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Australia to bar foreign students from bringing families

Home affairs minister Tony Burke is expected to announce the changes in a speech at the National Press Club later in the day. The government plans to bring net overseas migration down to 225,000 by 2028, compared with about 300,000 currently, public broadcaster ABC News reported. Burke's office did not…

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Grattan on Friday: Burke delivers overdue migration baby, but is it sturdy enough to withstand the critics?

Tony Burke was late to the National Press Club to announce the government’s migration policy on Thursday. Six weeks late, to be precise.

The Conversation

Labor targets backpackers, students and visa overstayers in immigration plan as Greens criticise ‘race to the bottom’

Most international students unable to bring dependants or family members to Australia under migration policy announced by Tony Burke at National Press Club

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Queensland to create outback boot camps for youth offenders – as it happened

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Take two: Labor to announce migration plan after delay

New levers to push down migration numbers will be detailed by the home affairs minister as opposition parties devise ways to slash the amount of new arrivals.

AAP

As China rises, Australia is increasingly enmeshed in the US war machine. Is the alliance still worth the risk?

Australia is being exploited by an ally that could draw it, however unwillingly, into war with China, experts warn

The Guardian - AU

RSL says One Nation’s Hastie ‘slur’ was an ‘attack on every veteran’s service’ – as it happened

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One Nation mops up migration policy amid new polling

One Nation has again been forced to clarify a key policy stance after its newest MP claimed its migration numbers would not differ much from Labor's.

AAP

Labor unhurried on migration policy over ramifications

The home affairs minister has not given an indication when an overhaul of Australia's migration policy will be unveiled, citing possible unintended concerns.

AAP

'Stop the madness': Liberal eyes big tech, party policy

A Liberal frontbencher has called on his party to slash the construction code, cut migration, tax big tech more and freeze the NDIS to fix Australia's malaise.

AAP

View from The Hill: Burke struggles to wrangle numbers as opposition and One Nation apply heat on migration

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke’s cancelling of his big speech on migration that had been scheduled for delivery at the National Press Club on Thursday was embarrassing but also revealing.

The Conversation

Choosing between US and China 'offensive': coalition

The opposition has bristled at the assertion Australia must choose between trading with China and keeping in lock step with Washington on defence.

AAP

Is Pauline Hanson a liar or the only truth-teller? What voters think on Melbourne’s margins

After Pauline Hanson’s controversial speech at the National Press Club, Guardian Australia headed to Pakenham, one of the electorates One Nation is targeting in the Victorian state election, to see how the message landed

The Guardian - AU

One Nation opposes measures that make a difference to working people, Albanese says

Pauline Hanson criticised by PM as opposition leader Angus Taylor urges members not to defect, arguing One Nation wants to ‘blow this country up’

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Pauline Hanson’s stance on paid parental leave and childcare could turn clock back by decades, economists warn

One Nation leader appears to suggest women should not be paid by employers while on maternity leave and calls for family income splitting

AAP

Hanson has voters riled up but no answers, Liberals say

The opposition is attempting to hit back at One Nation after Pauline Hanson's incendiary speech on immigration, the cost of living and a raft of other issues.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Hanson gets quite a bit off her chest when she enters the media den

Pauline Hanson’s first-ever – and perhaps only-ever – appearance at the National Press Club was always destined to be one of those political “moments”.

The Guardian - AU

AFP investigates banner stunt during Pauline Hanson’s National Press Club speech

Activist group GetUp claims responsibility for incident, saying ‘we thought the occasion deserved some honesty’

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The Guardian - AU

Pauline Hanson makes clear what a One Nation government would be like – it’s an ugly picture

The One Nation leader offered a series of inflammatory statements at the National Press Club that may play well with her supporters but will alarm many others

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Afternoon Update: Hanson wants ‘monocultural’ Australia; Kyle Sandilands’ $12m settlement; and rat-hunting ghostbusters

One Nation leader said Australia cannot be multicultural in her first address to the National Press Club in Canberra

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Pauline Hanson says Australia ‘must be monocultural’ in National Press Club speech

One Nation leader denounces high immigration levels, Islam, transgender rights, the ABC and the Guardian in inflammatory address

AAP

FED:Hanson defies protest to call for 'monocultural' nation

A mid-speech protest has marred Pauline Hanson's first address to the National Press Club after decades in politics.

The Canberra Times

Police investigate GetUp protest banner amid David Sharaz allegations

Footage of the incident has been referred to the Australian Federal Police.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: One Nation’s health issues, the mysterious death of Sheila Chebii, Cate Blanchett now an Oxford professor

Experts say One Nation’s policies are based on misconceptions and could cost taxpayers money

AAP

'Utterly flawed': Hanson blasts multiculturalism

A radical plan to shake up the ABC and axing another public broadcaster were among ideas floated by Pauline Hanson at her first National Press Club address.

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