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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(FILES) Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, testifies during the US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing "Big Tech and the Online Child Sexual Exploitation Crisis" in Washington, DC, on January 31, 2024. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes US government pressure on his social media platforms to take down certain Covid-19 content in 2021 was "wrong," and said he would resist similar attempts in the future, according to a letter submitted to a US congressional committee on August 26, 2024. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

Social media giants ‘to pay up or else’

Facebook and other social media companies will have hefty levies imposed on them by the federal government if they refuse to negotiate deals with Australian news companies and pay to use their content online.

Sarah Ison and James Madden

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos December 11, 2024: Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese speaks at the Sydney Jewish museum while on a visit with, Member for Sydney, Tanya Plibersek and Member for Wentworth, Allegra Spender after recent anti-semitic attacks in Melbourne and another in Sydney. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard

Almost an epiphany on anti-Semitism for Anthony Albanese

Anthony Albanese has issued an emotional plea for national unity to end the ‘evil’ of anti-Semitism after a fresh hate crime in Sydney, as he defended his government against claims its hard-line stance on Israel had encouraged attacks on Australian Jews.

Ben Packham and Sarah Ison

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - DECEMBER 11, 2024:The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese holds baby Maise 3 months after delivering a speech at the Morningside Panthers AFL club in Brisbane.Picture: NewsWire / Glenn Campbell

Childcare centre splurge to slug taxpayers $1bn

Taxpayers will bankroll Labor’s $1bn pledge to build 160 new childcare centres, in a re-election vow that echoes Kevin Rudd’s 17-year-old broken promise to construct 260 daycare centres at schools.

Natasha Bita and Sarah Ison

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - JULY 17, 2024. The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese visits a childcare centre in Brisbane before announcing the Labor candidate for the seat of Brisbane, Madonna Jarrett. Picture: Dan Peled / NewsWire

Albanese pledge: three days of childcare for all in votes chase

Anthony Albanese will guarantee families earning up to $530,000 access to childcare subsidies three days a week as part of a pre-election cash splash.

Geoff Chambers and Sarah Ison

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 08, 2024: Josh Burns, Member for Macnamara, speaks at a vigil near the Adass Israel Synagogue of Melbourne after it was destroyed by fire on Friday. Picture: NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Dutton’s ‘partisan games’ blamed for block on statement

Labor MP Josh Burns says Peter Dutton is playing partisan games by stopping James Paterson from reading out his statement

Sarah Ison

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NORTH SHORE TIMES ONLY. SEE EDITOR TIM MCINTYRE FOR PERMSIION TO USE. Federal Arts Minister and Member for Bradfield Paul Fletcher in his Lidfield electoral office. Picture: John Appleyard

Teals smelling blood as Lib moderate exits

Coalition frontbencher Paul Fletcher’s sudden political departure has dealt another blow to the Liberals’ moderate faction and emboldened a teal surge.

Alexi Demetriadi, Sarah Ison and Summer Liu

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*** BESTPIX *** MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 18: Thousands of union members take part in a protest rally on September 18, 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. The strike is in response to legislation that forces the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) to accept administration following allegations of criminal links and corruption. The new legislation, which passed the Senate with support from the opposition, gives the relevant minister the power to appoint an administrator. The CFMEU has criticized the law, saying it strips members of the right to a fair process and has vowed a legal fight. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

CFMEU ‘treated as badly as Gaza’

A union leader made the claim as the nation’s highest court heard arguments that legislation placing the union’s construction division into administration is invalid.

Rhiannon Down and Sarah Ison

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Pat Anderson, left, has accused Peter Dutton of invoking hatred.

Dutton accused of ‘hatred’ over flag stance

Peter Dutton’s vow to stand only in front of the Australian flag at public appearances has been condemned by Uluru Dialogue co-chair Pat Anderson.

Sarah Ison

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Unpaid carers to get more support under 10-year plan

More than three million Australians caring for loved ones living with a disability or illness will have immediate access to 10,000 additional phone counselling sessions as part of the first national carer strategy since 2015.

Sarah Ison

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Generic Childcare photo, Kids playing, Kindergarten, Picture: Getty Images,

Flat fee for childcare ‘fraught with danger’

The introduction of a $10-a-day flat-fee model for childcare risks repeating the mistakes made in aged care, a milestone report has found.

Sarah Ison

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