LIVE UPDATES: In an official publication, ISIS have praised a terrorist attack in Australia as a ‘source of pride’, as rage over inaction on antisemitism erupts.
Max Corstorphan
Education leaders have backed plans to take the fight against anti-Semitism into schools, universities and child care centres.
Bethany Hiatt
The Government’s top lawyer has resigned as it prepares for a High Court battle over the under-16 social media ban.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Anthony Albanese admits he could have done more to act on anti-Semitism before the Bondi Beach shooting as he finally unveiled a suite of measures to tackle hatred of Jews and crack down on hate preachers.
Katina Curtis
The Prime Minister has vowed the nation will not be divided by the ‘pure evil’ exhibited at Bondi Beach as the Archbishop of Sydney warned him inflammatory messages at pro-Palestine protests ‘must stop’.
Shannon Hampton
The former Treasurer has hit back at ABC host Sarah Ferguson after she suggested his call for stronger action on anti-Semitism by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese may have been politically motivated.
Amy Cavender
Finance Minister Katy Gallagher evades questions about the AFP warnings of ‘chronic and worsening shortages’ sent just one month before the Bondi terror attack.
Andrew Greene
BEN HARVEY: An impassioned Josh Frydenberg delivered an address that showed for 15 minutes he was more than an ex-politician. He was the father of the nation.
Ben Harvey
Travel entitlements for politicians will be reviewed while Parliament’s expenses watchdog gets a Budget boost in new measures quietly announced on Wednesday.
Anthony Albanese has been accused of a lack of leadership in the wake of a mass shooting at Bondi Beach and ignoring alarm bells raised by the Jewish community about rising Anti-Semitism on home soil.
AARON PATRICK: The former treasurer’s plea for action against anti-Jewish hate was described by a bystander as ‘one of the most important speeches in Australian history’.
Aaron Patrick
Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg spoke from the Bondi beach memorial on Wednesday, where 15 innocent victims were killed in a terrorist attack targeting Jewish Australians. Here is his speech in full.
Josh Frydenberg
Former Liberal frontbencher Josh Frydenberg has delivered an extraordinary emotional and furious speech at the memorial site at Bondi Beach, saying the massacre has brought the ‘greatest shame to our nation’.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been forced to defend his Government’s action as he paid tribute to ‘Australian heroes’ Boris and Sofia Gurman, who tried to stop the Bondi Beach mass shooting.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will on Wednesday unveil a slightly smaller than anticipated Budget deficit in a mid-year update expected to feature major spending cuts and rising revenue.
Matt Mckenzie
Jewish Labor MPs say tougher gun restrictions are important but must not be the only answer to tackling anti-Semitism that has been on the rise in Australia over the past two years.
After two years of talk about stopping anti-Semitism in Australia, Jewish leaders are calling for action. Politicians must listen to them.
Only Australian citizens will be allowed to hold gun licences and limits are likely on how many firearms they can own after the nation’s leaders agreed to a country-wide crackdown on gun ownership.
Katina Curtis and Caitlyn Rintoul
Australia’s largest supermarkets will be banned from price gouging from July as the Albanese Government talks tough on reducing grocery bills.
Oliver Lane
Though there are many detractors of the newly instated under-16 social media ban, not all think it is a bad idea.
Melissa Sheil and Claire Middleton
The approval of Hanwha’s doubled stake in Austal is subject to ‘strict conditions’, including limits on access to sensitive intellectual property held by Austal and “stringent criteria” on any board nominee.
Sean Smith
State health ministers have blasted the Commonwealth for failing to come to the table with adequate hospital funding after talks to strike a five-year deal fell apart today.
Linda Reynolds’ bid to have Brittany Higgins declared bankrupt has succeeded, with the former Senator saying it is ‘the unfortunate consequence’ of her ‘failure to engage’.
Rebecca Le May
Online chat forum Reddit has lodged a legal challenge to Australia’s under 16s social media ban just days after millions of teens were booted from ten popular platforms.
