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Minister defends 'best practice' grant for sports club

South Australian MP Mark Butler says he encouraged a council in his electorate to apply for a national grant to give its soccer club a home.

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Each party's plan to crush the illegal tobacco market

The market for illicit tobacco continues to drive crime across the country, with the major parties creating different strategies to tackle the scourge.

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Retailers risk jail for cheap cigarettes under new laws

Selling cheap or concealed cigarettes could be enough to land retailers in hot water under proposed laws aimed at smashing the illegal tobacco trade.

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Australia bans new international student enrolments in graduate diploma course

Australia has stopped new international student enrolments in the Graduate Diploma of Management (Learning), affecting 452 VET providers. The government said the course was being misused for onshore transfers and had high visa refusal and non-completion rates. Existing students can complete their studies.

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Service stations closed and contracts ripped up after illegal tobacco and vape raids

More than 100 service stations were targeted as part of Operation Shorthand.

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'We're coming': police launch illegal tobacco crackdown

Federal agencies have launched a nationwide crackdown on the sale and supply of illegal tobacco, as more than 100 service stations are raided.

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Andhra govt, Australia sign MoUs on clean energy, manufacturing, education, skills

Andhra Pradesh and Australia signed four MoUs expanding bilateral cooperation. These agreements cover clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and inclusive education initiatives. Student mental health and skill development also form key areas of collaboration. The partnerships aim to foster innovation and workforce development in the state. These collaborations follow recent discussions…

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Grattan on Friday: Now’s the time to renovate multiculturalism, elevating ‘interculturalism’

The Lowy Institute’s annual poll, released this week, carried two important signals for politicians and other policy makers about Australian multiculturalism. One was reassuring, the other an amber light.

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In 1934, a chemist pulled a sticky polymer into a thread, and nylon moved toward everyday life

In a twist of fate, a humble lab experiment by chemist Julian Hill in the 1930s turned a sticky substance into a global phenomenon. What started as a gooey polymer evolved into the resilient, elastic wonder we now know as nylon. This breakthrough made waves beyond the laboratory, infiltrating everyday…

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Allegra Spender defends voting against CGT reform – as it happened

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Tobacco tax cut lit up as black market trade 'solution'

A state government minister has conceded tobacco tax is fuelling rampant illegal trade as his federal Labor counterpart denies a cut would be a silver bullet.

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MP targeted in fake professor smear campaign

A post on social media cites concerns raised by a fake academic to put scrutiny on the supposed net worth of a Labor politician.

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New data lights up enormity of tobacco black market

New wastewater analysis of nicotine consumption in Australia shows black market tobacco makes up a much larger share of sales than previously thought.

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Labor’s JobSeeker reforms are a welcome step – but so far, fall short of a radical rebuild

The Albanese government has promised to undertake “once-in-a-generation” reforms of the government’s employment services system, which could affect the roughly one million Australians who access unemployment payments including JobSeeker.

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Australia freezes new overseas student provider registrations for 12 months

Australia is suspending new applications from vocational education providers seeking to enroll international students for 12 months. This move aims to address integrity concerns within the sector and allows regulators to review existing applications with greater scrutiny. Public institutions and existing providers are exempt from this suspension.

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Grattan on Friday: Migration debate deserves better policy approach and less politicking from Liberals

An effective opposition is good at policy. Last term and so far this term, the Coalition has been very poor at policy formulation.

The Guardian - AU

Labor moves to block some temporary visa holders travelling to Australia amid Middle East war

Proposed new powers for home affairs minister are ‘truly appalling’, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre says

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Conflict triggers tourist visa, asylum seeker crackdown

The government has been lashed for introducing plans to crack down on a tourist visa loophole on the same day it granted asylum to five Iranian soccer players.

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One Nation might not only be a Coalition problem – there are warning signs for Labor too

This week’s Essential poll found 58% of respondents were open to voting for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation at the next federal election

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Modern multicultural Australia must strengthen the ties that bind our diverse groups: Julian Hill

Assistant Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs minister Julian Hill has warned Australia needs to strengthen the “bridging social capital” that holds our diverse society together, or risk further fragmentation.

The Guardian - AU

University of Sydney denied request to increase international student enrolments next year

Institution was only university not granted extra places after seeking additional enrolment allocation from federal government

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Dolphins' Darren Waller was activated off the PUP list on Wednesday

NFL insiders have reported that Dolphins TE Darren Waller has been activated off the PUP list and will return to practice.

The Guardian - AU

Palestinian woman released from immigration detention in Sydney a week after assistant minister cancelled her visa

Maha Almassri, 61, who fled Gaza last year, was detained in Villawood after Julian Hill ‘personally’ cancelled her bridging visa

The Guardian - AU

‘I’m not done fighting’: diagnosed with MND, Victorian MP Emma Vulin still has a lot to achieve

After seeing the parliament made more accessible, the 45-year-old wants to help usher in changes to the state’s voluntary assisted dying laws

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Afternoon Update Election 2025: Labor’s clean car policy in the crosshairs; Dutton alleged to be target of terror plot; and a campaign Easter egg

Albanese says Coalition’s move would contradict its push to lower fuel costs for motorists

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