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• Australia immigration announcement LIVE updates: Tony Burke to unveil major changes to migration system in National Press Club speech; Joyce says Labor mimicking One Nation

  16-09-2026 23:48 via smh.com.au
  
  We will bring you the latest live news updates as Labor reveals its new migration policy.
  
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• Australia immigration announcement LIVE updates: Burke to unveil major migration changes in National Press Club speech; Joyce says visa overstayers would be deported for using public services under One Nation policy

  16-09-2026 23:48 via smh.com.au
  
  We will bring you the latest live news updates as Labor reveals its new migration policy.
  
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• One Nation volunteer previously promoted neo-Nazi ideologies

  16-09-2026 23:43 via abc.net.au
  
  A One Nation volunteer at a WA by-election was found by a tribunal to have previously promoted racist and neo-Nazi ideologies.
  
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• Live: Universities Australia boss 'deeply worried' about migration overhaul

  16-09-2026 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The chief executive of Universities Australia says any move to cut the number of international students will do "lasting damage" to Australia's university sector. Follow live.
  
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• Live: New backpacker ballot, crackdown on overstayers in Labor's migration overhaul

  16-09-2026 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke is set to announce a shake-up of Australia's migration policy, a month later than initially planned. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Lambie welcomes news 'bean counters' won't restrict veterans' support

  16-09-2026 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government has bowed to pressure and scrapped its proposed $5,000 veteran allied health cap announced in this year's federal budget. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Lambie welcomes news 'bean counters' won't restrict vererans' support

  16-09-2026 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government has bowed to pressure and scrapped its proposed $5,000 veteran allied health cap announced in this year's federal budget. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Labor folds to pressure, scraps $5,000 veterans allied health cap

  16-09-2026 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The federal government has bowed to pressure and scrapped its proposed $5,000 veteran allied health cap announced in this year's federal budget. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Hanson teams up with Fatima Payman to attack crossbench staffing limits

  16-09-2026 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  Pauline Hanson has teamed up with other crossbenchers to attack what they say are "unfair" staffing double standards for non-government politicians. Follow live.
  
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• Live: Farmers' federation says migration policy will trigger higher food prices

  16-09-2026 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The National Farmers' Federation says food will become more expensive and supermarkets emptier under the government's shake-up of Australia's migration policy. Follow live.
  
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• Farmers' federation says migration policy will trigger higher food prices — as it happened

  16-09-2026 23:08 via abc.net.au
  
  The National Farmers' Federation says food will become more expensive and supermarkets emptier under the government's shake-up of Australia's migration policy. 
  
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• Australia immigration announcement LIVE updates: Tony Burke to unveil major changes to migration system in National Press Club speech

  16-09-2026 22:45 via smh.com.au
  
  We will bring you the latest live news updates as Labor reveals its new migration policy.
  
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• Labor's long-awaited migration overhaul targets temporary visas

  16-09-2026 21:32 via abc.net.au
  
  Labor will tighten rules for temporary migrants bringing family members, switching visas and extending their stays as it seeks to cut net overseas migration.
  
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• Politicians’ rethink on immigration demands sober analysis

  16-09-2026 21:30 via smh.com.au
  
  The topic is already a defining policy issue way before the next federal election.
  
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• The radical is becoming normal under Hanson. If you’re not worried, you should be

  16-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  Anthony Albanese’s hare-and-the-tortoise political strategy, built on policy incrementalism, is now on life support. Angus Taylor is a store-bought Liberal leader who looks the part but will eventually have to make way for Andrew Hastie.
  
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• ‘I’m very worried about it’: Burke’s warning on Australia becoming a guest worker economy

  16-09-2026 21:00 via smh.com.au
  
  There are now more than 3 million temporary migrants without the rights of permanent residents or citizens in Australia. Many entered the country automatically.
  
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• Jacinda Ardern never expected to have to pick her walkout music

  16-09-2026 20:30 via abc.net.au
  
  From singing country and western with her sister to introducing the New Zealand parliament to drum and bass, music has played an important part in Dame Jacinda Ardern's life. 
  
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• Sweden's left-wing bloc wins general election by slim margin

  16-09-2026 19:39 via abc.net.au
  
  The centre-left coalition has secured a one-seat majority over the right-wing bloc that had been in power since 2022.
  
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• Chalmers wipes more than $500b off nation’s debt – in four decades’ time

  16-09-2026 14:30 via smh.com.au
  
  Long-term forecasts on the state of the nation’s budget are good news – for future taxpayers. But soaring interest rates now are going to cause pain.
  
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• Best of cartoons, September 17, 2026

  16-09-2026 13:31 via smh.com.au
  
  The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
  
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• Labor to unveil crackdown on student family visas in migration overhaul

  16-09-2026 10:43 via smh.com.au
  
  As Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke readies to announce tough visa rules, the Coalition is split over plans to adopt One Nation’s push to achieve net zero migration.
  
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• Labor to crack down on student family visas in migration overhaul, as Coalition fractures

  16-09-2026 10:43 via smh.com.au
  
  As Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke readies to announce tough visa rules, the Coalition is split over plans to adopt One Nation’s push to achieve net zero migration.
  
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• Australia unfit for prized seat at UN Security Council after abandoning Afghan comrades, say veterans

  16-09-2026 09:12 via smh.com.au
  
  A group of exasperated veterans say Australia has let down vulnerable Afghans and should not be rewarded with a Security Council seat.
  
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• Play School star sacked by Labor for offensive posts stripped of Australia Day ambassador role

  16-09-2026 08:58 via smh.com.au
  
  The prime minister was forced to field questions about Muldoon during question time on Wednesday.
  
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• Play School star Labor sacked for offensive posts now stripped of Australia Day ambassador role

  16-09-2026 08:58 via smh.com.au
  
  The prime minster was forced to field questions about Muldoon during question time on Wednesday.
  
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• GST deal ‘the worst policy decision this century’: Turnbull backbencher

  16-09-2026 07:59 via smh.com.au
  
  Eric Abetz was a member of the government that put in place the 2018 GST deal. Now he says it’s a “classic example” of a government fixing something that was already working.
  
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• Family visas for foreign students targeted in migration crackdown

  16-09-2026 07:17 via abc.net.au
  
  International students would effectively be banned from bringing family members to Australia under a long-awaited overhaul of the immigration system.
  
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• Former spy chief says media failed to report widely on antisemitism

  16-09-2026 06:56 via abc.net.au
  
  Former spy boss Dennis Richardson has criticised the media's handling of "blatant antisemitism" in Australia after the October 7 Hamas attacks and has called for an "open discussion" about extremist Islamists without targeting the broader Australian Muslim community.
  
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• PM asked to explain wedding invitation to staffer sacked over sexist, racist tweets

  16-09-2026 05:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Offensive social media posts from former Play School star Rhys Muldoon have resurfaced after reports he had been hired by Labor senator Richard Dowling. 
  
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• Credlin demands PM explain wedding invite to sacked staffer Rhys Muldoon

  16-09-2026 05:01 via abc.net.au
  
  Offensive social media posts from former Play School star Rhys Muldoon have resurfaced after reports he had been hired by Labor senator Richard Dowling. 
  
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• ‘Under the bus’: Artists sound alarm on latest AI copyright proposal

  16-09-2026 04:01 via smh.com.au
  
  Stasiland author Anna Funder implored the prime minister to see through what she said was a disingenuous attempt by AI companies to link weaker copyright laws to greater data centre expansion.
  
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• ‘Under the bus’: Artists sound alarm on latest AI copyright deal

  16-09-2026 04:01 via smh.com.au
  
  Stasiland author Anna Funder implored the prime minister to see through what she said was a disingenuous attempt by AI companies to link weaker copyright laws to greater data centre expansion.
  
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• Burke to reveal migration overhaul at Press Club on Thursday, ending weeks of confusion

  16-09-2026 02:23 via smh.com.au
  
  His initial speech was cancelled early last month, leaving a void that has led to weeks of speculation and allowed One Nation and the Coalition to highlight more drastic cuts.
  
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