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Asylum claims at new record high but backlog down by more than a third

A total of 110,051 people applied for asylum in the year to September 2025.

Evening Standard

How will Labour’s asylum shake-up work? The government’s policies in detail

The home secretary’s new measures include plans to escalate the removal of families whose asylum claims have been refused

The Guardian - UK

What’s in the one-in-one-out migrant deal between the UK and France?

Macron and Starmer have agreed a deal aimed at preventing migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.

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‘Smash the gangs’: is Labour’s migration policy just a slogan?

The UK government is desperate to show it is preventing small boat crossings, but its PR-heavy approach may cause more problems with voters than it solves

The Guardian - UK

Legal Experts Weigh In on Mexico's Threats Against Google Over 'Gulf of Mexico': 'Tech Behemoths Don't Scare Easily'

President Sheinbaum said on Monday that the Gulf's renaming violates Mexican sovereignty since the U.S. controls only 46% of the Gulf, while Mexico holds 49%

Latin Times

Nationals leader out to pasture, new blood takes reins

A state Nationals leader will continue to serve as an MP on the coalition's back bench after announcing his resignation following 10 years in the role.

AAP

Union boss trial may be halted due to criminal charges

The boss of the Health Workers Union has maintained the Fair Work Commission's case against her should be stayed because she may face criminal charges.

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"We were just looking for a hit. And we heard the beginnings of a new kind of sound": Inspired by Australian pubs and riding a wave of optimism, Simple Minds made the album that sent them soaring

As the 80s dawned, Simple Minds were in crisis. But, believing that life was without limits, they recorded the album New Gold Dream and the dream became reality

Louder

Labour bid to ‘smash the gangs’ could add to death risk for Channel migrants

Government ‘hoping’ it will not have to create safe and legal route or change asylum law, says Home Office source

The Guardian - UK

Nationals eyeing more state seats as party gathers

Victorian Nationals Leader Peter Walsh already has one eye on the 2026 state election as the party gathers for its annual state conference.

AAP

Spectre of irrelevance hangs over John Pesutto as backflip on treaty blind-sides Victorian Coalition MPs

Shambolic media conference has Coalition members saying opposition leader has shown ‘an abject failure of leadership’

The Guardian - AU

Weather warning for north Queensland – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Treaty could make people ‘feel more divided’, Victorian opposition leader says, as Coalition withdraws support

The Coalition backed a bill in 2022 to start the treaty process with Indigenous people in Victoria but has now ended years of bipartisanship on the issue

The Guardian - AU

Victorian opposition backflips on treaty support

Victoria's opposition has withdrawn its support for Indigenous treaty negotiations, citing concerns about cultural heritage laws.

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First Peoples’ Assembly condemns fake letter as ‘racist fear-mongering’ while Victorian police make inquiries

Letter falsely claiming to be authored by Dylan Clarke wrongly suggests body is reacquiring land

The Guardian - UK

‘We made horse semen into little shakers’: the quest for music’s most extreme sounds

From cannabis plants to screaming peacocks, swallowed microphones to babies in utero, musicians are rejecting regular instruments and software-derived sound

The New Daily

Voice campaign puts Victorian Liberals’ split in the spotlight

Victorian Coalition MPs are set to decide on a free vote on the Voice, potentially placing them in conflict with a binding federal stance.

ABC News

Death of Nationals candidate Shaun Gilchrist sees sexual assault, rape charges dismissed by Melbourne court

A Nationals candidate who took his own life less than a week before the 2022 Victorian state election was accused of attempting to sexually assault a family friend at his home, court documents have revealed.

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Flood insurance complaints lead to $6 million in compensation after regulator steps in

Nearly $6 million is clawed back from insurance companies after policyholders affected by the Victorian and NSW flood disaster complained about their treatment.

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‘The surprise element is gone’: how Victoria’s Nationals won voters back from independents

The major parties are now better prepared to fight them, says one defeated candidate, as Nationals win back seats in former strongholds

The Guardian - AU

Moderate John Pesutto to ramp up Victorian Liberal leadership campaign after securing seat

Brad Battin and Richard Riordan make up contenders in three-way contest after Ryan Smith withdraws

ABC News

Victorian Nationals back federal party's stance on Indigenous Voice to Parliament

Victorian Nationals leader Peter Walsh says his federal leader was "almost compelled to oppose" the Indigenous Voice to Parliament because of the lack of detail on how it would work.

AAP

Field firms for Vic leadership showdown

Veteran Liberal MP Ryan Smith has withdrawn from the race to become party leader, while contender John Pesutto has reclaimed his seat to set up a showdown.

ABC News

Nationals leader Peter Walsh defends vetting after Shaun Gilchrist preselection

Victorian Nationals leader Peter Walsh says it would have been impossible to know a candidate was facing charges until it was actually on a court agenda.

AAP

Nats candidate on sex charge found dead

A Nationals candidate due in court on sexual assault allegations and running for the seat of Narracan has died, days out from the Victorian election.

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