Paul Sakkal
Political Correspondent at The Age
Political Correspondent at Sydney Morning Herald
Political correspondent @theage and @smh [email protected]
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watoday.com.au | Anthony Segaert |Paul Sakkal |Max Maddison
SaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeKey postsHide key postsGo to latestNSW premier refuses to appear at inquiry over Dural caravan incidentBy Anthony SegaertNSW Premier Chris Minns is refusing to appear at an inquiry being run by members of the NSW Parliament’s upper house which is investigating the Dural caravan incident and what the premier was told about the saga which ended up being a hoax.
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smh.com.au | Anthony Segaert |Max Maddison |Paul Sakkal
By Max Maddison and Paul SakkalThe federal Liberal Party is preparing to dump the two octogenarian Victorians appointed to oversee the troubled NSW division, a fortnight after ex-Victorian treasurer Alan Stockdale questioned whether the prevalence of assertive women required protecting men.
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smh.com.au | Max Maddison |Paul Sakkal
By Max Maddison and Paul Sakkal June 16, 2025 — 4.27pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The federal Liberal Party is preparing to dump the two octogenarian Victorians appointed to oversee the troubled NSW division, a fortnight after ex-Victorian treasurer Alan Stockdale questioned whether the prevalence of assertive women required protecting men.
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smh.com.au | Paul Sakkal
By Paul Sakkal June 15, 2025 — 1.58pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Israel’s ambassador to Australia has delivered a veiled barb to Foreign Minister Penny Wong after she revealed she had phoned her Iranian counterpart in the aftermath of Israel’s strikes on Iran to urge restraint and diplomacy.
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watoday.com.au | Paul Sakkal
“Iran isn’t hiding its intent, it declares it. And it’s building the weapons to fulfil it,” Maimon said. “Through its pursuit of nuclear arms, Iran has turned this into an asymmetric conflict, between a democracy seeking to defend itself and a regime bent on destruction.”“Yet some still urge diplomacy, as if words can stop warheads.”Wong has also been engaging with the Israeli embassy in Canberra.
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