Albanese discovers the IS brides question has the same answer every government gives: not yet

SMH · Nick Newling · Tuesday 28 April 2026

Albanese discovers the IS brides question has the same answer every government gives: not yet

The PM denies a change of heart on repatriating the four women and their children as both major parties tack harder on immigration.

Albanese won't say when, the Coalition won't say ever, and the kids in the camps grow another year older waiting for a country that can't decide whether they're a citizenship question or a polling problem. Both sides have discovered the same trick — call it 'evil choices' and the moral arithmetic does itself.

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