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Backflip on international student caps ‘baffling’, MP says – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Nov 17, 2024

‘Band-aid’: debt relief fails to address inequitable pricing of degrees, university students say

Albanese’s plan is viewed as a ‘last-ditch effort’ to win votes but students also want the vexed jobs ready graduate scheme reversed

The Guardian - AU · Nov 16, 2024

Students hopeful as Greens try to outbid Labor on debt

The Greens have called for all student debt to be wiped, saying the party's $74 billion plan will be a negotiating chip for a possible minority government.

AAP · Nov 10, 2024

Afternoon Update: court rules Hanson racially vilified Faruqi; Jennifer Lopez campaigns with Kamala Harris; and a really, really, really big fine

Justice Angus Stewart found Pauline Hanson’s comment that Mehreen Faruqi should ‘piss off back to Pakistan’ was a ‘strong form of racism’

The Guardian - AU · Nov 1, 2024

Pauline Hanson Racially Vilified Mehreen Faruqi With Appalling Tweet, Federal Court Rules

The Federal Court has determined that One Nation leader Pauline Hanson racially vilified Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi with vicious tweet.

Pedestrian.tv · Oct 31, 2024

Hanson tweet to Muslim senator 'ultimate racist slur'

A judge has rebuked Pauline Hanson for being loose with the truth, making racist remarks for decades and telling a Greens senator to return to Pakistan.

AAP · Oct 31, 2024

Dropping ‘Ramadan’ From Lakemba’s Night Markets Is Erasing Our Community When We Need It Most

The name Ramadan Nights sparked so many positive conversations. Now it's just another night food festival.

Pedestrian.tv · Oct 26, 2024

Australian senator Lidia Thorpe confronted King Charles with a string of claims. How do they stack up?

The Gurnai Gunditjmara and Djab-Wurrung woman accused the crown of a range of crimes against Indigenous people at Parliament House

The Guardian - AU · Oct 22, 2024

Newcastle Greens candidate hopes to further erode Labor stronghold

'I think people feel let down by Labor.'

Newcastle Herald · Oct 15, 2024

How Australia’s political parties have split over Israel and Gaza

It’s been a year of division from Labor, the Coalition and the Greens in their response to the 7 October attacks by Hamas and Israel’s retaliation. Here’s a timeline

The Guardian - AU · Oct 12, 2024