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Company handling Australia’s immigration detention playing key role in Trump’s ICE migrant crackdown

Albanese government awarded contracts to MTC despite allegations of ‘gross negligence’ in the US

The Guardian - AU · Jan 29

Home Has Four Paws: When Migration Is Not Complete Without a Pet

Migration is usually measured in visas approved, flights booked and jobs secured. But for one Indian family moving from Hyderabad to Australia, home was not defined by furniture or documents instead it had fur, four legs and unconditional loyalty. A now viral Instagram reel documenting how the family spent nearly…

Times Pets · Jan 29

Australia’s under-16 social media ban: How children are already finding ways around it

Australia’s world-leading ban on social media for under-16s has removed millions of accounts, but early evidence suggests tech-savvy teenagers are already finding easy ways back in.

Euronews · Jan 29

Playing along while planning ahead: How the world is dealing with Trump 2.0 — without breaking from Washington

In House of Cards, the most dangerous moment is not the coup, the scandal or the collapse, it is the point at which everyone realises the rules no longer matter, yet the institutions keep functioning as if they do. That is where much of the world now finds itself with…

The Times of India · Jan 29

China sends team to help catch man who poured hot coffee on Australian baby

Itinerant worker reportedly fled to China after dousing 9-month-old with hot coffee in 2024

The Independent UK · Jan 29

Ponting backs Maxwell for World Cup form revival

Glenn Maxwell endured a torrid BBL campaign but Ricky Ponting sees the T20 World Cup as a perfect stage for Australia's X-factor star to find top gear.

AAP · Jan 29

Zampa four-fer can't save Aussies in Pakistan defeat

With three new faces in their team, Travis Head's Australia have succumbed to a 22-run defeat against Pakistan in their first T20 international in Lahore.

AAP · Jan 29

Albanese defends Isaac Herzog’s Australia visit as federal MP joins calls to rescind invitation

Independent MP Sophie Scamps joins Labor’s Friends of Palestine group and Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi in objecting to Israeli president’s visit

The Guardian - AU · Jan 29

‘This can’t be left to individual families’: how social media ban could affect under-16s

Parents, teachers and young people share their views on whether social media restrictions would work in the UK

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29

Reneé Rapp On Robert Irwin, Aussie Fans & Her Favourite Swear Word: ‘Love That’

Reneé Rapp sat down with Brooke Blurton at an exclusive fan Q&A to chat about music, life and travel ahead of her first-ever Sydney shows.

Pedestrian.tv · Jan 29