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Pro-Palestinian protesters call NSW police attempt to block rally on 7 October ‘an attack on fundamental democratic rights’

Exclusive: police will ask state supreme court to prevent the protests due to safety concerns as Palestine Action Group says it ‘unequivocally opposes’ move

The Guardian - AU

View from The Hill: Should we accept displaying the Hezbollah flag as (shocking) free expression?

In May 1970, about 70,000 people occupied the Melbourne CBD for the moratorium protest against the Vietnam war.

The Conversation

Burke accuses Dutton of trying to ‘throw kerosene’ on public debate over Middle East

Home affairs minister says he will cancel visas of people waving Hezbollah flags at rallies as experts point to nuanced community perspectives on group

The Guardian - AU

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Treated as 'animals': Lebanese anger as Israel invades

Politicians focusing on the visa status of a small group of people waving Hezbollah flags instead of hundreds being killed is alienating the Lebanese community.

AAP

Hezbollah flag-carriers investigated by police, as government appoints envoy to combat Islamophobia

The Albanese government has indicated it will examine the visa status of protesters waving Hezbollah flags at pro-Palestine demonstrations in Sydney and Melbourne over the weekend.

The Conversation

'Fighting hate': special envoy to combat Islamophobia

As tensions rise in Australia over continuing conflict in the Middle East, a global expert has been appointed the nation's special envoy to combat Islamophobia.

AAP

Afternoon Update: Labor threatens visa cancellations after protests; Baby Reindeer wrongly billed as ‘true story’; and a scrappy punk band’s evolution

Home affairs minister Tony Burke issues statement after some marchers carried Hezbollah flags

The Guardian - AU

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Criticism as British Australian public servant Aftab Malik appointed new Islamophobia envoy

Some question the appointment of an official who has worked on controversial countering violent extremism programs

The Guardian - AU

Victoria police identify six possible criminal incidents after Hezbollah flags seen at weekend protests

Federal government warns against importing ‘radical ideologies of conflict’ and threatens to cancel visa of anyone inciting ‘discord’

The Guardian - AU

Dutton suggests apology for calling Lebanese-Muslim migration a ‘mistake’ made to ‘senior person’ in community

Opposition leader claims he apologised for 2016 comments despite Muslim leaders reportedly saying they have no recollection of an apology

The Guardian - AU

Independent targeting western Sydney seat says he ‘supports Palestine resistance’ after Facebook controversy

Peter Dutton says Labor shouldn’t do preference deal with Dr Ziad Basyouny after it was reported he shared post celebrating 7 October Hamas attacks

The Guardian - AU

Australian government won’t back public views of special envoys on antisemitism and Islamophobia

Exclusive: Documents obtained by Guardian Australia reveal ‘all communications’ will be solely attributed to special envoy

The Guardian - AU

Andrew Giles approved rule change that raised risk serious criminals might keep visas

Exclusive: former immigration minister raised threshold for ministerial reconsideration of character cancellations

The Guardian - AU

Rise in Palestinian applications for onshore protection visas as pressure grows on Albanese government

More than 300 Palestinians applied for onshore protection visas over June and July, home affairs department figures show

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Family who run Bathurst’s only Vietnamese restaurant fight to keep hope alive as they face deportation

City rallies behind Thi Huế Dao in an 11th-hour plea to immigration minister Tony Burke for permission to stay in Australia

The Guardian - AU

Labor will have itself to blame if it loses western Sydney over Gaza issue, says Muslim Vote convener

Wesam Charkawi says Albanese’s party has ‘created this movement through their decisions’ as pro-Palestine communities feel Labor has failed them

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: have we heard the CFMEU’s last hurrah or seen the start of its trench warfare?

In one of those paradoxes of politics, a government that has delivered in spades to the union movement finds itself in a bare-knuckle fight with the country’s most militant industrial organisation.

The Canberra Times

With backyard burials forbidden, what do you do with a pet that died?

There's money to be made in our love for pets - even after they die.

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Government faces likely High Court challenge to its CFMEU legislation

The Albanese government faces a likely High Court challenge to its installation of an administrator into the construction division of the CFMEU.

The Guardian - AU

Albanese government rejects Setka’s claim Labor double-crossed him over CFMEU administration as ‘ridiculous’

Construction Forestry Maritime Employees Union members to protest administration in capital city rallies on Tuesday

The Guardian - AU

Western Sydney has long been Labor ground. But is anger over Gaza making voters think twice?

Tony Burke’s seat of Watson could be a defining contest in the next election. Some think of the minister as a ‘powerful ally’ in parliament, but there is also talk of ‘quiet revolution’

The Guardian - AU

Government gives itself power to pay any non-citizen to leave Australia

Exclusive: Greens decry expansion of scheme to ‘all non-citizens’ – including those whose asylum claims were rejected after arriving by air – as a ‘bribe’

The Guardian - AU

Labor extends work and Medicare rights to some visa-holders from Gaza and Israel

Rights granted as part of ‘additional assistance’ to those affected by conflict affect a small number of people, as government prepares to transfer more from visitor visas

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Presidential battle showcases the differences between US political system and ours

Australia has a much better-functioning governmental system than the United States, but for political tragics it’s the American scene that’s the riveting must-watch this year.

The Guardian - AU

‘Grade five instincts’: why sook is the new insult of choice in Australia’s parliament

In the rough and tumble of the House of Representatives, this barb stands out as an oldie but a goodie

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