Australia has committed another $10m for food urgently needed in Gaza. The latest funding takes Australia’s humanitarian assistance to $72.5m since October 7. Federal frontbencher Anne Aly was in Jordan this week at an urgent meeting about aid in Gaza. “Ultimately, this is about Israel taking responsibility for this andContinue Reading
A “much-loved” Geelong tradie and his family may be forced to return to South Africa after being told by immigration agents that their son’s diabetes diagnosis could be a “liability” to taxpayers. Nico Willers, 44, his wife Jane and their three children — twins Nico and Esme 13, and Karla,Continue Reading
Embattled Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has issued a new legal guidance to replace his contentious Direction 99 which allowed dozens of serious criminals to stay in Australia. Under the change, community safety will be the overriding factor when immigration officials and tribunals consider whether to revoke or reinstate an individual’sContinue Reading
The career criminal who is at the centre of a political storm after his visa cancellation was overturned pleaded for mercy by telling a psychologist that he was traumatised after cradling bloodied gangland crime lord Tony Mokbel in his arms in jail until paramedics arrived. Kevin Farrugia, who remains inContinue Reading
The online watchdog has dropped its legal action against Elon Musk’s social media giant X after it refused to remove content related to the Sydney church stabbing. eSafety launched proceedings in the Federal Court earlier this year after X, formerly Twitter, vowed to fight a global take-down order content fromContinue Reading
In less than one week, the Australian Border Force has stopped almost 400,000 disposable vapes worth more than $12.47m from entering Australia. ABF officers uncovered the products in three separate sea cargo consignments, all originating from Asia, at Sydney’s container examination facility. Officers found 37,800 disposable vape products on MondayContinue Reading
For many motorists, one of the most striking features of driving an electric car for the first time is the uncanny silence. But while a reduction in road noise may be a positive, advocates for the blind and low-vision community have long warned of the danger these heavy, silent carsContinue Reading
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil says she wants social media companies to be subject to more regulation as a bitter fight to remove the violent footage of the Sydney church stabbing wages on. “They are creating civil division, social unrest, just about every problem that we have as a countryContinue Reading
Elon Musk and his social media company X have vowed to fight orders by Australia’s online watchdog to remove content related to alleged Sydney church stabbing attack. On Tuesday, eSafety commissioner Julie Inman Grant said social media giants X, formerly Twitter, and Facebook parent company Meta would be issued aContinue Reading
Fairfield mayor Frank Carbone has questioned whether mental health issues have again played a part in a shocking church stabbing overnight in Sydney’s west. Speaking to news.com.au outside Christ The Good Shepherd Church on Tuesday morning following the stabbing of a bishop at Wakeley, Mr Carbone said he was “shocked”Continue Reading