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‘Completely let down’: Refugee visa scheme under fire
Asylum seekers applying for refugee status in Australia feel let down by bureaucracy, with some driven to self harm. Murdoch University and...
‘We are not animals’: Refugees speak up about detention
Dozens of refugees have revealed their experiences in offshore detention and urged Australia to change its approach to asylum seekers. More than...
Research debunks myth of widespread Medicare fraud
About 85 per cent of GPs nationwide have saved Medicare over $350 million from undercharging patients in consultations, a new study has...
Palm Sunday rallies demand permanent visas for refugees
Hundreds of activists have gathered at Palm Sunday rallies around the country to demand the federal government give permanent visas for refugees...
Hanson slams Latham’s ‘disgusting’ tweet
Pauline Hanson has labelled one-time Labor leader turned One Nation MP Mark Latham’s homophobic slur toward a fellow MP “disgusting”, and urged...
Perrottet, Minns go toe to toe on selling NSW assets
Labor leader Chris Minns says NSW voters can’t trust the Liberals’ promise not to privatise Sydney Water, while Premier Dominic Perrottet maintains Labor can’t...
Parties distance themselves from ex-Liberal MP in Kiama
A veteran NSW Liberal has been thrown a lifeline and will take on Kiama MP Gareth Ward, whose vote neither major party plans...
NSW Labor promises never to privatise new Harbour tunnel
With three weeks to go until state elections in NSW, Labor is vowing to keep the Western Harbour Tunnel in Sydney a...
UN scolds Australia for treatment of sick refugees
Australia has copped a pasting from the United Nations for its treatment of asylum seekers who remain stuck in Nauru and Papua...
Second day of questioning for top neurosurgeon
Dr Charlie Teo will face a second day of questioning by a medical complaints board, having so far defended his decision to...