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Australia’s immigration powers are already godlike. So why does Angus Taylor want them to be Trump-like too? | Abul Rizvi https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/14/australia-immigration-powers-angus-taylor-trump-ntwnfb #AustralianImmigrationAndAsylum #AngusTaylor #AustraliaNews #AustralianPolitics #AustralianCitizenship #Coalition #OneNation #AustralianLaw #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #LaborParty #PaulineHanson #UsImmigration
Australia’s immigration powers are already godlike. So why does Angus Taylor want them to be Trump-like too?

Taylor provides few details on how his immigration plan would work. Is showing he can outdo Pauline Hanson’s rhetoric the main objective?

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World news | The GuardianApr 1
Man accused of plotting WA terror attack believed assault he was planning would be worse than Bondi beach shootings, court hears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/02/man-accused-of-plotting-wa-terror-attack-believed-assault-he-was-planning-would-be-worse-than-bondi-beach-shootings-court-hears-ntwnfb #WesternAustralia #AustraliaNews #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #BondiBeachTerrorAttack #Perth
Man accused of plotting WA terror attack believed assault he was planning would be worse than Bondi beach shootings, court hears

Jayson Joseph Michaels allegedly planned attack on police headquarters, Parliament House and mosques

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World news | The GuardianMar 31
Perth man accused of attempted terror attack at Invasion Day rally to plead mental health defence https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/31/perth-invasion-day-terror-attack-accused-mental-health-defence-ntwnfb #IndigenousAustralians #AustraliaNews #AustraliaDay #AustralianPoliceAndPolicing #Perth #WesternAustralia #AustralianSecurityAndCounterterrorism #MentalHealth
Perth man accused of attempted terror attack at Invasion Day rally to plead mental health defence

Lawyers for Liam Alexander Hall say the 32-year-old is undergoing treatment in custody

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World news | The GuardianMar 4
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
Liberal senator breaks with party to urge ‘mercy for the children’ of IS-linked Australian women in Syria

Backbencher Andrew McLachlan describes the 23 children as ‘innocents’ victimised by their parents’ ‘tragic attraction to a horrible ideology’

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World news | The GuardianMar 3
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
Isaac Herzog held secret meeting with Asio boss during Australia trip, intelligence agency confirms

Granting a foreign head of state such as the Israeli president access to domestic intelligence agency ‘unprecedented’, senator David Pocock claims

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World news | The GuardianFeb 28
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
Australia news live: cabinet’s national security committee to meet as US and Israel strike Iran

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World news | The GuardianFeb 24
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
Australian women held in Syrian camps say they would accept children returning home separately

Some of the 11 mothers detained in Kurdish-controlled al-Roj camp say they want Australian government to repatriate children at any cost

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World news | The GuardianFeb 24
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
Full details of Bondi attack won’t be heard by royal commission, inquiry head says at first public hearing

Virginia Bell says scope of inquiry will be reduced to avoid prejudicing criminal proceedings

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World news | The GuardianFeb 22
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
Tony Burke says Australia has few options to block return of 34 women and children from Syrian camp

One woman is subject to temporary exclusion order over security concerns, but home affairs minister says group is ‘not consistent’ in their beliefs

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World news | The GuardianFeb 19
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
Concerns suspected Australian IS fighters could face death penalty after mass prisoner transfer to Iraq

Dfat aware of Australians among 5,704 detainees transferred out of Syrian prisons and into Iraqi custody

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