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Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke.

Australia bans Islamist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir under new hate group laws

The Albanese government has enacted its first listing of a prohibited hate group, following reforms lodged after the Bondi massacre.

  • Nick Newling and Max Maddison

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Protesters taking part in the March for Palestine in Brisbane in August, attended by tens of thousands of people

Labor opposes hate speech and gun control law to LNP jeers

Queensland’s Deputy Premier has launched an inflammatory tirade accusing Labor of supporting terrorists and antisemitism after Thursday’s parliamentary vote.

  • Matt Dennien
Premier of Queensland David Crisafulli during an address to the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on Wednesday 18 February 2026.

State walks back attorney-general’s powers as Labor moves to support hate speech bill

Queensland’s opposition will ultimately back the contentious hate speech and gun law changes, while the government has made a last-minute change to the bill.

  • Matt Dennien and Catherine Strohfeldt
NSW Premier Chris Minns has given his first indications on when he will leave the top job.

‘I won’t be here’: NSW premier reveals his leadership timeline

Chris Minns has for the first time put a timeframe on when he will call it quits.

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Virginia Bell has held a private meeting with victims and their families from the Bondi attack.

Commissioner assures Bondi families she will probe Hanukkah security, police delays

New laws will grant immunity to security officers testifying at the Royal Commission on Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion.

  • Matthew Knott
 Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Why Mark Zuckerberg should be dragged in front of this royal commission

The most successful royal commissions name names and result in systemic change. Can we get that kind of accountability when it comes to antisemitism?

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Women are rushing to join firearms training courses, a leading sports shooting group says.

Women rush to firearms training ahead of NSW gun buyback

A leading sporting shooters group is reporting an increase in women seeking firearms training as applications for new gun licences surge.

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Virginia Bell Bondi inquiry

Royal commission rules out eyewitness accounts of Bondi attack

Victims and their families questioned the decision, as former High Court judge Virginia Bell also revealed the “antisemitism” definition to be used by the commission.

  • Michaela Whitbourn, Matthew Knott, Amber Schultz and Eryk Bagshaw
A memorial at Bondi Pavilion in the days after the December 14 massacre.

The five key questions for the Bondi royal commission to answer

The investigation into the December 14 massacre begins public hearings this week with a statement by Virginia Bell, the former High Court judge who will head the inquiry.

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Ahmed Al Ahmed says he will never forget the moment he stared evil in the eye and he says it was the sound of women and children screaming for help that gave him the courage to take on a terrorist.
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Ahmed Al Ahmed reveals what he said to Bondi gunman

Ahmed Al Ahmed says he will never forget the moment he stared evil in the eye and he says it was the sound of women and children screaming for help that gave him the courage to take on a terrorist.