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The shadow immigration minister, Dan Tehan, called for a reduced intake of international students – but he didn’t say to what level the intake should be reduced.
Labor and the Liberals lauded local campaigns during the Dunkley byelection as both sides look for the positives after the Albanese government retained the seat against a swing.
The Asio boss, Mike Burgess, has said the unnamed person he accused of being recruited by foreign spies is no longer a politician, but that “this person knows who it is” and “the harm has been dealt with”.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said that new Dunkley MP, Jodie Belyea, would be joining a “team which is majority female”, and said Peter Dutton’s team was “dominated by blokes”.
More than 750,000 Australians have donned gloves and cleaned our beaches, rivers and parks in Clean Up Australia Day, the nation’s largest community environment event.
Man arrested after Geelong home siege
A 24-year-old man has been arrested after he barricaded himself inside a Horne Square home in the Geelong suburb of Corio, Victoria police have said.
A woman was allegedly inside the property with the man, before she left the address around 3pm, police said.
The Newcomb man was arrested without incident, and is assisting police with enquiries.
