the Pacific for climate change as he arrived in Samoa for a meeting of Commonwealth leaders.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with China’s Premier Li Qiang on Thursday at the ASEAN summit of south East Asian leaders, in Vientiane, Laos. Image: supplied

‘Clear and consistent’: PM responds to China’s ‘hypocrisy’ claims

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended Australia’s right to stand up for its national interests, following accusations from China’s foreign ministry of ‘systemic racism and hate crimes’.

Sarah Ison and James Dowling

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CANBERRA, Australia. May 10, 2024: Defence expert and former chief of the Department of Home Affairs Mike Pezzullo at home in Canberra. Picture: Martin Ollman

Pezzullo rebuke: ‘it’s out of order’

Prominent Order of Australia holders have criticised the decision to strip Mike Pezzullo of his honour and are demanding more transparency about why the action was taken.

Greg Brown, Sarah Ison and Noah Yim

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Hobart in relation to $188 million funding for Macquarie Wharf. Picture: Nikki Davis-Jones

Australia to face climate pressure at CHOGM

Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong will be pressed by Pacific nations this week about Australia’s fossil fuel exports.

Sarah Ison

ExclusivePolitics

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - APRIL 17, 2024.Liberal Senator Richard Colbeck at a press conference during a hearing of the Senate Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport in Brisbane. The committee discussed Australiaâs preparedness to host Commonwealth, Olympic and Paralympic Games.Picture: Dan Peled / NCA NewsWire

Labor efforts on home care ‘not good enough’

Labor has ‘squandered’ the progress made on home care under the former Coalition government, with wait times for packages blowing out to up to 15 months.

Sarah Ison

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 21: Queen Camilla and King Charles III visit the Australian War Memorial on October 21, 2024, in Canberra, Australia. The King's visit to Australia is his first as monarch, and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa will be his first as head of the Commonwealth. (Photo by Victoria Jones - Pool/Getty Images)

King weighs in on ‘unmistakeable’ climate change

The King has intervened in Australia’s climate change debate, saying the nation was ‘particularly vulnerable’ from rising temperatures and backing the Albanese government’s rollout of renewables.

Noah Yim and Sarah Ison

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Pezzullo: ‘I don’t need any honours’

Responding to the announcement that he had been officially stripped of his Order of Australia, former Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo said the matter paled in comparison to the serious issues currently facing the world.

Sarah Ison

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Jim Chalmers and Anthon Albanese are at odds over negative gearing.

Labor MPs renew negative gearing push after PM’s $4.3m house splash

Labor MPs want negative gearing reform to be put back on the table in the wake of revelations Anthony Albanese purchased a $4.3m home, threatening a pre-election schism between the PM and Jim Chalmers over housing tax policies.

Sarah Ison and Geoff Chambers

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