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"We are very scared and frightened for them."
War in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia has left millions of people displaced, leading to pleas for the Australian government to do more to help.
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Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said a father left Australia to travel overseas while his asylum claim was before the courts. AAP FactCheck has rated the claim false.
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"Jail is killing Julian Assange."
Tasmanian MP Andrew
@WilkieMP
wants PM Scott Morrison to intervene in the prosecution of whistleblower Julian Assange in the UK and US,
@domgiannini_
reports.
"This situation is absolutely heartbreaking."
The NSW city of Lismore is facing its worst-ever flood crisis as more towns in the Northern Rivers region are evacuated and put on major flood alert.
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"It’s beyond time for the government to say enough is enough and to bring Julian home.”
Advocates for the release of Julian Assange are gathering in Canberra to send a message to the Albanese and Biden governments.
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"My life has been publicly scrutinised, open for the world to see. His was not."
Brittany Higgins has issued a blistering statement after the trial of her alleged rapist came to an abrupt end.
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Australia will send 20 Bushmaster armoured vehicles worth $50 million to Ukraine following a direct request from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during his address to parliament last week.
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"If we stand still, we will be left behind."
Anthony Albanese says it is time to build a better future as he used Labor's official campaign launch to unveil new housing and health policies.
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"May this be a turning point for how we treat all refugee families."
The family of Tamil asylum seekers who captured the hearts of Australians has been permitted to return to their home in the regional Queensland town of Biloela on bridging visas.
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"What is the point of continuing this legal action?"
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has raised America’s ongoing legal pursuit of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange with US officials, again declaring “enough is enough”.
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Hundreds of construction workers are protesting outside CFMEU headquarters in Melbourne about new mandatory vaccination rules for the building industry.
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Independent
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says there is no need for religious discrimination laws, after viewing a draft of the government's controversial bill.
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| New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced her retirement from politics within the next month.
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"The impact of Grace Tame and Brittany Higgins, they changed the narrative."
Australian women have sent a powerful message to the Liberal-National coalition, former high-profile conservative Julie Bishop says.
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Dylan Alcott is the 2022 Australian of the Year!
The wheelchair tennis champion is the first person with a disability to be named
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in the award's 62-year history.
Alcott took out the honour hours after cruising to another
#AusOpen
final.
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Anthony Albanese is set to become Australia's 31st prime minister after Scott Morrison conceded defeat at the federal election.
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"It is a crime - and it's tolerated."
Former parliamentary staffer Brittany Higgins says the movement to empower women has great momentum in Australia and that concrete legislative action must now be taken.
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Scott Morrison has pointed to the resignation of Gladys Berejiklian as a reason not to introduce a NSW-style federal anti-corruption commission.
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"You can't have one rule for Mr Morrison and one rule for everyone else."
Scott Morrison has been criticised for "appalling judgment" after going from Canberra to Sydney and back for Father's Day while both jurisdictions remain locked down.
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A private prosecution against Premier Daniel Andrews has been struck out by a Victorian magistrate after an online hearing that descended into chaos.
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Australia will submit a more ambitious set of climate targets to the United Nations.
PM Anthony Albanese told reporters of the decision at a joint media conference with his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern in Sydney.
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"He came to play tennis and we came for our lives."
Novak Djokovic's spell in Australia's immigration system has brought renewed attention on those held for nearly nine years since seeking asylum,
@HannahD15
writes.
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Around 500,000 people across NSW have been ordered to evacuate or prepare to flee as a 'rain bomb' heads for Sydney, the Hunter and the Central Coast.
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“Scott Morrison came to Lismore and refused to speak to us ... I lost everything."
Flood-impacted NSW residents angry at the PM have dumped waterlogged possessions at Kirribilli House to protest his handling of the flood crisis.
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From Perth to Brisbane ✈️
The family of Tamil asylum seekers held in detention for more than four years are getting closer to their home in Biloela.
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Scott Morrison was sworn into a fourth portfolio, and PM Anthony Albanese says "there may well be more".
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At least five protesters have crashed Chinese ambassador Xiao Qian's speech at Sydney university
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Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro's office effectively excluded Labor electorates from urgent bushfire recovery funding in a Black Summer grants program that "lacked integrity".
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"I learnt of the AUKUS treaty in the media."
Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has slammed the Australian government for failing to consult with the Pacific nation ahead of joining the AUKUS alliance.
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"It's a pretty bleak situation."
A new report has detailed the planet's frightening loss of life, with monitored wildlife populations plunging by an average of 69 per cent in less than 50 years.
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"You are doing this for the purpose of malice, for the purpose of vindictiveness and for your own personal grudge."
Barnaby Joyce has attacked the motivations of a Liberal cabinet minister who leaked text messages criticising PM Scott Morrison.
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Devastated by Aboriginal youth suicide rates, psychologist
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started a program to make a difference, tipping in $50,000 of her own money.
Now a fundraising concert featuring
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is set to take her program to new heights.
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Former treasurer Josh Frydenberg has conceded the seat of Kooyong following Saturday's election.
Independent candidate Monique Ryan will now be the next MP for the Melbourne-based electorate.
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Home at last.
After four years of detention centres, court challenges and a major medical scare, a family of four Tamil asylum seekers who captured the nation’s hearts have arrived home in Biloela.
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“This is a one-in-500 year flood we are experiencing."
The unprecedented floods in northern NSW are worse than anticipated, with 34,000 people ordered to evacuate and another 310,000 warned to be ready to flee.
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"Me and my family are very happy to start our journey back to my community in Bilo."
The family of Tamil asylum seekers held in detention for more than four years have finally begun their journey home to the central Queensland town of Biloela.
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“The housing market is cooked."
Taxpayer handouts given to buyers who own two or more investment properties would be scrapped by the Greens,
@alexmitchy_
reports.
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“Diplomatic negotiations at this level are not easy."
Julian Assange’s family wants supporters of the imprisoned WikiLeaks founder to politely advocate for his release, rather than “disparaging” the Australian government.
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"They deserve the dignity of resistance."
Aboriginal resistance fighters deserve much greater recognition in the Australian War Memorial, its council chair Kim Beazley says.
“We are humans, and it’s draining and soul destroying.”
Thousands of NSW public hospital nurses walked off the job today in protest at inadequate staff-to-patient ratios.
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"There are no two sides to this debate."
Actress, writer and transgender rights advocate Georgie Stone has urged all Australians to call out anti-trans bigotry and stand up for LGBTQI rights.
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"Australia has one of the most concentrated media environments in the world."
Independent MP
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is a step closer in her push for a royal commission-style inquiry into media ownership in Australia.
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“We are in a deep stage of crisis here."
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CEO
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"I am for fairness in sport, but I'm also for equality in sport ... they've got it wrong."
Ian Thorpe has hit out at a decision by international swimming's governing body to ban transgender athletes from competing in women's events.
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Flu cases have jumped as Australia emerges from the pandemic and abandons infection control measures, putting children at risk of hospitalisation.
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“I didn’t want his sympathy as a father. I wanted him to use his power as prime minister."
Former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins wants change, not apologies for assault and harassment in federal parliament.
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You win this round, magpies!
A tribe of clever magpies has outsmarted scientists, ruining an elaborate experiment by freeing their magpie mates from GPS tracking devices.
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"We trust the independence and integrity of the UK justice system."
The Australian government will not make any representations to the British home secretary after a UK court approved the extradition of whistleblower Julian Assange to the US.
A court has threatened to have former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro's chief of staff arrested over an interim matter concerning a YouTube producer.
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“Aboriginal people are reaching out to be heard but the Liberals have rejected their invitation."
Former Indigenous Australians minister Ken Wyatt has quit the Liberals following the party's decision to oppose the Indigenous voice referendum.
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UPDATE | "Almost 400,000 Australians fell victim to this cruel system."
Anthony Albanese has unveiled a royal commission, saying "it is vital so that we get to the bottom of how robodebt came about so that we can ensure it can never ever happen again."
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to reveal details of a royal commission into the controversial robodebt scheme.
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A coroner has declared Veronica Nelson's death preventable.
The Aboriginal woman, who died inside a Victorian prison, begged for help 49 times in 36 hours before her death.
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Glass bottles have been pelted at the Melbourne headquarters of the CFMEU as a protest against mandatory vaccines turned ugly, with the union blaming "outside extremists" for the violence.
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“To those buffoons who have repeatedly described this commission as a kangaroo court..."
A NSW ICAC lawyer has lashed out at the PM's claim the commission is 'a kangaroo court', labelling the comments "deeply offensive".
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Former prime minister Scott Morrison showed little empathy towards welfare recipients as he looked for budget cuts instead of policies, the robodebt royal commission has been told.
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Horridus is unlike any triceratops found before.
The fossil, dating back 67 million years, is the world's most complete and finely preserved of its species, and will be on display at the
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in an Australian first.
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"These are two animals that could potentially kill each other and do some serious damage to us."
Keepers have risked life and limb to help an Australian zoo become the first in the country to successfully breed and hatch komodo dragons.
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"The policies were made specifically to fail us."
Biloela resident Priya Nadesalingam has called on the Albanese government to grant permanence to refugees and people seeking safety who have lived in Australia for a decade.
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Labor candidate Trevor Ross, a firefighter of 36 years, hopes to extinguish the Liberals' hold on the seat of Lindsay.
Anthony Albanese described Mr Ross as someone who had actually “held a hose”, a swipe at the PM,
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“An actor, dancer, singer and painter, he was also one of the greatest artists Australia has ever seen.”
Australian Indigenous actor David Dalaithngu has died aged 68.
#Breaking
| Australian economist Sean Turnell has reportedly been released from prison by the Myanmar military under an amnesty covering 6000 prisoners.
Mourners are gathering in Melbourne to honour the life of larrikin priest and charity campaigner Father Bob Maguire.
Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto and underworld figure Mick Gatto are among those already in attendance.
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"If you have a cashless society the banks control your life."
Lunch is tasty but victory is sweeter for Queensland MP Bob Katter who forced federal parliament's cashless cafe to backflip and accept cash.
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The Australian Tax Office asked that the robodebt scheme "cease and desist" using taxpayer data, but was ignored by the Department of Human Services.
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Twitter has been ordered to hand over the email address and IP details of anonymous user PRGuy to far right activist Avi Yemini.
Mr Yemini wants to sue the user, but can't without knowing their real identity.
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"I'll not be deterred from the work I'm doing to keep every family safe."
A "small, ugly mob" of protesters won't stop the government's proposed pandemic laws, Victorian Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
says.
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“Drop the charges. Return Julian home."
Julian Assange's supporters are calling for the US to resolve its long-running legal pursuit of the WikiLeaks founder as a test of Australia-US relations.
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"The way it's working at the moment is quite dysfunctional."
Federal MP Darren Chester is taking a break from the Nationals party room, saying he's worried about extreme right-wing views inside the party.
"The sooner we can get that beautiful family home to Bilo, the better."
There is hope the Tamil family taken from their home in Biloela four years ago will return for daughter Tharnicaa's fifth birthday in just under three weeks.
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"I see this as divisive."
Pauline Hanson has angrily left the Senate chamber, telling AAP she could not accept the Welcome to Country or a proposal to be moved later in the day that would raise the Aboriginal flag in the Senate chamber.
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"It breaks my heart."
One of the daughters of a Tamil family of asylum seekers will spend her seventh birthday in community detention as the push for their permanent settlement in Australia gains momentum.
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“This will give all Australian voters a merit-based choice about who speaks for them."
The
@AusRepublic
Movement has unveiled its preferred method for the nation to appoint a new head of state, with chair
@Peter_Fitz
unveiling details.
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“There’s so many people still unaccounted for.”
A second elderly woman has been found dead in a home in northern NSW, as Greater Sydney braces for possible flash-flooding with a rain bomb forecast.
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