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January 08, 2026

Adelaide festival dumps prominent academic Randa Abdel-Fattah over ‘cultural sensitivity’ concerns after Bondi attack

Abdel-Fattah accuses the board of ‘blatant and shameless’ anti-Palestinian racism and censorship, as other authors pull out in solidarity

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January 08, 2026

Albanese announces royal commission after Bondi attack as he defends not calling inquiry earlier

Prime minister confirms commission on antisemitism and social cohesion after initially resisting demands for a broad national inquiry

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January 07, 2026

Australia news live: BlueScope rejects $13.2bn Stokes bid; police warn of shopping centre carpark scam

Seven tycoon will need to find more cash to buy steel maker. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email ...

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January 07, 2026

PM attends funeral of Bondi victim – as it happened

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January 07, 2026

Labor group urges Albanese to rescind invitation to Israeli president Isaac Herzog

Friends of Palestine has criticised the decision to invite Israel’s head of state to Australia in a sign of further strain within the Labor...

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January 07, 2026

Melbourne swelters through hottest day in six years as severe heatwave descends on Australia’s south-eastern states

Hot conditions for NSW, Victoria, South Australia, the ACT, Tasmania and WA as authorities warn of high fire danger

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January 06, 2026

NSW ministers warned not to meet alone with prominent lobbyist after firm placed on watchlist

Eamonn Fitzpatrick, a former media adviser to several Labor premiers and prime ministers, says he ‘self-reported two genuine errors’ and rectified...

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January 06, 2026

‘Won’t go down without a fight’: Moira Deeming among Victorian Liberal MPs facing preselection challenge

Exclusive: Western metropolitan region MP to battle Dinesh Gourisetty before November state election as Ann-Marie Hermans also challenged

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January 06, 2026

Protester detained in Sydney for wearing ‘globalise the intifada’ jacket says she should never have been arrested

Woman, 53, claims police told her slogan was unlawful despite being unable to point to legislation banning its use

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January 06, 2026

Sydney protest restrictions extended for 14 days as activist group vows to file legal challenge this week

NSW police commissioner says decision ‘not about stopping free speech’ and points to risk of ‘public safety incident’ The New South Wales police...

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January 05, 2026

Australia news live: NSW police to decide whether to extend post-Bondi shooting protest ban; PM to visit flood-hit Queensland

Police commissioner Mal Lanyon’s current declaration restricts public assemblies in Sydney’s south-west, north-west and central metropolitan areas....

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January 05, 2026

Rise in holiday measles infections sparks health alerts in NSW, SA and Victoria

Cases of the highly contagious virus jumped nearly threefold in 2025 as immunisation rates declinedGet our breaki...

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