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Two more Iranians seek asylum in Australia after football team flies out – reports

Team’s departure for Malaysia ends Women’s Asian Cup saga

The Guardian - AU · Mar 10

5 members of Iranian women’s soccer team defect, Australia deploys RAAF plane and missiles to Gulf

The Albanese government has given humanitarian visas to five members of the Iranian women’s soccer team, including its captain, to enable them to remain in Australia, and is offering protection to any more of the women who want to defect.

The Conversation · Mar 10

Australia grants asylum to five Iran women players after Asian Cup controversy

Fears had been raised that the players could face persecution after they did not sing the national anthem before their opening game.

The Independent UK · Mar 9

Manifesto planning ‘mass casualties’ allegedly found at home of WA man charged with terror plot

Police allege that 20-year-old Jayson Joseph Michaels was going to target mosques, WA police and parliament

The Guardian - AU · Feb 27

The 23 Australian children stuck in Syria are not responsible for their parents. They need our government’s support to return

If the circumstances of those from Roj camp become even more perilous, the Albanese government may be forced to intervene

The Guardian - AU · Feb 24

Australian families in convoy from Syrian camp warned they would be attacked unless they turned around

Exclusive: Government forces issued threat because Australian government failed to coordinate with them, official says

The Guardian - AU · Feb 23

View from The Hill: Chris Minns makes sense on ISIS brides’ children, while opposition adds to scaremongering

Among today’s leaders, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns is notable in a couple of ways.

The Conversation · Feb 23

Israeli journalist who said 100,000 Gazans should have been killed after 7 October could be denied Australia visa

Tony Burke says he is still considering whether to deny visa application from TV journalist Zvi Yehezkeli

The Guardian - AU · Feb 23

Prison flagged for those who help 'ISIS bride' cohort

Aid groups have hit out at plans by the coalition to jail people found to have helped a cohort of women and children linked to the Islamic State to return home.

AAP · Feb 22

Tony Burke says Australia has few options to block return of 34 women and children from Syrian camp

One woman is subject to temporary exclusion order over security concerns, but home affairs minister says group is ‘not consistent’ in their beliefs

The Guardian - AU · Feb 22