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Primark boss admits ‘error of judgment’ and resigns after woman’s allegation

Paul Marchant accepts behaviour fell below standards expected at owner Associated British Foods

The Guardian - UK

Retail world stunned as Primark boss quits over inappropriate behaviour

Paul Marchant’s dramatic resignation follows independent investigation by external lawyers into “incident” involving female colleague

Evening Standard

'Naive' science fan faces jail for plutonium import

A fast-food worker and collector is set to learn his fate after shipping nuclear material to his parent's suburban unit, sparking a major hazmat incident.

AAP

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Primark sales in first post-lockdowns fall as shoppers face ‘economic worries’

Owner ABF says lower income consumers have cut back on spending amid ‘uncertainty and actual unemployment’

The Guardian - UK

Primark UK sales hit by sharp slow down in consumer spending

Trading in October and November particularly weak as consumers took fright around the time of the Budget

Evening Standard

Primark owner to shed light on high street Christmas trading

Associated British Foods (ABF) will also reveal whether the consumer group has been affected by recent weakness in sugar prices.

Evening Standard

No water in immigration detention centre cell: watchdog

The federal detention watchdog has found the Australian Border Force is holding some immigration detainees in a cell without water or a toilet.

AAP

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Police, Border Force know who's been naughty or nice

Drug traffickers continue to make the Federal Police and Border Force's naughty list, as they monitor packages and international passengers for illicit drugs.

AAP

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.

AAP

‘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

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

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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…

The Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

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 Guardian - AU

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

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

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

The Guardian - AU

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’

The Guardian - AU

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

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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