3 h. ago Albanese stares down backbencher, opposition demands for royal commission

A departmental review into the nation’s intelligence agencies has been criticised for lacking scope and independence, but the PM said a royal commission would take far too long.

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7 h. ago Pressure on Albanese mounts as Labor MPs join calls for royal commission

Labor backbenchers have added their voices to calls for a wider inquiry than the review into Australia’s intelligence agencies announced by Albanese on Sunday.

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9 h. ago Albanese’s agency review fails to quell royal commission demands

A Labor backbencher has added his voice to calls for a larger inquiry than the review into Australia’s intelligence agencies announced by Albanese on Sunday.

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4 d. ago Being ‘something for everyone’ might not be such a bad thing

The lack of political solidarity at this sad time is more of a failure than any action, or lack of action, by Anthony Albanese.

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5 d. ago ‘We stand with Jewish Australians’: Albanese speaks in church as political recriminations mount

The Coalition accused Albanese of failing Jewish Australians while former treasurer Josh Frydenberg said Albanese must take personal responsibility for the Bondi massacre.

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7 d. ago ‘You let the disease spread’: Netanyahu slams Albanese after Bondi shooting

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashed out at Australia’s leader over the mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

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7 d. ago ‘You let the disease spread’: Netanyahu accuses Albanese of failing to curb antisemitism

The Israeli PM say he warned the prime minister months ago of not taking enough action against antisemitism as other world leaders condemn the Bondi Beach mass shooting.

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