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3 March 2026 – Middle Eastern crisis: An Iranian drone strike damages Al Minhad Air Base, the headquarters of the Australian military's Joint Task Force 633. Australian defence minister Richard Marles confirms that there were no casualties in the strike. (Reuters)
21 February 2026 – 2025–26 Australian bushfire season: The state emergency service of Victoria, Australia, issues the highest-level emergency evacuation warning for areas surrounding the A1 Mine Settlement of Gaffneys Creek, as an uncontrolled bushfire burns the settlement. (Reuters)
18 February 2026 – Terrorism in Australia: Australia issues a temporary exclusion order barring one citizen held in a Syrian detention camp from returning to the country under counter-terrorism legislation, citing the citizen's possible links to Islamic State members. (Reuters)
13 February 2026 – 2026 Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill: Angus Taylor replaces Sussan Ley as Leader of the Opposition following a leadership spill in the Liberal Party. Ley subsequently resigns from politics, triggering a by-election in her Farrer seat. (The Guardian)
9 February 2026 – Australia–Israel relations, Gaza war protests in Australia: Protests against Israeli president Isaac Herzog's state visit, following the 2025 Bondi Beach shooting, are held in cities across Australia. In Sydney, protests occurred amid a ban by the state government on hate speech grounds, resulting in police making 27 arrests and deploying pepper spray. (ABC News Australia)
8 February 2026 – Politics of Australia: The Liberal–National Coalition of Australia reforms in Opposition following its second split in the span of a year. (The Guardian)

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1804 – The Castle Hill convict rebellion took place near Sydney; 200 convicts rebelled, 51 were later punished and nine hanged.
1825 – A penal settlement is established on Maria Island, Tasmania.
1831 – James Stirling commissioned as Governor of Western Australia, rectifying the absence of a legal instrument providing the authority detailed in Stirling's Instructions of 30 December 1828.
1899 – Cyclone Mahina hits Bathurst Bay on the Cape York Peninsula killing 410 people.
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Odd behaviour in political articles

Could I get some more eyes on the contributions of this editor, please? Heavily active in Australian political articles, making significant edits. At the very least, adding in large quotes from dubious sources – Crikey etc. – to support infobox changes seems to serve little useful purpose. --Pete (talk) 17:57, 11 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

What wrongdoing exactly are you accusing @Wikiuser4999 of? I'm sure this user like everyone else is simply trying to improve the encyclopaedia.

If you are going to say that Crikey is a bad source to use then you should definitely discuss the issues at hand in a request for comment (RfC) at Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources, I think you can absolutely label Crikey as a reliable source because guidelines are not contradictory to that label. Qwerty123M (talk) 03:49, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like more eyes on this editor. These edits are unusual, especially for a new editor. --Pete (talk) 08:43, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Unusual activity is not a bad thing. It may be that this user is adding information that other editors have overlooked. More eyes on this editor sounds like a very cruel and unwarranted invasion of privacy; editors should have autonomy to make edits freely as they choose per WP:BEBOLD. You cannot strictly police every edit like this, that would not comply with Wikipedia:Ownership of content. A new user can make large edits, there is no guideline that I know of to prevent that!

Can you please mention any specific instances of wrongdoing by this user? Qwerty123M (talk) 09:17, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

What makes you think I'm suggesting any wrongdoing? I didn't say anything along those lines. I removed one of the more obviously unreliable sources but I raised the question here because the behaviour was odd. I've been around Wikipedia a long time and this is something new. When something odd occurs in a political article it usually bears looking into.

If you don't want to trouble yourself, fair enough. --Pete (talk) 07:43, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Skyring, if you are going to start noticeboard discussions specifically about other editors, you should probably notify them. Ps, I've just done it for you. TarnishedPath^talk 10:23, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Question about cropping pics on Commons

I've just created an article about Winnie Branson. I don't think there's a separate photo of her anywhere, but this photo in Commons includes what could be cropped into a headshot. Is anyone here experienced in this kind of thing? It would be nice to have a photo of her in the infobox, but I'm not sure how to go about it. Any advice or offers to do it, please? Laterthanyouthink (talk) 08:00, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

If you go to Commons:Commons:CropTool, you can install the CropTool, which is super easy to use. You can just crop the original photo using it. It gives you the option of either creating a new file or overriding the existing file. In this case, you should create a new image. Steelkamp (talk) 08:09, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Unless they have the autopatroller perm they're not going to see the option to overwrite. TarnishedPath^talk 08:18, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, great, thanks Steelkamp & TarnishedPath. I do have autopatrol permission, so should be able to do that. I'll get back to that tomorrow. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 09:07, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Laterthanyouthink autopatroller on Commons is different to autopatrolled on enwiki. TarnishedPath^talk 09:11, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Under no circumstances should one overwrite an image in this case. See c:Commons:OVERWRITE. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 09:53, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

100% TarnishedPath^talk 10:00, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I see. I would never think of overwriting an existing photo. Laterthanyouthink (talk) 10:26, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

ITBF, I see that you uploaded the original, and have autopatrol rights on Commons - would you be able to create a cropped version when you have time, please? Laterthanyouthink (talk) 00:24, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Laterthanyouthink Done - File:Winnie Branson 1967.jpg. Let me know if you'd prefer a wider crop, nice work on the article by the way. I T B F 📢 08:52, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

ITBF - thank you so much (x 2)! I think the photo is fine as is. :-) Laterthanyouthink (talk) 09:20, 17 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Tade Adepoyibi

Please add reliable sources. I can't find anything from North America. Bearian (talk) 02:03, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Jeremy Rapke

Now I want to know what happened next. Can anybody with access to Australian news please add sources? Bearian (talk) 11:13, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

There is probably some information about this in the Herald Sun and The Age. If I get the spare time I'll look through ProQuest. LivelyRatification (talk) 11:32, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Bearian (talk) 11:33, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

@Bearian: I have made some edits. There's a decent bit of more recent coverage about Rapke also due to his role in the Farquharson case, but focused mainly on the report and the circumstances of his resignation. LivelyRatification (talk) 22:54, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Broken infobox

Hi there,

Can someone please fix the infobox criminal section of Rory Amon's article to include the trial location and start dates? I have added parameters for the trial location and start dates on Amon's article like Gareth Ward has but these parameters are not displaying anything.

Thanks for fixing this issue,

Qwerty123M (talk) 12:00, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Done – The issue was that you had formatted the trial location as a link. That |trial= field automatically creates a link to the text entered. The rest of the trial information is only displayed if this field exists, and the link broke that field. However, this does not seem to be the intended purpose of the |trial= field, which according to the documentation should only be used when the trial itself has an article. I've fixed the infobox as you requested and I'll leave that decision to you. 5225_C (talk • contributions) 17:37, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shire of South Gippsland

Just bringing your attention to this AfD, which is about a disambiguation page pointing to a small former LGA and a slightly larger current LGA. I've explained my own opinion as creator (in 2008) in a Comment at the AfD, but would rather that current users involved in Australian admin / geographic articles reach a consensus, as I'm a (not permanently) retired editor at this point. Orderinchaos 19:40, 20 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Mount Hotham Alpine Resort

With a few more sources as tagged, this could be a B-Class article. Please add sources as noted. Bearian (talk) 02:41, 21 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

"Visiting in Winter" lacks sources too. Ive removed a few external links from the article Drew Stanley (talk) 20:07, 26 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Done Drew Stanley (talk) 16:43, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Michael Rowland (news presenter)#Requested move 23 February 2026

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Michael Rowland (news presenter)#Requested move 23 February 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Qwerty123M (talk) 10:59, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Talk:Hamish Macdonald (broadcaster)#Requested move 24 February 2026

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Hamish Macdonald (broadcaster)#Requested move 24 February 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Qwerty123M (talk) 01:55, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Australian Roads#Requested move 27 February 2026

There is a requested move discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Australian Roads#Requested move 27 February 2026 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Qwerty123M (talk) 05:31, 27 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Good article reassessment for Quoll

Quoll has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 04:46, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Robin Donald

Opera Australia's facebook page reports on 10 August 2022 the death of the tenor, Robin Donald Smith, son of Donald Smith (tenor). Does anyone have a more reliable source and actual date? Doug butler (talk) 10:28, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

On Ancestry I found 28 June 2022 in Queensland but have not been able to locate a reliable source, e.g. nothing found via Ryerson Index or elsewhere. Oronsay (talk) 01:56, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Also a ref for the assertion that the soccer star Jason Cundy was a grandson of Donald Smith. Otherwise I will delete it. Doug butler (talk) 21:17, 2 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

COI edit request relevant to this project: McGrath Foundation

Just notifying members of this project that there is a Conflict of Interest edit request relevant to this WikiProject at the McGrath Foundation article. DrThneed (talk) 21:32, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

COI edit request relevant to this project: Minerals Council of Australia

Just notifying members of this project that there is a Conflict of Interest edit request relevant to this WikiProject at the Minerals Council of Australia article. DrThneed (talk) 21:50, 3 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]