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AJA’s security proposals offer a practical path to keeping Jewish life open
Robert Gregory’s call for stronger police liaison and a review of licensed security guards’ protective capabilities deserves serious consideration. Australia’s response to antisemitism should ultimately be measured not only by the strength of official condemnations or the severity of criminal penalties, but by whether Jewish Australians can continue to participate openly and confidently in the…
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McBain rules out wider government use of AusAlert technology
Responding to Inside Canberra in the National Situation Room, Minister for Emergency Management Kristy McBain said Australia would embrace proven cell-broadcast technology—but would not permit its powerful reach to be diluted through routine departmental messaging. Australia’s new national emergency-warning system will not become a general communications channel for Commonwealth departments and agencies, Minister for Emergency Management the…
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Taylor shuts door on One Nation coalition after Bragg opens it
The Opposition Leader has categorically rejected a governing pact with One Nation after Senator Andrew Bragg advocated electoral “pragmatism”, exposing the strategic tensions confronting a Coalition under pressure from its conservative rival. The Hon Angus Taylor MP has ruled out forming a coalition with Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, moving quickly to extinguish speculation generated by…