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One Nation hits historic high in bombshell opinion poll

Polling shows the coalition and One Nation are neck and neck in the popularity stakes in the first public nationwide survey since the Bondi massacre.

AAP · Jan 9

Writers' mass exodus after festival bans Palestinian

Dozens of authors have withdrawn from a major Australian festival over a decision to remove its only Palestinian writer because of "cultural sensitivities".

AAP · Jan 9

As authors abandon Adelaide Writers’ Week after cancelling of Randa Abdel-Fattah, is free speech in tatters?

The decision by the Adelaide Festival Board to exclude Palestinian Australian author and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah from Adelaide Writers’ Week on the grounds of “cultural sensitivity” is based on a dangerously broad and vague criterion for suppressing free speech.

The Conversation · Jan 9

Australia announces royal commission into Bondi shooting after weeks of pressure

Anthony Albanese defends backflipping on demands for royal commission

The Independent UK · Jan 8

Adelaide festival dumps prominent academic Randa Abdel-Fattah over ‘cultural sensitivity’ concerns after Bondi attack

Abdel-Fattah accuses the board of ‘blatant and shameless’ anti-Palestinian racism and censorship, as other authors pull out in solidarity

The Guardian - AU · Jan 8

Albanese Announces Royal Commission Into Antisemitism In Wake Of Bondi Terror Attacks

"Here in Australia, light will always triumph over darkness."

Pedestrian.tv · Jan 8

Afternoon Update: PM confirms royal commission after Bondi attack; Victoria braces for worst fire risk in six years; and a nervy Ashes finale

PM appoints former high court justice Virginia Bell to lead federal inquiry into antisemitism and social cohesion after weeks of pressure

The Guardian - AU · Jan 8

Albanese announces royal commission after Bondi attack as he defends not calling inquiry earlier

Prime minister confirms commission on antisemitism and social cohesion after initially resisting demands for a broad national inquiry

The Guardian - AU · Jan 8

'We will defy': activists vow to ignore protest laws

Activists have pledged to flout controversial anti-protest laws after claiming they are unconstitutional in a legal challenge that could spill over borders.

AAP · Jan 8

Third Labor MP breaks ranks to urge Albanese to call royal commission into Bondi attack

Michelle Ananda-Rajah ‘wholeheartedly’ calls for national inquiry as expectations grow prime minister will relent on previous position

The Guardian - AU · Jan 8