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Immigration detainee forcibly sedated while deported

The forcible injecting of an immigration detainee with an antipsychotic drug as he was being deported has been slammed by a federal government watchdog.

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‘You should be afraid’: poison pen letters reignite UK actors’ fund feud

Police notified after former trustees and current chief executive of Actors’ Benevolent Fund were sent notes

The Guardian - UK

Garngi rangers rescued foreign nationals stranded by boat. Local leaders say Australia’s border force is ‘asleep at the wheel’

The discovery of four men follows a series of recent sightings of vessels and people along the Northern Territory coastline

The Guardian - AU

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Four foreign nationals removed from Australia after reportedly being found on remote NT island

Australian government won’t say if four reportedly found on Croker Island have been taken to country of departure, of origin, or to regional processing centre on Nauru

The Guardian - AU

'If people see someone in trouble, they help': MP thanks fishers for rescue

The man had been missing from a ship for 18 hours when he was miraculously spotted.

Newcastle Herald

Hard-pressed shoppers will benefit as retailers carry ‘weight’ of UK tax rises, says Primark owner

ABF boss George Weston says budget is positive for ‘the least affluent’ but will cost firm ‘tens of millions’ of pounds

The Guardian - UK

Smuggler packs 200 pounds of meth into PC cases, gets busted — Australian Border Force foil drug smuggling plot

Earlier this month, the Australian Border Force (ABF) found 100kg of methamphetamine hidden inside a consignment of imported PC tower cases. This week, after all the contraband had been removed, the ABF and Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested a 45-year-old Malaysian man when he allegedly accepted delivery of the imported…

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UK housebuilding growth fastest since mini-budget; US job layoffs surge as hiring weakens – as it happened

UK construction sector has “turned a corner” after a difficult start to the year, as housing activity rises at quickest pace since September 2022

The Guardian - UK

Why is Labor lavishing so much money on a shonky outfit like Austal?

Shipbuilder Austal has featured in a succession of scandals. So why is the federal government so keen to lavish taxpayer funding on a company that misleads its investors and delivers dud boats?

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Comedian Eric André claims he was ‘racially profiled’ at Melbourne airport

‘I do not want to be humiliated or racially discriminated,’ the comic said

The Independent UK

Comedian Eric André alleges he was racially profiled at Melbourne airport

The host of The Eric André Show has accused security at Melbourne airport of discrimination, alleging he was pulled from a line and subjected to a sniffer dog search because of his race

The Guardian - AU

Eric André Claims He Was ‘Detained’ & ‘Racially Profiled’ At Melbourne Airport During His Travels

“I do not feel safe in the Melbourne Airport.”

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Drugs, alcohol and ‘horrendous’ attacks in detention centres leave ABF reeling

Commissioner Michael Outram appeals for greater powers to manage ‘high level of risk’ and worrying rates of addiction in facilities

The Guardian - AU

Australian Border Force questions three people suspected of travelling to join Israeli army

Exclusive: Government warns Australians seeking to serve with armed forces of a foreign country to ‘ensure their conduct does not constitute a criminal offence’

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Australian Border Force searched phones of 10,000 travellers in past two years, data shows

Exclusive: About one in four people stopped at border had some data copied from their devices by Australian Border Force

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Costello pushes forward

Incredible footage has shown Nine chairman and former federal treasurer Peter Costello appearing to knock a journalist to the ground at Canberra Airport, and the Australian Border Force has apologised to its staff for failing to prevent workplace sexual discrimination and harassment.

The Guardian - AU

Border force apologises for failing to prevent ‘misconduct’ after reports found bullying and harassment

Exclusive: Apology issued to staff includes pledge ‘to foster a safe, inclusive, empowered, accountable and supportive workplace’

The Guardian - AU

Number of asylum seekers on Nauru jumps as Australia transfers 37 people who arrived by boat

Deterrence policy against asylum seeker boats is under strain, with three vessels arriving in a week in May

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Actors win apology from English charity watchdog in row over board ‘coup’

Charity Commission says lessons have been learned after dispute involving Penelope Keith, Siân Phillips and ABF

The Canberra Times

Border Force raids ACT stores, seize illicit tobacco worth $555,000

Vapes, cigarettes and loose leaf tobacco were seized.

AAP

Spike in date-rape drug imports sparks safety concern

Over a three-month period, police have seized more than 4200 litres of a dangerous chemical that can be used to spike drinks.

The Guardian - AU

Two murderers and 26 sex offenders released under NZYQ ruling not electronically monitored

ABF commissioner tells Senate there is a ‘big difference between some murders and other murders’

The Guardian - AU

Australian man says border force made him hand over phone passcode by threatening to keep device indefinitely

Tech entrepreneur who lives in the US says he has been held up at Sydney airport for hours three times in the past year

The Guardian - AU

Australia will seek to return Rwandans to PNG after unauthorised arrival in Torres Strait

Government will require that the five men who claimed asylum will not be sent to a country where they face persecution

The Guardian - AU

Flawed immigration detention risk assessment tool can’t be upgraded as ABF data ‘riddled with errors’

Exclusive: One detainee recorded as being involved in ‘over 3,000 incidents’ in a year – an ‘incredibly unfeasible’ scenario, FOI documents say

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