In 2022, Labor MPs urged compassion for Australian women and children stuck in Syria. Now Albanese has only contempt | Dan Jervis-Bardy

The government’s drastically changed rhetoric about its legal obligations to Australian citizens is a symptom of 2026’s ugly politics Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Just after question time on 23 November 2022, the federal parliament debated a motion relating to the repatriation of four Australian women and 13 children who had been stuck in a Syrian detention camp since the fall of Islamic State three years prior. One after another Labor MPs argued with passion,...

By Dan Jervis-Bardy