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'Big levers' need pulling as arts struggle despite aid

Mounting pressure on the arts have been acknowledged by federal and state ministers as even the sector's full-time professionals struggle to make ends meet.

AAP

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

Growing concern in Australia over reported repatriation plans for Isis wives and children

Government denies organising return as critics warn of security risks and aid groups urge action

The Independent UK

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Australian politicians reveal their housing portfolios, with some owning as many as six homes

Dozens of politicians are landlords, having also declared rental income from their investment properties

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’

The Guardian - AU

Albanese government sets unchanged 185,000 intake under permanent migration program

The government will keep the permanent migration level for 2025-26 at 185,000, the same level as the previous financial year.

The Conversation

Australia will pay Nauru to resettle foreign-born criminals

Australia has agreed to pay Nauru to resettle foreign-born criminals who cannot be held indefinitely in detention

The Independent UK

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Elon Musk shares post on X with incorrect attendance figures for Australia’s anti-immigration protests

The March for Australia demonstrations were promoted by neo-Nazis, anti-lockdown figures and other fringe groups

The Guardian - AU

By sending non-visa holders to Nauru, Australia is shifting its responsibilities

The Home Affairs minister, Tony Burke, revealed late last week he had visited Nauru in August and signed a memorandum of understanding with its government.

The Conversation

View from The Hill: Albanese government resorts to whatever-it-takes to rid Australia of former detainees

The Albanese government’s deal with Nauru to take up to 280 former immigration detainees again shows both sides of politics will resort to drastic and expensive actions when faced with intractable issues around illegal non-citizens.

The Conversation

Australian government signs deal to deport former detainees to the tiny island country of Nauru

Australia and Nauru signed an agreement on Friday to allow the Australian government to deport formerly detained people without valid visas to the tiny island nation

The Independent UK

Australia signs $400m deportation deal with Nauru

Australia will pay Nauru hundreds of millions of dollars to accept non-citizens who don't have a valid visa as part of a new deal to deport them.

AAP

Australia signs $400m deportation deal with Nauru

Australia will pay Nauru hundreds of millions of dollars to accept non-citizens who don't have a valid visa as part of a new deal to deport them.

AAP

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

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'Serious concerns' rights undercut in migration changes

Australia's human rights watchdog is alarmed proposed changes to migration rules would stop natural justice applying to foreign criminals facing deportation.

AAP

Social cohesion fears with weekend rallies set to clash

Groups and communities will hold their own protests in response to planned anti-immigration rallies whose premise has been flatly rejected by political leaders.

The Conversation

Australia says Iran was behind two antisemitic attacks; Iranian ambassador expelled

Australia’s national security service has determined the Iranian government directed at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia – on Lewis Continental Kitchen in Sydney, and the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne.

AAP

'Slava Ukraini!': Australia marks Ukraine independence

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has praised the courage of Ukraine's people on the 34th anniversary of its independence, as archaeological items are returned.

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'Forever tarnished': Netanyahu spews more vitriol on PM

Israel's prime minister has launched another verbal salvo against Anthony Albanese over his handling of the situation in the Middle East as calls grow for calm.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s peak Jewish group condemns Netanyahu’s ‘clumsy’ attack on Albanese and calls for end to ‘spat’

ECAJ says Australian and Israeli governments should use ‘diplomacy rather than public posturing’

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Israel diplomatic row deepens; Lehrmann a ‘national joke’, court told; and the agony of a software update

‘Strength is not measured by how many people you can blow up or how many children you can leave hungry,’ the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, says

The Independent UK

Row between Israel and Australia descends into personal insults as Netanyahu calls Albanese ‘weak’

Australian home minister tells Israel’s PM that ‘strength is not measured by how many people you can blow up’

The Independent UK

Netanyahu brands Australia's Albanese 'weak' over Palestinian state recognition

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has dismissed accusations from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called the Australian leader a "weak politician" for recognizing a Palestinian state

The Guardian - AU

Australia and Israel: how the war of words unfolded – in quotes

After announcing plans to recognise a Palestinian state, Australia’s decision to reject visa application from far-right Knesset member heightens tensions with Israel

Al Jazeera

Australia hits back at Netanyahu amid escalating diplomatic row over Gaza

Australia’s Home Affairs minister says ‘strength is not measured by how many people you can blow up’.

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