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Man Pleads Guilty to Planning Attack at Taylor Swift Concert in Vienna Christopher F. Schuetze
Austrian prosecutors said the man plotted in 2024 to set off a bomb outside the concert, which was later canceled. He and another man still face separate charges.
28 April 2026 at 15:48

28 April 2026 at 15:48

Austrian prosecutors said the man plotted in 2024 to set off a bomb outside the concert, which was later canceled. He and another man still face separate charges.

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Guardian Essential poll: more Australians approve of Hanson’s party leadership than Albanese or Taylor’s Josh Butler
One Nation outperforms the Coalition for the first time, while the rightwing populist party’s leader has a positive rating among all age groupsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA majority of surveyed Australians approve of Pauline Hanson’s leadership of One Nation, giving her a higher job approval rating than Anthony Albanese and Angus Taylor, as the Guardian Essential poll finds the rightwing populist party is outper
28 April 2026 at 15:00

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Guardian Essential poll: more Australians approve of Hanson’s party leadership than Albanese or Taylor’s

By: Josh Butler

28 April 2026 at 15:00

One Nation outperforms the Coalition for the first time, while the rightwing populist party’s leader has a positive rating among all age groups

A majority of surveyed Australians approve of Pauline Hanson’s leadership of One Nation, giving her a higher job approval rating than Anthony Albanese and Angus Taylor, as the Guardian Essential poll finds the rightwing populist party is outperforming the Coalition for the first time.

The results come as Australians are becoming more pessimistic about the country and the economy, with the majority of respondents saying they expected things to get worse in coming months.

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Taylor says higher risk of ‘bad people coming from bad countries’ and that welcome to country ceremonies ‘overused’ Krishani Dhanji
Opposition leader doubles down on immigration policy and defends preferencing One Nation over independent in Farrer in ABC interviewFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe opposition leader, Angus Taylor, has said “there is a higher risk that some bad people come from those bad countries”, doubling down on his immigration policy and refusing to call out Pauline Hanson’s hardline stance.Speaking to the ABC’s Insiders pro
26 April 2026 at 03:57

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Taylor says higher risk of ‘bad people coming from bad countries’ and that welcome to country ceremonies ‘overused’

By: Krishani Dhanji

26 April 2026 at 03:57

Opposition leader doubles down on immigration policy and defends preferencing One Nation over independent in Farrer in ABC interview

The opposition leader, Angus Taylor, has said “there is a higher risk that some bad people come from those bad countries”, doubling down on his immigration policy and refusing to call out Pauline Hanson’s hardline stance.

Speaking to the ABC’s Insiders program on Sunday, Taylor said Indigenous welcome to country ceremonies were overused, after booing incidents at some of Saturday’s Anzac Day dawn services. He also defended preferencing One Nation above the independent community candidate, Michelle Milthorpe, in the upcoming Farrer byelection, arguing the teals “vote with the Greens”.

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Albanese’s visits to key allies have borne early fruits of fuel and fertiliser but ‘resilience’ is on the budget agenda Josh Butler
The prime minister has weathered the crises – for now – and there is a growing recognition that Australia is too vulnerable to world eventsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese’s fuel diplomacy tour of Asia has already started paying dividends, but the real test could still be to come.After last week’s rush to Singapore and pulling forward a planned visit, the prime minister dashed back to Australia from
17 April 2026 at 07:45

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Albanese’s visits to key allies have borne early fruits of fuel and fertiliser but ‘resilience’ is on the budget agenda

By: Josh Butler

17 April 2026 at 07:45

The prime minister has weathered the crises – for now – and there is a growing recognition that Australia is too vulnerable to world events

Anthony Albanese’s fuel diplomacy tour of Asia has already started paying dividends, but the real test could still be to come.

After last week’s rush to Singapore and pulling forward a planned visit, the prime minister dashed back to Australia from Malaysia on Thursday, to survey the damage at one of the nation’s only remaining fuel refineries. The hastily arranged trips, were to show a leader on the job; to demonstrate Albanese’s attention to the fuel crisis.