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Eight days that triggered a dark Australian legacy

Eight days that triggered a dark Australian legacy

Political masterstroke to some, cruel and illegal to others, the 2001 Tampa affair triggered a costly legacy of offshore processing.

Activists faced 'hellish fury' over violent game ban

Activists faced 'hellish fury' over violent game ban

Activists faced 'hellish fury' over violent game ban

Activists faced 'hellish fury' over violent game ban

Gamers unleashed a torrent of online abuse against five female activists to silence them after they stopped the sale of rape, incest and torture games.

China, Philippines blame each other for shoal incident

China, Philippines blame each other for shoal incident

China, Philippines blame each other for shoal incident

China, Philippines blame each other for shoal incident

Beijing and Manila have summoned each other's envoys as tensions rise over an encounter between China and the Philippines in the disputed South China Sea.

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Methanol victims' families brace for poor legal outcome

Methanol victims' families brace for poor legal outcome

The parents of a teen who died from methanol poisoning during a backpacking holiday feel disgusted after hearing the potential penalties for those responsible.

Labor considers landmark human rights law ... again

Labor considers landmark human rights law ... again

Australia is the only advanced democracy without a human rights act or bill of rights - but Anthony Albanese's government isn't in a hurry to change that.

Battered Aussie activists allege abuse in Israeli jail

Battered Aussie activists allege abuse in Israeli jail

Australian members of a global flotilla have made shocking allegations about their treatment in Israeli detention after being intercepted at gunpoint.

Australia backs historic United Nations climate vote

Australia backs historic United Nations climate vote

A United Nations vote on state climate change obligations has received overwhelming international support in a major win for its Pacific island proponents.

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‘End of line’ for dictator's alleged agent turned nanny

‘End of line’ for dictator's alleged agent turned nanny

‘End of line’ for dictator's alleged agent turned nanny

‘End of line’ for dictator's alleged agent turned nanny

Victims of a brutal dictator’s regime are delighted one of his alleged agents - who became a Sydney nanny - is set to be extradited over kidnapping claims.

Hundreds more Aussies flee 'volatile' Middle East

Hundreds more Aussies flee 'volatile' Middle East

Hundreds more Aussies flee 'volatile' Middle East

Hundreds more Aussies flee 'volatile' Middle East

A second Australia-bound flight has left Dubai with hundreds of citizens on board as tens of thousands more remain stuck in the Middle East.

Hundreds of Aussies heading home after US-led strikes

Hundreds of Aussies heading home after US-led strikes

Hundreds of Aussies heading home after US-led strikes

Hundreds of Aussies heading home after US-led strikes

A Sydney-bound flight is on its way to Dubai carrying fleeing Australians as crisis teams are sent to the Middle East to provide extra consular support.

Push to outlaw spliced Russian 'blood oil' in Australia

Push to outlaw spliced Russian 'blood oil' in Australia

Push to outlaw spliced Russian 'blood oil' in Australia

Push to outlaw spliced Russian 'blood oil' in Australia

Loopholes in Australia's sanctions regime against Russia are inadvertently propping up Russia's war in Ukraine as profits from spliced oil flow back to Moscow.

'Don't go': grieving dad's warning after teens' deaths

'Don't go': grieving dad's warning after teens' deaths

'Don't go': grieving dad's warning after teens' deaths

'Don't go': grieving dad's warning after teens' deaths

The grieving father of teen Holly Morton-Bowles, who died by methanol poisoning while backpacking in Laos, has warned others thinking of visiting the country.

Australia tarnished by persistent racism, refugee abuse

Australia tarnished by persistent racism, refugee abuse

Australia tarnished by persistent racism, refugee abuse

Australia tarnished by persistent racism, refugee abuse

Australia has again failed to curb refugee abuses and rampant discrimination, including against Indigenous people, in its human rights report card.

Activists vow 'uncomfortable' trip for Israel president

Activists vow 'uncomfortable' trip for Israel president

Activists vow 'uncomfortable' trip for Israel president

Activists vow 'uncomfortable' trip for Israel president

Australia's pro-Palestine movement is attempting to turn up the heat on the Albanese government ahead of Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit.

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'A lot of work to do': expats weigh return to Venezuela

Venezuelans in Australia are considering their future as they seek to rebuild their nation, hoping the removal of its leader will open the door to democracy.

Venezuelans in Australia grapple with uncertain future

Venezuelans in exile are pleading for understanding from Australians as they worry about what comes next following a dramatic US intervention.

Trump says US to 'run Venezuela' after Maduro captured

Venezuela's autocratic President Nicolas Maduro and wife Cilia Flores will "soon face the full wrath of American justice" after being deposed by US forces.

UN inspectors again frozen out of Australian prisons

United Nations inspectors have been barred from a crime-troubled territory's prisons and watch houses, raising questions about what authorities have to hide.

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'Deeply concerned': Australia sanctions Taliban leaders

Concerns over the oppression of Afghan women and girls have led Australia's government to sanction three top Taliban officials.

South Africa-born legal expert: Israel apartheid worse

A trail-blazing international judge awarded the Sydney Peace Prize has savaged Israel for its war crimes in Gaza constituting genocide.

Australia sanctions North Korea-linked cyber criminals

Australia's foreign minister has meted out punishments as North Korean cyber actors continue to steal billions in cryptocurrency to fund nuclear warheads.

Complicity warning for firms supplying Israeli military

An eminent international lawyer warns defence companies supplying parts to Israel's military they could be liable for complicity in genocide.

Middle powers like Australia hurt in UN funding crisis

Instead of celebrating its 80th birthday, the United Nations is wondering how it will exist into the future as powerful nations fail to pay their dues.

Flotilla detainees' relatives plead for safe return

The families of detained Australian activists in Israel are pleading with the federal government to bring them back home amid reports of abuse.

Australian activist detained in Israel alleges abuse

Half a dozen Australians have been detained by Israel after a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza was intercepted, with allegations they are being abused.

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