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Al Jazeera
14-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
LIVE: Israel pounds Gaza as criticism grows of plans for camps in Rafah
Israeli forces continue bombarding Gaza a day after killing 95 Palestinians across the Strip, including seven children waiting for water and 17 people at a busy market in Gaza City. Criticisms of Israel's plan to set up an internment camp in Gaza are growing, with Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid saying it would amount to a 'concentration camp' if Palestinians there are not allowed to leave.
ABC News
11-07-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Steven Miles says he was not aware ministers had been threatened by the CFMEU
Opposition Leader Steven Miles says he was not aware ministers had been threatened by the CFMEU.
News.com.au
10-07-2025
- Politics
- News.com.au
Sussan Ley recalls the terrifying moment she pulled a gun on a man
Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has revealed a terrifying encounter she had as a young woman, pulling a gun on a man who threatened her while travelling alone through rural Australia. Leaving behind a job in air traffic control and a flat on Sydney's Coogee Beach, Ms Ley said she landed a job in outback Queensland to chase her dream of flying. 'I didn't want to talk to the planes, I wanted to fly them,' she told 10News+. 'I got a few calls, one from a shearing contractor in Thargomindah.' Setting off for the journey alone in her Holden, Ms Ley said her father taught her how to safely use a gun. 'I'm a girl, travelling on my own, I swung through the gun shop in Queanbeyan and bought a rifle,' she told the program. 'The owner of the gun shop said, 'this will suit you because you can fit it under the seat'' One night, while camped beside a remote road, she was woken by a man. 'I set up my swag, boiled my billy and looked up at the brilliant night stars and went to sleep and I just tucked the unloaded gun next to me in the swag,' she said. 'When bright lights shone in my eyes at probably about 2 o'clock in the morning with a motorcyclist. I remember the visor lifted up … looking around 'You on your own are you?' 'A line came to me, I think from a Clint Eastwood movie, 'No, I'm here with my tall skinny mate'. 'By that time I was shaking. I managed to effectively pick up the gun, point it in his direction and he disappeared very quickly. So did I, I packed up and left. I thought, this is crazy.' Ms Ley said while the encounter was terrifying, it didn't shake her love for remote Australia. 'It wasn't the introduction to the real rural Australia that I should have had but soon after I came to meet the incredible people and communities that live in our rural and remote parts,' she said. 'When, as I said, I get up and work hard for Australians, I often have those Australians in mind.' Now the leader of the Liberal Party, Ms Ley says women's safety remains a top priority. 'A lot of women raised the issue of safety. I said at my Press Club speech I will always put the safety of women and children above politics,' she said. 'It's an anxiety that is building and that worries me.
News.com.au
26-06-2025
- Politics
- News.com.au
Liberals apologise after hackers post explicit photos on party socials
Hours after Sussan Ley vowed to lead a Liberal Party 'that is proudly for women', explicit images were posted on its social media accounts. The images appeared on the Liberals' Facebook and Instagram accounts about midnight and were the product of hacking, the party said in a statement on Thursday. 'Overnight, the social media account of a contractor used by the party was hacked, leading to the posting of unauthorised material on the Liberal Party's Meta accounts at around midnight,' the statement said. 'All material was removed within 10 minutes of it being posted and the matter was urgently raised with the Australian Cyber Security Centre and with Meta overnight 'We apologise for any offence caused.' The hack came as the Liberal Party tries to rebrand after years of criticism for its dwindling female representation. In her first major speech on Wednesday, the newly elected Opposition Leader said she wanted to boost the number of women in her party's ranks and left the door open to quotas. 'We must be a Liberal Party that is proudly for women and made up of women. Our party must preselect more women in winnable seats so that we see more Liberal women in federal parliament,' she said. 'Now, I'm agnostic on specific methods to make it happen, but I am a zealot that it does actually happen. Current approaches have clearly not worked, so I am open to any approach that will.'
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
R-rated twist to Libs leader's pledge
Hours after Sussan Ley vowed to lead a Liberal Party 'that is proudly for women', explicit images were posted on its social media accounts. The images appeared on the Liberals' Facebook and Instagram accounts about midnight and were the product of hacking, the party said in a statement on Thursday. 'Overnight, the social media account of a contractor used by the party was hacked, leading to the posting of unauthorised material on the Liberal Party's Meta accounts at around midnight,' the statement said. 'All material was removed within 10 minutes of it being posted and the matter was urgently raised with the Australian Cyber Security Centre and with Meta overnight 'We apologise for any offence caused.' The hack came as the Liberal Party tries to rebrand after years of criticism for its dwindling female representation. In her first major speech on Wednesday, the newly elected Opposition Leader said she wanted to boost the number of women in her party's ranks and left the door open to quotas. 'We must be a Liberal Party that is proudly for women and made up of women. Our party must preselect more women in winnable seats so that we see more Liberal women in federal parliament,' she said. 'Now, I'm agnostic on specific methods to make it happen, but I am a zealot that it does actually happen. Current approaches have clearly not worked, so I am open to any approach that will.'
