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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Sarah Basford Canales

Angus Taylor snaps at journalist as Liberals ramp up rhetoric against Australian children in Syrian camp

Leader of the Opposition Angus Taylor at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, March 2, 2026
‘Let’s be clear that this is a group who have gone to the Middle East to support Isis’, Angus Taylor said in a combative press conference on Monday. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Angus Taylor has suggested the Australian children remaining in a Syrian detention camp are “Isis sympathisers” as the Liberal party ramps up its rhetoric against the families of dead or jailed Islamic State fighters.

The opposition leader also chided a member of the press for attempting to force his response on why the group of 23 children and 11 women should be another country’s responsibility.

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