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Sydney school board member stands down after Hezbollah speeches
Sheikh Ahmad Jundi has resigned from an Islamic college after questions from the Herald about his support for the Iran-backed group in two speeches.
- by Patrick Begley and Lucy Carroll
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Police move to ban October 7 anniversary protests over Hezbollah flags
NSW Police have applied to shut down rallies in Sydney, as protesters say calls to ban vigils and demonstrations are a ban on free speech.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Paul Sakkal
Hezbollah flag-waving protesters risk jail, AFP warns
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has demanded authorities check the visa status of demonstrators who waved Hezbollah flags and glorified the militant group’s slain chief Hassan Nasrallah.
- by Paul Sakkal, James Massola, Olivia Ireland and Marta Pascual Juanola
Dutton calls overstaying international students ‘the modern version of boat arrivals’
Dutton evoked Abbott’s 2013 campaign vow to “stop the boats”, reviving a political clash over immigration, even as Labor knocks back student visas at record rates.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Refugees
‘Every day is a living hell’: The Australians languishing in a Syrian detention camp
Thirty-four Australian women and children, relatives of Islamic State fighters, are trapped in a desert camp in Syria, five years after the fall of IS. They want to know why they have been forgotten.
- by Deborah Snow
Bob Carr to launch pro-Labor Muslim initiative in western Sydney
Islamic community leader Dr Jamal Rifi has recruited Bob Carr to help push back against Muslim independents in western Sydney.
- by Deborah Snow
MPs say ‘no place in parliament’ for candidate who celebrated October 7 attacks
The candidate at the centre of the social media storm broke his silence to say: “As a doctor, as a Muslim, as a human, killing civilians is never right.”
- by Matthew Knott
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Tony Burke rival shared post celebrating October 7 attacks
Jewish community leaders said the Facebook post by the prominent GP showed he was “manifestly unfit to stand as a candidate for any office”.
- by Matthew Knott
Teals show voters want more than mediocrity
The Liberals and their National partners achieved next to nothing during nearly a decade in power, apart from fighting the forces of progress. They turned a $300 million national debt into more than a trillion-dollar debt, and in only eight years oversaw 20 different climate and energy policies, most of which ended up being nothing more than grand announcements.
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Immigration
Asylum seeker dies in Melbourne a day after self-immolation
Mano Yogalingam had been part of a protest demanding permanent residency for more than 8000 people who arrived in Australia by boat more than a decade ago.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Henrietta Cook
Dustin Martin’s bikie uncle avoids deportation after proving Indigenous heritage
Dean Martin, a former Rebels bikie president who was once in a relationship with ex-Greens senator Lidia Thorpe, has been released from immigration detention.
- by Hannah Kennelly
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