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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Yes, we feel unsafe, but many Jews know we always will while others live in peril

Our leaders genuflect to so-called Jewish sensibilities, as if Jewish people speak with one emotional voice. We don’t.

  • David Leser

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Flights from Australia to Doha and several other airports in the Middle East are affected.

‘Serious failure’: Coalition accuses government of failing to warn Australians to leave Middle East

Penny Wong said it would be “very difficult” to organise repatriation flights for Australians stuck in the region because of the closure of airspace.

  • Matthew Knott
Senator Jane Hume and Tim Wilson last year.

Price and Hastie return as Taylor revamps economic team

Opposition Leader Angus Taylor revealed his Liberal frontbench on Tuesday afternoon, four days after toppling Sussan Ley.

  • Paul Sakkal
Liberal luminaries at Katie Allen’s funeral, from left, Victorian opposition leader Jess Wilson, federal shadow treasurer Ted O’Brien, federal Liberal leader Sussan Ley, finance spokesman James Paterson and former treasurer Peter Costello.

Australian women turned their backs on Ley. But they won’t forgive Taylor for this assassination

Senior Liberal senator James Paterson has warned that his party is facing extinction. He has every right to be worried.

  • Katy Hall
Angus Taylor

Taylor poised to become Liberal leader as Ley backers lose hope

Challenger Angus Taylor is set to take on the enormous task of reviving the Liberal Party, as allies of Opposition Leader Sussan Ley lament the rejection of a more orderly transition.

  • Paul Sakkal and Nick Newling
Angus Taylor announces his resignation from Sussan Ley’s frontbench on Wednesday night.

Angus Taylor resigns from Liberal frontbench to set up leadership challenge

Frontbenchers including James Paterson and Matt O’Sullivan are expected to follow him as they push for a spill later this week.

  • Paul Sakkal and James Massola
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Opposition Leader Sussan Ley says she “100 per cent” trusts David Littleproud.

Taylor backs Coalition revamp and explores a spill against Ley this week

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley and Nationals leader David Littleproud have reunited the Coalition, but Ley may be about to face a move against her.

  • Paul Sakkal and Nick Newling
Andrew Hastie (back left) and Angus Taylor in the House of Representatives in November.

‘Shambolic’ leadership talks give Ley a lifeline as Taylor warns against rash spill

James Paterson and Jonno Duniam attended talks between leadership contenders Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor on Thursday - hours before a former colleague’s funeral.

  • Paul Sakkal
In images: The death of a Coalition.

Coalition’s dispiriting meltdown has consequences far beyond its own ranks

The nation needs a functioning opposition and careful, thoughtful debate in these difficult days. Neither looks likely to surface before parliament resumes.

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Former councillor Raf Manji following the Christchurch attacks in 2019.

Antisemitism to ‘continue for years’ without commission, says Christchurch councillor

A royal commission was called into the terror attacks which targeted Muslims and killed 51 people.

  • Nick Newling