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Asylum seekers with unfounded fears would have right to release if Australia loses case, high court told
Solicitor general warns that ruling indefinite detention unlawful could turn federal circuit court into ‘refugee tribunal’
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent
17, Apr, 2024 @6:35 AM
Sydney man Benjamin Cohen wrongly named as Bondi Junction killer by Channel Seven seeks damages
The university student has hired a defamation lawyer after the TV network incorrectly named him without confirmation from police
Amanda Meade
17, Apr, 2024 @6:22 AM
Cost of fire-ant outbreak in Australia could be much higher than ‘flawed’ earlier prediction, data shows
Australia Institute says 2021 analysis had 15-year timeframe when modelling of the invasive species is usually over 20 to 30 years
Daisy Dumas
17, Apr, 2024 @2:24 AM
300,000ha Queensland cattle station bought for conservation after $21m donation
State government and Nature Conservancy jointly purchase Vergemont station, which contains habitat for endangered night parrots
Aston Brown
16, Apr, 2024 @11:00 PM
Morning Mail: NSW mulls tighter knife laws, private schools ‘overfunded’, judge rebukes Trump
Political and religious leaders plead for calm after Sydney attacks; prospects of change in weather pattern mount after BoM declares end of El Niño
Martin Farrer
16, Apr, 2024 @9:00 PM
State Labor MPs call on Albanese government to expand visa access for Palestinian refugees
Letter from 17 mostly NSW parliamentarians ays there must ‘never again’ be a repeat of people’s visas being cancelled while they are in transit
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent
16, Apr, 2024 @9:00 PM
‘This place is a gem’: in remote Australia, a cultural festival thousands of years in the making
Combining hip-hop workshops, country music and campfire yarns with Ernie Dingo, Jamba Nyinayi festival is part of a new era of First Nations-led tourism on WA’s Ningaloo coast
Rosamund Brennan
16, Apr, 2024 @3:00 PM
Three of Australia’s wealthiest private schools got double the federal funding they were entitled to last year
More than 1,000 private schools were overfunded by the commonwealth despite reforms
Caitlin Cassidy Education reporter
16, Apr, 2024 @3:00 PM
Sydney church stabbing: how an alleged attack on a firebrand preacher reignited tensions
As rumours spread after the incident, the streets around the Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley descended into violent bedlam
Kate Lyons and Mostafa Rachwani
16, Apr, 2024 @9:57 AM
Meta and X ordered to remove church stabbing content – as it happened
This blog is now closed
Cait Kelly and Emily Wind (earlier)
16, Apr, 2024 @8:58 AM
Sydney church stabbing: Chris Minns considering tighter knife laws after Wakeley and Bondi stabbings
NSW premier says a ‘major and serious criminal investigation’ is under way after incident at Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley was deemed terrorism attack
Elias Visontay, Stephanie Convery, Mostafa Rachwani and Josh Butler
16, Apr, 2024 @8:45 AM
Sydney church stabbing – what we know so far
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was stabbed during a service at the Assyrian Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley, triggering a riot and violence towards police and paramedics
Elias Visontay
16, Apr, 2024 @8:43 AM
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