Emily KaineUpdated September 10, 2026 — 10:08am,first published September 10, 2026 — 6:45amWhat’s making news todayBy Emily KaineHello and welcome to our live coverage of national news for Thursday, September 10. Here’s what is making headlines today.Labor’s migration policy could reach the parliament as early as next week, but several unmet demands from the Coalition on how to crack down on the overseas intake means a deal is yet to be finalised.Israel applauded the Albanese government for declining to join a UK-led push to crack down on imports from settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, a move former Labor foreign minister Bob Carr has branded astonishing and cowardly. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Australia was not pursuing a blanket-style import ban but would pursue other “targeted measures”.One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s interview with Chris Kenny on News24 last night went off the rails as she defended her party’s Victorian leader Warren Pickering over illicit drug use in his past.In a separate interview yesterday morning, Hanson called Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie a “wanker” after the former SAS captain labelled One Nation and his critics who had never served their country “cowards”.Iran is ready for a more intense war and will escalate counterstrikes if the US continues attacking its territory and infrastructure, according to a senior official from the Islamic Republic.And the UN atomic watchdog’s board reported Iran to the UN Security Council for the first time in 20 years, for failure to co-operate in a long-running investigation into uranium traces detected by inspectors at various undeclared sites in Iran.Latest Posts10.08amMoira Deeming to run for Family First party at November electionBy Patrick HatchFirebrand former Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming will run for the Family First party in the November election.Announcing her recruitment to the party today, Deeming said she did not regret making an unsubstantiated allegation that Liberal colleague Matthew Guy put her in a headlock at an event, which led to the party dumping her as a candidate.Deeming, who resigned from the Liberals to sit as an independent following the saga, said she was “delighted” to join Family First.Former Victorian Liberal MP Moira Deeming. Luis Enrique Ascui“I think that they’re good people, and I agree with a lot of what they stand for,” she said.“I was such a good match with Family First, and they’ve just got a really strong track record of their principles actually being reflected in their policies.” Deeming would be the first Family First MP elected to the Victorian parliament if she wins her upper house seat for the western metro.9.44amLabor unveils east coast gas reservation policyBy Emily KaineMinister for Energy Chris Bowen, Minister for Industry Tim Ayres and Resources Minister Madeleine King are holding a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra to announce Labor’s east coast gas reservation policy.King told reporters all LNG producers will require an export licence to export gas. She also said the 20 per cent supply obligation – which requires liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters to supply the domestic market with a volume of gas equivalent to 20 per cent of their export production – would remain in place.The scheme will commence on January 1, 2027, but domestic supply obligations will not come into force until July 1, 2028.9.12amIran ready to escalate war By Iran is ready for a more intense war and will escalate counterstrikes if the US continues attacking its territory and infrastructure, according to a senior official from the Islamic Republic.Tehran has no intention of backing down in the face of an American naval blockade and attacks on its oil tankers, said the official, who asked not to be identified. Economic pain may be increasing, they said, but the country’s leaders see the war with the US as posing an existential threat that leaves them little choice but to keep fighting.The comments come as hostilities between the US and Iran show little sign of easing, with the war now into its seventh month.Overnight, Washington said one of its warships had to evade an Iranian attack, and that it destroyed five of the Islamic Republic’s energy tankers in response.Tehran then fired around 20 missiles at a Jordanian airbase used by the US and attacked more American Navy ships, as well as several commercial vessels.Bloomberg8.44am‘I love Andrew to death’: Lambie backs in Hastie By Emily KaineIndependent senator Jacqui Lambie has backed in Liberal MP Andrew Hastie as his stoush with One Nation leader Pauline Hanson intensifies.Hastie called Hanson a “coward” yesterday after she labelled the former SAS soldier a “traitor” for testifying in a defamation case brought by Ben Roberts-Smith. She also refused to delete or apologise for satirical cartoons commissioned by One Nation that called Hastie a “gutless maggot”.Lambie, also a veteran, defended Hastie during an interview with ABC radio this morning.Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie.Alex Ellinghausen“I love Andrew to death, and this is an attack on a veteran. What she’s doing in those cartoons is absolutely disgusting. They are full of bloody violence. I mean, how people can watch that rubbish is beyond me,” she told Radio National.“Attacking Andrew Hastie, a veteran that has served in our Afghanistan war, or any other veteran, is the lowest [thing] you can possibly do. That woman is nothing less than a bloody coward, she always has been, and she always will be. She wouldn’t last one day in that goddamn uniform. Leave our veterans alone, Hanson.”Lambie has long advocated for Australian veterans and served in the Australian Army for 11 years. Last month, she used an address to parliament to make an impassioned plea for the government to scrap the $5000 annual cap on healthcare spending for veterans.8.33amHill defends decision not to impose trade ban on Israeli settlementsBy Emily KaineAssistant Minister for Citizenship, Customs and Multicultural Affairs Julian Hill has defended Foreign Minister Penny Wong’s decision not to impose an import ban on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank after a dozen countries, led by the UK, imposed trade sanctions earlier this week.“I’ve been extremely outspoken against ... increasing settler violence and murder of Palestinians for many years now. This is against international law, and the current Israeli government’s policies and actions are unconscionable,” Hill told ABC’s Radio National this morning.“The government has already taken significant steps with sanctioned Israeli ministers, with sanctioned governments, with sanctioned entities. The minister for foreign affairs has flagged publicly that there will be further measures, taking account of the circumstances, what’s happening, and of course, what our like-minded friends and partners around the world are doing.”He said sanctions were not a measure the government took lightly, and that consideration was still under way about the suite of measures Australia would impose on Israel.“Sanctions are ultimately an expression, a serious, powerful legal tool, an expression of our national interest, looking at the international circumstances.“When the foreign minister signs off on new measures, she’ll announce them at that time.”8.09amCoalition expected to formally reject Digital Duty of CareBy Nick Newling and Rob HarrisCoalition MPs are set to meet this morning at a joint party room held in Parliament House at 8:15am.On the agenda will be Labor’s newly announced draft legislation for a Digital Duty of Care. There are a diversity of views within the opposition, but it is expected to be rejected.Opposition communications spokeswoman Sarah Henderson told this masthead yesterday that the laws “cannot become an excuse to hand politicians open-ended powers over lawful speech”, and that the bill represented a “serious and dangerous threat to free speech”.The government still has a path to pass the legislation through the Senate with the help of the Greens. The minor party has said they have issues with the proposed legislation, but a consultation and negotiation period will take place before the bill is put to the House of Representatives.7.51amHanson ‘weak, glass-jawed’: Hastie By Emily KaineLiberal MP Andrew Hastie has broadened his attack on One Nation leader Pauline Hanson this morning, after she labelled the former SAS soldier a “traitor” for testifying in the defamation case against Ben Roberts-Smith. Hanson refused to delete or apologise for satirical cartoons commissioned by her party that called Hastie a “traitor” and a “gutless maggot”.During a fiery interview on News24 last night, she was repeatedly pressed to distance herself from the comments but declined to do so, arguing “it’s a satirical cartoon, for Christ’s sake”.“I gave her the opportunity to either own her words publicly, or to take it down. She chose neither, and in fact, rather than stepping up as a leader, she claims she could be prime minister,” Hastie told ABC Radio National a few minutes ago. 7.40amSA Premier says major parties pandering to One Nation on migrationBy Emily KaineSouth Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has taken aim at both major parties for pandering to One Nation as he described a “political race to the bottom” on migration. Speaking to the Sydney Institute last night, Malinauskas said labelling people who were anxious about immigration as racists was “just plain daft”, and said most of the concern surrounding immigration was about its perceived economic impacts. South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas.Dominic LorrimerThe premier said it was the responsibility of those in power to make the economic case for a strong, balanced migration program without trying to appease the far-right.“In my view, people on the far left who are understandably utterly horrified about the extraordinary rise of far-right politics in Australia and around the world would do well to engage in a moment of self-reflection,” Malinauskas told the institute.“Maybe, just maybe, the intense self-righteousness, sanctimony, and piety that underpinned the ‘great awokening’ may have tilled the soil for the inevitable countercultural movement that has now found a home for itself in the far right.” 7.27amTate brothers to remain in custody as they fight extradition to UKBy Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate must remain in custody as they fight extradition to the United Kingdom, where the brothers are accused of rape and sex trafficking, a federal judge in Miami ruled on Wednesday (US time).US Magistrate Lauren Louis denied a defence motion for release, meaning the Tates will remain jailed during what could be a months-long extradition process.Andrew and Tristan Tate in Florida in 2025. APThe Tates “have failed to meet their burden to demonstrate that they do not present a risk of flight or danger to the community, or that special circumstances warrant their release. Respondents have failed to demonstrate that special circumstances here warrant relief, whether their proposed special circumstances are considered singly or together,” Louis said in her ruling. “Having failed to meet these three factors, Respondents’ Motion for Release Pending Extradition Proceedings is DENIED”.The Tates have become among the world’s most polarising internet personalities with their promotion of wealth, male dominance and misogyny through their social media empire. Prosecutors say the brothers are a flight risk because they appear to have money and have bragged about multiple passports.7.05amMcKenzie: Albanese has ‘serious questions to answer’ on golf club grantBy Emily KaineNationals senator Bridget McKenzie says this morning Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has “really serious questions to answer” over revelations he was an honorary member of a golf club in his Sydney electorate that received $6 million in funding.Crossbench MPs and senators are pushing for the Albanese government to overhaul the Commonwealth grants system as scrutiny intensifies over its distribution of $560 million to key Labor seats through an invitation-only community infrastructure program that they say is “pork barrelling by design”. Senator McKenzie is no stranger to pork barrelling accusations. She resigned from cabinet and leadership positions in February 2020 after an investigation revealed she breached ministerial standards by failing to declare her membership in a gun club that received a government grant. Senator Bridget McKenzie.Alex EllinghausenShe said the PM should face similar consequences. “This is a club that claims he’s their most famous patron. There’s numerous examples over previous decades of attending the club, organising Labor Party functions at the club,” she told Nine’s Today show.During a fiery exchange on ABC TV yesterday, Albanese said he would make “no apologies” for the grants and defended the funding. He also rejected the suggestion his honorary membership of the golf club created a conflict of interest.1 of 2