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2026-09-07 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Seize this opportunity’: Leaks reveal $1b pledge to counter Beijing’s Pacific reach

🔮 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Solomon Islands counterpart Matthew Wale will move to fast-track a sweeping new $1 billion treaty after a push to overthrow Wale’s pro-Australia government imploded in a blow to Beijing’s ambitions to expand its influence in the Pacific. assertive

2026-09-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘We dropped the ball’: Former spy boss calls for debate on radical Islam

🔮 “I do believe, however, that a more forceful and consistent response to the blatant antisemitism we saw in the immediate aftermath of 7 October may well have set a different tone and drawn a clearer line between the acceptable and the unacceptable.” assertive

2026-09-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Low, moderate, critical: ASIO boss sounds alarm on urgent upgrade of Australia’s terror warnings

🔮 The nation’s decade-old terror threat warning level is set to be overhauled at the urging of ASIO boss Mike Burgess, who has revealed he personally warned prominent Jewish Australians they could be targeted for assassination by Iran. mixed

2026-09-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Trump’s envoy arrives in Australia after lengthy delay, ‘grumbling’ about pet quarantine

🔮 Brat landed in Sydney on Friday morning and will start work next week in Canberra, where he will present his diplomatic credentials to Governor-General Sam Mostyn. assertive

2026-09-20 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Jim Chalmers flags fresh tax cuts, warns of ‘confronting’ news in economic outlook

🔮 Treasurer Jim Chalmers has flagged a desire to deliver Australians a fresh round of tax cuts as he prepares to release a 40-year economic forecast that he warns will contain confronting findings about the nation’s future. assertive

2026-09-20 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Former Israeli PM blasts ‘obnoxious, unbelievable’ lack of charges over Zomi Frankcom killing

🔮 Israel’s Military Advocate General announced last month that it would not pursue a criminal investigation into the strike, a move the Albanese government branded “an outrage”. assertive

2026-09-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Funding Putin: ‘Blood oil’ imports from major Asian supplier surge

🔮 The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) issued new guidance following the series, warning importers they could be breaching Australian sanctions law by bringing in Russian-origin oil processed in third countries. assertive

2026-09-25 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Ignored, mocked, harangued – what’s the point of the UN any more?

🔮 Urquhart would later describe Lie as “a suspicious and insecure man with a hair-trigger temper”, someone who “seemed to be out of his depth in a complex and very public job”. assertive

2026-10-01 · The Sydney Morning Herald

The Greens need to let the sunshine in or risk stagnation

🔮 The retreat suddenly took on a heightened significance as the place the Greens would decide their new leader. assertive

2026-10-01 · The Sydney Morning Herald

EU envoy warns Australia not to let ‘enormous opportunity’ slip

🔮 The Australian economy will be $10 billion a year worse off if parliament fails to ratify a landmark free trade pact, the European Union’s new ambassador has warned as he urges against any attempt to renegotiate the deal. mixed

2026-10-02 · The Sydney Morning Herald

The Greens’ defence red lines: No weapons for Ukraine, curtail the US alliance

🔮 Shoebridge said he planned to retain his existing portfolios of defence and foreign affairs as party leader, and will continue grilling defence, intelligence and law enforcement officials at Senate estimates hearings, where he has gained a reputation as a fierce interrogator. assertive

2026-10-06 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘The world will never be the same again’: How October 7 changed Israel, Gaza and Australia

🔮 “October 7 was one of those cosmic moments when you realise the world has changed and will never be the same again,” Australian Council of Executive Jewry co-chief executive Alex Ryvchin says. assertive

2026-10-12 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Roman amphitheatre stuff’: Big tech, media warned over livestreamed US execution

🔮 The Pentagon announced last week that the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people at a military base at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009, would be livestreamed on December 3. assertive

2026-10-12 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Penny Wong ‘deeply disappointed’ by Palestinian election delay

🔮 The Palestinian Authority, which governs parts of the West Bank and represents Palestine in international forums, announced over the weekend that the elections scheduled for November 28 would be delayed until September 11 next year. assertive

2026-10-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Recording device discovered on navy ship, sparking investigation

🔮 Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie told the Senate earlier in the day she had received a letter from a person who said a device had been found in the “shower facilities”. “Even more disturbing are claims that footage from these cameras may have been uploaded online before the cameras were discovered,” Senator Lambie said. assertive

2026-10-14 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Don’t burn your bridges’: Shoebridge warns Ukrainian community over military aid

🔮 He said the party would support providing military aid to Ukraine if it were backed by a United Nations Security Council resolution, but critics have noted Russia would inevitably use its veto power to block any such move. assertive

2026-10-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Insulting’: Penny Wong hits out at Israeli ambassador over Zomi Frankcom drone audio

🔮 After previously saying he would check with authorities in Israel whether the audio of the drone strike could be released, Newman said the military had told him it would not be possible. “The audio is of very low quality. mixed

2026-10-15 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Despicable betrayal of trust’: Navy chief orders sweep of fleet after spy cam found on ship

🔮 Vice Admiral Matt Buckley said all bathrooms on the navy’s fleet of vessels would be inspected to ensure no other service members were exposed to a similar breach of privacy. assertive

2026-10-17 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Israel is having its most important elections in history. How do they work?

🔮 His opponents are determined to consign him to history and start what they say will be a new era in Israeli politics. assertive

2026-10-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘I’m afraid of civil war’: The voters travelling from Australia to vote against Netanyahu

🔮 In this bastion of progressive Zionism, there is hope that maybe, just maybe, Israelis will reject Benjamin Netanyahu on October 27. assertive

2026-10-18 · The Sydney Morning Herald

Trump urges Israelis to re-elect ‘Great Warrior’ Netanyahu in stunning intervention

🔮 US President Donald Trump has made a stunning late intervention in Israel’s elections, endorsing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a move the veteran leader hopes could allow him to remain in office. assertive

2026-10-19 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Detached from reality’: Ukrainian Greens attack Shoebridge over military aid stance

🔮 He said the party would support providing military aid to Ukraine if it were backed by the United Nations Security Council, but critics have noted Russia would inevitably use its veto power to block any such move. assertive

2026-10-22 · The Sydney Morning Herald

‘Like a wounded animal’: Netanyahu will do whatever it takes to stay in power, former PM warns

🔮 As blazing sunlight streams through the glass windows of Ehud Barak’s office, the former Israeli prime minister paints a dark portrait of what could unfold as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to vote next Tuesday. assertive

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