Liberal senator breaks with party to urge ‘mercy for the children’ of IS-linked Australian women in Syria https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/04/liberal-mclachlan-syria-is-australian-women-children-ntwnfb #AustralianForeignPolicy #LiberalParty #Coalition #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews

Isaac Herzog held secret meeting with Asio boss during Australia trip, intelligence agency confirms https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/03/isaac-herzog-israeli-president-asio-meeting-australia-visit-ntwnfb #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustralianPolitics #AustralianForeignPolicy #DavidPocock #PennyWong #AustraliaNews #Israel

Australia news live: cabinet’s national security committee to meet as US and Israel strike Iran https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/mar/01/australia-news-live-sunday-iran-illegal-war-reaction-labor-coalition #AustraliaNews #AustralianForeignPolicy #Iran #Coalition #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #LaborParty #AnthonyAlbanese #AustralianPolitics #PennyWong #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism

Australian women held in Syrian camps say they would accept children returning home separately https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/24/australian-women-syria-camps-children-ntwnfb #AustraliaNews #Syria #MiddleEastAndNorthAfrica #IslamicState #AustralianCitizenship #Children #AustralianPolitics #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism

Full details of Bondi attack won’t be heard by royal commission, inquiry head says at first public hearing https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/24/bondi-shooting-attack-royal-commission-antisemitism-reduced-scope-ntwnfb #RoyalCommissionOnAntisemitismAndSocialCohesion #AustraliaNews #Antisemitism #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism

Tony Burke says Australia has few options to block return of 34 women and children from Syrian camp https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/22/tony-burke-says-australia-has-few-options-to-block-return-of-34-women-and-children-from-syrian-camp-ntwnfb #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AustraliaNews #TonyBurke #AustralianPolitics #IslamicState

Concerns suspected Australian IS fighters could face death penalty after mass prisoner transfer to Iraq https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/19/concerns-suspected-australian-is-fighters-could-face-death-penalty-after-mass-prisoner-transfer-to-iraq #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #Iraq #Syria #IslamicState #HumanRights #AustraliaNews

Tony Burke ‘taking advice’ from security agencies about Australian women and children in Syria seeking to return https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/17/tony-burke-australian-women-children-syria #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AnthonyAlbanese #AustraliaNews #TonyBurke #IslamicState

ABC airs former Asio agent’s claims that Bondi shooters were radicalised years ago, despite agency’s criticism https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/10/abc-asio-four-corners-bondi-shooters-radicalised-ntwnfb #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #AustralianBroadcastingCorporation #AustralianMedia #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustraliaNews #Media

ABC to air Four Corners episode on Bondi terror attack despite Asio claim of ‘significant errors of fact’ https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/09/abc-four-corners-episode-bondi-terror-attack-asio-warning #AustralianBroadcastingCorporation #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #Media #AustraliaNews #AustralianMedia

Invasion Day is about Indigenous people’s survival, our resilience. To strike at the heart of that is a hate crime | Lorena Allam https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/07/invasion-day-indigenous-people-survival-strike-hate-crime-ntwnfb #IndigenousAustralians #Perth #WesternAustralia #AustraliaNews #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism

Australia cancels visa of Jewish influencer who previously called for Islam to be banned https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/26/australia-cancels-visa-jewish-influencer-sammy-yahood-islam-banned-ntwnfb #TonyBurke #AustraliaNews #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism

Labor and Coalition on track to achieve deal on hate speech laws https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/19/labor-coalition-deal-hate-speech-laws-ley-albanese #AustralianPolitics #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #AustraliaNews #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AnthonyAlbanese #SussanLey

Man accused of making threats against MP says he stands for ‘Team Australia’ after court appearance https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/14/man-accused-of-making-threats-against-mp-says-he-stands-for-team-australia-after-court-appearance-ntwnfb #AustralianPolitics #AllegraSpender #AnthonyAlbanese #AustraliaNews #AustralianFederalPolice #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism

Banning organisations has a sorry history – does Australia really want to go down this road again? | Anne Twomey https://www.theguardian.com/law/commentisfree/2026/jan/14/australia-hate-laws-banning-organisations-sorry-history #AustralianLaw #Protest #Race #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustralianPolitics

Asio chief given powers to recommend organisations be proscribed as hate groups under Labor’s new laws https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/13/asio-chief-given-powers-to-recommend-organisations-be-proscribed-as-hate-groups-under-labors-new-laws #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews

NSW Labor accused of rushing inquiry into banning phrases such as ‘globalise the intifada’ over the holidays https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/03/nsw-labor-accused-of-rushing-inquiry-into-banning-phrases-such-as-globalise-the-intifada-over-the-holidays-ntwnfb #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #AustraliaNews #NewSouthWales #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #ChrisMinns

Police to carry long-arm rifles at final Ashes Test in Sydney amid heightened security after Bondi attack https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/03/police-to-carry-long-arm-rifles-final-ashes-test-sydney-heightened-security-after-bondi-attack-ntwnfb #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #Sydney #AustraliaNews #NewSouthWales #TheAshes #Ashes202526 #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #Cricket

‘We need to know’: Bondi victims’ families demand federal royal commission from PM https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/29/bondi-shooting-victims-families-royal-commission-ntwnfb #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #AustralianPolitics #AustraliaNews #AnthonyAlbanese #NewSouthWales #Antisemitism #Race #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism