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Government bill will close loophole by allowing previously detained people to be jailed if they break conditions

Last week the High Court ruled that holding high-risk asylum seekers in indefinite detention was unconstitutional. As a consequence of the court decision, more than 80 people, some of whom were convicted of serious crimes including murder and rape, have been released. The government will rush in legislation on Thursday…

Penny Wong reveals Rohingya man known as NZYQ no longer in immigration detention following high court’s landmark ruling

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A freed Israeli hostage, 85, has said her Hamas captors treated her ‘gently’ and with ‘care’, but also that after her painful kidnapping she had ‘been through hell’. And AUKUS discussions with Democrats and Republicans remain ‘productive’, PM Anthony Albanese says.

Concerns have been raised about Hong Kong police officers touring Australia and meeting with the AFP after China cracked down on freedoms.

Mike Burgess says Beijing is engaged in ‘the most sustained, scaled and sophisticated theft of intellectual property and expertise in human history’