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The Administrative Appeals Tribunal used the controversial Ministerial Direction 99 to overturn half of the government’s initial deportation orders for non-citizens on character ground since July last year. The statistic was revealed in a senate estimates hearing held on Friday afternoon by the AAT’s registrar Michael Hawkins as the government faces a backlash over the […]

A wide net of protesters have swept across Melbourne in the days after lower house MPs in Canberra overwhelmingly rejected a motion to recognise Palestinian statehood. A state government-backed defence forum in Melbourne’s CBD was the target of protesters who laid on the building concourse Friday morning. Police say no arrests or move on directions […]

Anthony Albanese has downplayed tensions with New Zealand’s prime minister who has expressed “grave concerns” over proposed changes to the way Australia deports non-citizens with criminal convictions. The prime minister had a phone call with Christopher Luxon on Thursday morning, where the Kiwi leader voiced his disagreement over the abolishment of Direction 99. The contentious […]

An emergency “Code Yellow” has been declared in one state’s public hospital system as a new Covid and flu wave smashes health staffing numbers and generates a surge in new patient presentations. South Australia Health chief executive Robyn Lawrence triggered the emergency on Thursday and at a press conference on Friday morning confirmed at least […]

Labor’s inner-east Melbourne seat of Higgins is set to be abolished at the next federal election forcing incumbent Labor MP Michelle Ananda-Rajah to either find a new seat to contest, jump to the Senate, or end her short-lived political career. And in a further blow for Labor, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has also proposed […]

A racist street name in northern NSW is set to disappear, but not all residents are happy about it. Byron Shire councillors will consider a recommendation to change the name of Hottentot Crescent in Mullumbimby to “Moonlight Close” after council resolved to commence the name changing process for the crescent in November following a concerned […]

Warning: Graphic details A tradie who murdered his pregnant wife four months into their marriage and doused her body in acid later had a chilling conversation with a friend where he laughed about killing the young woman. Meraj Zafar, an apprentice builder, has pleaded guilty to murdering Arnima Hayat, 19, in their apartment in North […]

Over a thousand trucks and farm vehicles have set up shop in Perth’s CBD, blaring their horns in unison as part of a large-scale protest against the planned cessation of the live sheep export trade. Traffic has ground to a near standstill on several of Perth’s main roads as the “Keep the Sheep” convoy enters […]

Qantas has announced its biggest ever airport investment reaching a historic agreement with Perth Airport to make Western Australia home to the nation’s second biggest airport hub. The 12-year agreement to develop a new terminal and runway was reached between Qantas and Perth Airport after years of negotiations. They are expected to be operational by […]

An 11 year-old girl has suffered severe third-degree burns after allegedly using nail glue purchased from a popular Chinese online retailer. Jamie Oliver, father to 11-year-old Chloe told the Daily Mail his daughter was “left in hospital” after she had used an “at-home manicure set”, which she had proudly purchased with her own money from […]