Go-slow visas to provide quick fix for ballooning international student numbers

Go-slow visas to provide quick fix for ballooning international student numbers

Labor will issue a go-slow on student visa processing once universities hit a certain number to get around Peter Dutton’s decision to block its student caps bill.

  • byPaul Sakkal andNatassia Chrysanthos

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‘We definitely need help’:Australian’s rescue plea as magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits Vanuatu

‘We definitely need help’:Australian’s rescue plea as magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits Vanuatu

Buildings have been flattened in the Pacific nation’s capital,Port Vila,and several embassies evacuated.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Millions fewer Australians to drive electric cars or have rooftop solar under Dutton’s vision

Millions fewer Australians to drive electric cars or have rooftop solar under Dutton’s vision

Dutton’s $331 billion plan hinges on running coal plants for potentially decades longer than current forecasts and building the first nuclear plant by 2037.

  • byMike Foley andPaul Sakkal
The moment a Labor minister offered Adass rabbi a permanent home in Australia

The moment a Labor minister offered Adass rabbi a permanent home in Australia

Last Friday,Rabbi Shlomo Kohn’s synagogue attracted the eyes of the nation. This week,he and his family were given good news.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Dutton claims taxpayers will spend billions less on nuclear than renewables

Dutton claims taxpayers will spend billions less on nuclear than renewables

Exclusive polling shows voters are deeply concerned about the use of taxpayer funds to start a nuclear industry,which the opposition leader is proposing.

  • byJames Massola,Paul Sakkal,Mike Foley andDavid Crowe
Pay up by January 1 or face huge penalties,government tells Zuckerberg

Pay up by January 1 or face huge penalties,government tells Zuckerberg

Labor plans to legislate a yearly charge in the tens of millions of dollars on big social media platforms to fund journalism.

  • byPaul Sakkal andCalum Jaspan
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Australia fights back against Zuckerberg with social media penalty fees
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Australia fights back against Zuckerberg with social media penalty fees

Labor will force big tech companies to pay for Australian news after Facebook’s owner refused to continue deals delivering about $200 million annually to the media.

  • byDavid Crowe andPaul Sakkal
Greens staffer reprimanded for suggesting synagogue arson may have been ‘false flag’
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Greens staffer reprimanded for suggesting synagogue arson may have been ‘false flag’

A prominent staffer for Greens MP Mehreen Faruqi “regrets” saying the attack,which authorities have said is probably terrorism,could have been perpetrated by Zionists.

  • byPaul Sakkal
News Corp is working with Dutton to bring us down:Albanese

News Corp is working with Dutton to bring us down:Albanese

Ministers reported that the prime minister told his cabinet meeting “News Corp and the opposition were now working hand in glove”.

  • byPaul Sakkal
Second leading Liberal moderate quits,saying a woman should get his seat

Second leading Liberal moderate quits,saying a woman should get his seat

Former minister Paul Fletcher insisted his departure had nothing to do with the threat he faces from teal independent Nicolette Boele.

  • byPaul Sakkal,Max Maddison,James Massola andPenry Buckley
Travel warning for Jewish visitors to Australia after synagogue attack

Travel warning for Jewish visitors to Australia after synagogue attack

Anthony Albanese announced a new taskforce to tackle antisemitism,but a US-based Jewish human rights organisation still issued a warning.

  • byChip Le Grand,Paul Sakkal andJames Massola