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Sheikh Moustapha Sarakibi says One Nation does not speak for the Victoria he knows.

As One Nation rises, Muslim leader expresses faith in Victorian voters

In the immediate aftermath of Bondi, Sheikh Moustapha Sarakibi was part of an extraordinary gathering around Jacinta Allan’s cabinet table.

  • Chip Le Grand

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Hanson’s surge is just a protest vote? The one notion that imperils Liberals

At the last two elections, the Coalition parties have remained largely immovable. Their voters, on the other hand, have been willing to shift.

  • Sean Kelly
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

Hanson is close to peak One Nation. The opposition must not follow her

For 30 years, Hanson has gone out of her way to divide Australians. The Coalition of 2026 are falling for it.

  • James Massola
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has been released after more than 10 hours in police custody. File image.

Andrew’s arrest shows the power of a 24-hour newsroom

When a story as big as the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor breaks, the Herald newsroom is at its best.

  • Liam Phelan
Lakemba, on the eve of Ramadan, prepares to welcome up to a million visitors over the holy month, yet Pauline Hanson says she feels unwelcome.

Pauline Hanson claims Lakemba is unwelcoming. Tell that to a million people about to visit

If Hanson feels unwelcome in Lakemba, perhaps that’s her problem, not ours. 

  • Mostafa Rachwani
Former Labor premiers Bob Carr and Peter Beattie are urging their party to run a candidate in the Farrer byelection, in a bid to block Pauline Hanson.

PM and former One Nation candidate slam Hanson for anti-Muslim comments

The prime minister condemned the One Nation leader’s remarks about Muslims on Thursday, and a Muslim former One Nation candidate has done the same.

  • Brittany Busch
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Muslim protesters were forcibly moved on after the rally.

Revealed: Police commissioner’s apologetic letter to Muslim leaders

Mal Lanyon has also promised an “active presence” for Ramadan events, after concerns over the way police dispersed Muslim worshippers protests last week.

  • Mostafa Rachwani and Jessica McSweeney
The Muslim community is outraged by the behaviour of NSW police at Monday’s protest.

I’ve prayed in an MCG stairwell. Here’s the truth about that viral police video

It’s tempting in this hyper-political moment to assume everything is some kind of political confection, calculated to provoke or propagandise.

  • Waleed Aly
Adrian Collette endured another bruising encounter with Sarah Henderson in Senate estimates.

Arts boss Adrian Collette says Creative Australia is ‘not about moral compass’

The country’s top arts bureaucrat has insisted his organisation is not in the business of judging people’s opinions, merely the quality of their work.

  • Karl Quinn