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The numbers of full-time jobs in tourism such as bar-tending has plunged 9 per cent in last quarter.
Australia
Stephen Johnson

Tourism jobs in free fall before Labor slowed holiday visas

Common hospitality jobs done by overseas backpackers were already in decline before Labor hit the brakes on working holiday visas.

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The Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney, where people who overstay tourist and student visas will be detained until they are deported.

Albanese accused of reviving Abbott-era onshore detention

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Margaret Febey and her mother Alison Batt, whose Traralgon home was burgled in August, and her antique brooch and car stolen.
investigation

The state revealed as Australia’s home burglary capital

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One Nation’s policy is like using a chainsaw to prune a bonsai.
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Why Pauline Hanson’s blunt migration cuts won’t work

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The ABS has released the latest immigration figures.

Immigration growth at slowest pace in four years

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President Donald Trump meets with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada at the White House in Washington on October 7, 2025.
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How Trump’s desire for Canada pushed it towards the EU

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One Nation’s policy is like using a chainsaw to prune a bonsai.
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Why Pauline Hanson’s blunt migration cuts won’t work

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and US President Donald Trump are both battling inflation that is driving up interest rates.
analysis

Trump and Albanese have a problem with their central banks

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New Fed chair defies President Trump and hikes the base rate by a quarter of a percent.

US interest rates jump as Fed delivers blow to Trump

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Police officers secure a road leading to the site of a bombing at a mosque in Kohat, Pakistan. (AP PHOTO)
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Attack on mosque in Pakistan kills at least 15

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Burnt-out vehicles in front of a damaged residential building in Kyiv on Thursday.

Missiles and corruption: Ukraine is in a fragile position

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Ambassador breaks ranks on China and AUKUS

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Apples and oranges: Anthony Albanese has a mixed week planned for his visit to the United States. (Joanna Kordina/AAP PHOTOS)

Albanese to take digital safety push to United Nations

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