Liberal MP Andrew Wallace, wearing an Israeli flag pin, says: “I think [Ley] has seen the light on Israel in recent years". Ley has a history of pro-Palestinian comments, but has shifted her rhetoric since entering Lib leadership team👇 #auspol www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

Strong comments from a fmr Lib minister on Sky After Dark’s impact — attacking “puritanical litmus test Liberals”. On Sunday, Sky host Rita Panahi demanded the party “address the bedwetters, quislings, the enemy within”. Full story via Capital Brief 👇 www.capitalbrief.com/article/sick...

Voters have brought Peter Dutton’s time in public life to a shuddering halt. A devastating night for the Liberal Party, and no clear sense of the path out #auspol Full story in @CapitalBrief 👇 #auspol25 #AusVotes2025

Early in the campaign, one reporter opened his phone to a Find My Friends request from a Liberal staffer, eager to track the prime minister in real time. He politely declined. Inside the circus, via @capitalbrief.com 👇 #auspol #australiavotes www.capitalbrief.com/article/insi...

News: Labor, Liberals agree to election leaders' debate on ABC via @capitalbrief.com #auspol www.capitalbrief.com/article/labo...

Prime minister Anthony Albanese has landed in Brisbane for his first stop of the federal election campaign. Means he, OL Peter Dutton and Adam Bandt will all be in the same city on day one of the campaign #2025election #auspol

Read our full story on Peter Navarro by Jennifer Duke and @finnmchugh.bsky.social 👇

Retiring MP Graham Perrett kicked out of Question Time in what is likely to be his last appearance. He’s applauded out by Labor colleagues. “That’s his valedictory,” one says. #auspol

“In the background is the reality al-Sharaa must answer to – a militant base of fighters who are unlikely to have fought a war to establish a progressive…” Read David Livingstone in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/two-faces-syria-s-interim-government

Terror group JI had targeted partygoers. Now, its guns were turned on the Australian government. “At each step, we were behind the game … We found it difficult to get ahead of the terrorists,” Brigadier Ken Brownrigg says. Full interview in @capitalbrief.com👇 www.capitalbrief.com/article/the-...

Australia’s peak education union says it's "likely" to move a vote of no confidence in ANU chancellor Julie Bishop’s leadership, after she revealed she approved all details of vice chancellor Genevieve Bell’s paid role with a tech giant. In @capitalbrief.com www.capitalbrief.com/article/anu-...

in his first hour of international test cricket sam konstas has ramped bumrah thrice, gotten siraj jawing at him, and stirred up kohli enough to have the man bodily shoulder him. now he's scored 18 off a bumrah over and is actively revving the crowd. god this rules #AUSvIND

New: Incoming ABC boss and former Nine CEO Hugh Marks insists he has learned from the findings of a damning third-party review of his former employer’s workplace culture, and signalled plans to ramp up the broadcaster's commercial activities www.capitalbrief.com/article/its-...

To my 🇦🇺 followers just waking up who want to know what's happening in 🇨🇦 today: -The Deputy PM/Finance Minister (treasurer equivalent) resigned on the day she was due to table the Fall Economic Statement (like a MYEFO) -she said she was ‘at odds' with Trudeau on 'the best path forward for 🇨🇦’ (1/8)

Middle East crisis live: Israeli government approves plans to extend occupation of Golan Heights

“We will continue to hold onto it, cause it to blossom and settle in it," Netanyahu said in a statement. Israel seizing in fall of Assad regime to expand its settlements in the occupied Golan Heights www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

96% of children in Gaza feel that their death is imminent and almost half want to die as a result of trauma. 92% of the children in the survey were “not accepting of reality”, 79% suffer from nightmares and 73% exhibit symptoms of aggression.

Scoop: Embattled #ANU vice chancellor Genevieve Bell faces a union no confidence motion in February if the university keeps her in place. Full details in @capitalbrief.com 👇 www.capitalbrief.com/article/sack...

Syrian rebels say they have 'freed Damascus' as President Bashar al-Assad reportedly flees www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...

Best of frenemies: Tracing the Plibersek-Albanese rivalry. My column today: www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

The two Australian case studies in the Five Eyes release today about youth radicalisation are both white supremacist/far right radicalisation examples... The spy agencies tend to be a bit reluctant to call this out in isolation because of the politics around it. www.asio.gov.au/system/files...

Scoop: #ANU to axe its technology policy centre as the beleaguered institution attempts to dig itself out of a financial hole. Full details in @capitalbrief.com 👇 www.capitalbrief.com/article/anu-...

Raygun walked so Kylian Mbappe could run 😆

Labor has again been left stranded after seemingly positive talks with the Coalition abruptly turned sour. This time, it's on electoral reforms. And it seems to have nowhere to go after its approach for months alienated crossbenchers it could now need #auspol www.capitalbrief.com/article/labo...

Coalition boasts it’s ‘running the immigration system’ after deal to pass all three of Labor’s migration bills www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The major parties are edging closer to a deal on Labor’s controversial electoral reforms, which independents claim is designed to stack the deck against them www.capitalbrief.com/article/labo...

“Imagine being in a situation where your competitor controls the resources you need to do your job. That’s exactly what’s happening here.” Govt adds over 50 high-paid senior staffing positions, as Indies complain their own staff are being overworked. #auspol www.capitalbrief.com/article/inde...

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich says Israel “can and must occupy the Gaza Strip”. “It’s possible to create a situation in which Gaza will have less than half its current population within two years.” www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

The Albanese government has added more than 50 high-paid senior staffing positions since mid-last year, while independents complain their own threadbare staff are being overworked. More from @finnmchugh.bsky.social 👇