Primark sales in first post-lockdowns fall as shoppers face ‘economic worries’ Owner ABF says lower income consumers have cut back on spending amid ‘uncertainty and actual unemployment’ The Guardian - UK · Jan 23, 2025
Primark UK sales hit by sharp slow down in consumer spending Trading in October and November particularly weak as consumers took fright around the time of the Budget Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2025
Primark owner to shed light on high street Christmas trading Associated British Foods (ABF) will also reveal whether the consumer group has been affected by recent weakness in sugar prices. Evening Standard · Jan 17, 2025
No water in immigration detention centre cell: watchdog The federal detention watchdog has found the Australian Border Force is holding some immigration detainees in a cell without water or a toilet. AAP · Jan 13, 2025
Police, Border Force know who's been naughty or nice Drug traffickers continue to make the Federal Police and Border Force's naughty list, as they monitor packages and international passengers for illicit drugs. AAP · Dec 25, 2024
Immigration detainee forcibly sedated while deported The forcible injecting of an immigration detainee with an antipsychotic drug as he was being deported has been slammed by a federal government watchdog. AAP · Dec 5, 2024
‘You should be afraid’: poison pen letters reignite UK actors’ fund feud Police notified after former trustees and current chief executive of Actors’ Benevolent Fund were sent notes The Guardian - UK · Nov 17, 2024
Garngi rangers rescued foreign nationals stranded by boat. Local leaders say Australia’s border force is ‘asleep at the wheel’ The discovery of four men follows a series of recent sightings of vessels and people along the Northern Territory coastline The Guardian - AU · Nov 15, 2024
Four foreign nationals removed from Australia after reportedly being found on remote NT island Australian government won’t say if four reportedly found on Croker Island have been taken to country of departure, of origin, or to regional processing centre on Nauru The Guardian - AU · Nov 12, 2024
'If people see someone in trouble, they help': MP thanks fishers for rescue The man had been missing from a ship for 18 hours when he was miraculously spotted. Newcastle Herald · Nov 11, 2024
Hard-pressed shoppers will benefit as retailers carry ‘weight’ of UK tax rises, says Primark owner ABF boss George Weston says budget is positive for ‘the least affluent’ but will cost firm ‘tens of millions’ of pounds The Guardian - UK · Nov 5, 2024
Smuggler packs 200 pounds of meth into PC cases, gets busted — Australian Border Force foil drug smuggling plot Earlier this month, the Australian Border Force (ABF) found 100kg of methamphetamine hidden inside a consignment of imported PC tower cases. This week, after all the contraband had been removed, the ABF and Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested a 45-year-old Malaysian man when he allegedly accepted delivery of the imported… Tom’s Hardware · Oct 31, 2024
UK housebuilding growth fastest since mini-budget; US job layoffs surge as hiring weakens – as it happened UK construction sector has “turned a corner” after a difficult start to the year, as housing activity rises at quickest pace since September 2022 The Guardian - UK · Sep 5, 2024
Comedian Eric André claims he was ‘racially profiled’ at Melbourne airport ‘I do not want to be humiliated or racially discriminated,’ the comic said The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2024
The Guardian - AU · Aug 20, 2024 Comedian Eric André alleges he was racially profiled at Melbourne airport The host of The Eric André Show has accused security at Melbourne airport of discrimination, alleging he was pulled from a line and subjected to a sniffer dog search because of his race
Pedestrian.tv · Aug 20, 2024 Eric André Claims He Was ‘Detained’ & ‘Racially Profiled’ At Melbourne Airport During His Travels “I do not feel safe in the Melbourne Airport.”
The Guardian - AU · Jun 28, 2024 Drugs, alcohol and ‘horrendous’ attacks in detention centres leave ABF reeling Commissioner Michael Outram appeals for greater powers to manage ‘high level of risk’ and worrying rates of addiction in facilities
The Guardian - AU · Jun 18, 2024 Australian Border Force questions three people suspected of travelling to join Israeli army Exclusive: Government warns Australians seeking to serve with armed forces of a foreign country to ‘ensure their conduct does not constitute a criminal offence’
The Guardian - AU · Jun 11, 2024 Australian Border Force searched phones of 10,000 travellers in past two years, data shows Exclusive: About one in four people stopped at border had some data copied from their devices by Australian Border Force
The Guardian - AU · Jun 6, 2024 Border force apologises for failing to prevent ‘misconduct’ after reports found bullying and harassment Exclusive: Apology issued to staff includes pledge ‘to foster a safe, inclusive, empowered, accountable and supportive workplace’
The Guardian - AU · Jun 4, 2024 Number of asylum seekers on Nauru jumps as Australia transfers 37 people who arrived by boat Deterrence policy against asylum seeker boats is under strain, with three vessels arriving in a week in May
The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2024 Actors win apology from English charity watchdog in row over board ‘coup’ Charity Commission says lessons have been learned after dispute involving Penelope Keith, Siân Phillips and ABF
The Canberra Times · May 30, 2024 Border Force raids ACT stores, seize illicit tobacco worth $555,000 Vapes, cigarettes and loose leaf tobacco were seized.
AAP · May 30, 2024 Spike in date-rape drug imports sparks safety concern Over a three-month period, police have seized more than 4200 litres of a dangerous chemical that can be used to spike drinks.
The Guardian - AU · May 29, 2024 Two murderers and 26 sex offenders released under NZYQ ruling not electronically monitored ABF commissioner tells Senate there is a ‘big difference between some murders and other murders’