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Family members of suspected Islamic State militants who are Australian nationals walk toward a van bound for the airport in Damascus during the first repatriation operation of the year at Roj Camp in eastern Syria on Monday.

Burke pleads ignorance on ISIS bride repatriation scheme

One of the so-called ‘ISIS brides’ attempting a return to Australia has been slapped with a temporary exclusion order by the Albanese Government.

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Melburnians Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones , both 19, and four other foreign nationals died in recent weeks after falling ill in Vang Vieng, a popular tourist town in Laos.

Albo to hold talks with Laos PM over teens’ fatal poisoning

Anthony Albanese says he will lobby the Laotian prime minister for justice over the 2024 deaths of two Australian teens from methanol poisoning while backpacking in the south-east Asian nation.

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The Government could use temporary exclusion orders to block the return of the ISIS brides to Australia

Simple way Labor can block ISIS brides’ return to Australia

The law provides clear mechanisms to manage the return of terrorism-linked individuals. Labor’s refusal to use them puts our community at risk.  

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At the height of his influence Jesse Jackson was widely regarded as America’s preeminent civil rights leader. But he also had his detractors.

Jesse Jackson ‘preached the violence out of people’

At the height of his influence Jesse Jackson was widely regarded as America’s preeminent civil rights leader. But he also had his detractors.

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A smashed window at Hyatt Hotel Canberra, the venue for the ADM Congress.

Smashed window, evacuation spark defence conference chaos

Panic broke out after a rock was hurled through a window and a suspicious package was found at a defence conference in Canberra.

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Sydney GP Jamal Rifi is believed to be co-ordinating the return of so-called ISIS brides to Australia.

Tony Burke must come clean on his mate’s ISIS brides plan

The Home Affairs minister must reveal what and when he knew of Sydney GP Jamal Rifi’s plan to bring back ISIS brides to our country.

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Immediately after Angus Taylor took the Liberal leadership, the pile-on began

Don’t be so quick to write Angus Taylor off

JENI O’DOWD: The Liberals’ new leader is no intellectual lightweight — despite what the critics (and Malcolm Turnbull) might suggest.

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Workers have seen their pay levels go backwards compared with inflation for the first time since late 2023, unless they’re a public servant. Labor’s election promise to get wages moving again is looking hollow.

Pay levels lag behind inflation for first time in two years

Workers have seen their pay levels go backwards compared with inflation for the first time since late 2023, unless they’re a public servant. Labor’s election promise to get wages moving again is looking hollow.

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Anthony Albanese says he’s ‘personally pleased’ after WA courts lifted a suppression order on the name of a man who allegedly threw a bomb at Australia Day protesters in Perth.

PM ‘personally pleased’ alleged Aus Day attacker named

Anthony Albanese says he’s ‘personally pleased’ after WA courts lifted a suppression order on the name of a man who allegedly threw a bomb at Australia Day protesters in Perth.

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Richard Marles doesn’t believe the war will end anytime soon.

Marles shoots down Trump’s ‘one-day’ Ukraine peace promise

LATIKA M BOURKE: Defence Minister Richard Marles says allies must prepare to support Ukraine for years, casting doubt on claims the war could be resolved quickly.

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The Rev. Jesse Jackson, in Chicago's Grant Park on Nov. 4, 2008, sheds tears after learning that Barack Obama had won the presidency.

Three photos of Jesse Jackson’s defining place in US history

From standing beside Martin Luther King Jr in Memphis to witnessing Barack Obama’s historic election, Jesse Jackson’s life traced the arc of America’s civil rights journey.

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Pauline Hanson has doubled down, while offering an apology of sorts, after her comments about Muslims.

Hanson’s ‘apology’ after controversial Muslim comments

One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson has doubled down on her controversial comments about Muslims, while offering an apology of sorts, saying Australians are living in fear. 

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Pauline Hanson says she won’t be getting vaccinated against COVID-19.

Nationals Senator scathing of Hanson’s ‘good Muslims’ claims

Nationals’ senator Matt Canavan has criticised Pauline Hanson as ‘ill-disciplined’ and ‘clearly not ready to lead’ after the One Nation leader’s Muslim slur during a TV interview on Monday night. 

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FILE: Jill Biden’s ex has pleaded not guilty to murdering his current wife.

Jill Biden's ex enters plea over wife's murder

The ex-husband of former US First Lady Jill Biden remains behind bars after entering a plea over murder charges relating to his current wife.

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Iran’s Supreme Leader has issued a chilling threat to Donald Trump as nuclear talks go on.

‘Slapped so hard’: Iranian Supreme Leader’s warning to Trump

Amid nuclear talks between Iran and the US, the Supreme Leader has issued a chilling threat to Donald Trump and the US Department of War.

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