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Unknown number of servicewomen gagged by ADF agreements

The defence force chief is offering to review non-disclosure orders for victims of sexual misconduct but stopped short of committing to a blanket annulment.

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Albanese defends $2.5bn Nauru deal as transparency advocates warn taxpayer dollars could fuel ‘kleptocracy’

PM dismisses concerns over corruption allegations against senior Nauruan politicians aired in parliament, saying secret offshore processing deal ‘entirely appropriate’

The Guardian - AU

Corruption allegations levelled at Nauru in Senate

Nauru's President David Adeang and Foreign Minister Lionel Aingimea have been allegedly linked to suspicious financial activity involving Australian funds.

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Nauru president accused in parliament of corruptly siphoning off millions of Australian funding

Senator uses parliament to accuse Albanese government of knowing David Adeang was ‘seriously corrupt’ yet still signing $2.5bn deportation deal

The Guardian - AU

Nauru president floats returning NZYQ refugees to home countries

In newly translated excerpts of a February interview, David Adeang wrongly stated the people Australia has begun deporting to his country are not refugees

The Guardian - AU

Two Sydney hospital employees critical after car mounts footpath and strikes them outside entrance – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Time to change rules and strip honours from child abusers who’ve died, victims and advocates say

Survivor John Jolley says issue has been in ‘too-hard basket’ for too long and Australian government should posthumously rescind awards

The Guardian - AU

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Grattan on Friday: Will the Liberals hold firm in the fight over freedom to find information?

A little under a year ago, Michelle Rowland, who was then communications minister, had to make a humiliating retreat.

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Australia’s Future Fund discloses huge profits from weapons manufacturers despite fierce criticisms of support for industry

Value of shares in eight companies rockets amid sharpest increase in military spend since cold war

The Guardian - AU

US private prisons operator to be paid $790m to hold 100 people on Nauru in quiet expansion of contract

Exclusive: A sixteenfold increase in the original contract without public notification raises allegations of ‘gross mismanagement’ and a process ‘run out of control’

The Guardian - AU

SBS resists calls to join EU boycott of Eurovision 2026 if Israel allowed to compete

Israeli media had reported nation had been asked to step aside or compete under a neutral symbol due to controversies over Gaza war

The Guardian - AU

Dan Andrews Addresses Backlash After Posing For Photos With Vladimir Putin & Kim Jong-un

“You would hope that you use your position as a former leader ... to push the world closer to peace, not join a military parade with a bunch of dictators,” David Shoebridge said of the pics.

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Labor and Coalition pass deportation laws set to make Nauru a ‘penal colony’ for Australia, critics say

Legislation validates flawed decisions, cuts off appeals and gives government sweeping powers to deport people, campaigners claim

The Guardian - AU

'Exploitation': Australia criticised over Nauru deal

People stripped of their visas and fighting their deportations in court have been dealt a major blow as laws pass to strip them of certain legal rights.

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The Guardian - AU

‘I could get a gun within an hour of leaving jail’: how Australia’s licensed firearms end up in criminal hands

With as many as 600,000 illicit weapons in circulation, gun control experts say the long-planned national firearms register is needed urgently

The Guardian - AU

Up to 80,000 people in Australia may be affected by ‘sledgehammer’ powers to deport noncitizens to Nauru, lawyers warn

Greens senator David Shoebridge accuses Tony Burke of ‘doing his Peter Dutton impression, dog-whistling and punching down on migrants’

AAP

Hundreds of former immigration detainees to be deported

A deal to deport former immigration detainees to Nauru has secured bipartisan support but drawn condemnation from human rights groups.

AAP

Threat warning lingers over anti-migrant rallies

Authorities are calling for calm ahead of anti-immigration rallies and counter-protests in Australian cities which could create a "dangerous" situation.

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The Guardian - AU

Australian government criticised over ‘disgraceful’ $400m deal to deport foreign-born former detainees to Nauru

An agreement relating to the NZYQ cohort, who previously faced indefinite immigration detention, was signed by home affairs minister Tony Burke on Friday

AAP

Threat warning lingers over anti-migrant rallies

Authorities are calling for calm ahead of anti-immigration rallies and counter-protests in Australian cities which could create a "dangerous" situation.

AAP

Protesters demand protections to prevent cop crackdowns

Human rights lawyers and democracy advocates are calling for nationwide protections for protesters following a dramatic increase in legal crackdowns.

The Guardian - AU

‘Blindsided’: father of Port Arthur massacre victims says NSW hunting bill will take a ‘jackhammer’ to gun control

Walter Mikac, who lost his wife and two daughters in the 1996 shooting, warns that Labor-backed Shooters party bill will weaken national firearms agreement

The Guardian - AU

What parts does Australia supply for the F-35s striking Gaza – and should shipments be halted?

The Greens have urged Labor to stop supplying F-35 parts to a global supply chain accessed by Israel – while the government has criticised ‘misinformation’

The Guardian - AU

Aukus laws will mean anywhere in Australia could be potential nuclear waste dump, critics say

Greens senator David Shoebridge says communities will have ‘no way to protect the land’ from waste that will be radioactive for millennia

The Guardian - AU

‘Action, not slogans’: Albanese dismisses pressure from Labor MPs to toughen Israel stance

The prime minister resists demands for more sanctions as clamour grows to follow UK and France in recognising Palestine

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