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‘Bali is more seamless’: The passport processing headache greeting Australian travellers

Long queues are forming at Australia’s airports thanks to a digital processing system that is riddled with faults.

  • Eryk Bagshaw

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Hussein Chamas

Accused smuggler sailed into sea cucumber bust after ‘fleeing’ rehab for Indonesia

An accused drug trafficker who “fled rehab” in NSW unwittingly sailed into a border force operation targeting sea cucumber poachers, derailing his plot to reach Indonesia.

  • Perry Duffin and Jordan Baker
Items seized during police raids at two Perth homes, including Nazi iconography, weapons, grenades. Pictures: Australian Federal Police

Police uncover Nazi iconography, trip mine, grenades in Perth raids

A German anti-tank projectile was intercepted while en route from Kazakhstan to Perth, leading to WA Police and Border Force to two homes in Perth’s north-east.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Kazem Hamad.

He’s one of Australia’s most wanted criminals. This is why he’s untouchable

Police suspect Kazem Hamad is directing the Melbourne tobacco war firebombings, shootings and drug trafficking from Iraq. We reveal why they can’t bring him back to face justice.

  • Chris Vedelago and Marta Pascual Juanola
Australia lags behind other developed nations when it comes to a simple entry process.

There’s a big change coming to Australian airports, but it’s not enough

Australia is finally beginning to replace paper incoming passenger cards with a digital version, but there’s still room for improvement at our airports.

  • Ben Groundwater

‘Big vape’: How Chinese multinationals and organised crime fuelled a public health crisis

The Albanese government has introduced some of the world’s toughest vaping laws, but the black market is thriving. Now pharmacists are in open rebellion.

  • Eryk Bagshaw and Laura Sparkes
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The government has dumped the immigration detention centre contract with Serco.

Australia quietly ditches $4.6b detention contract with scandal-plagued Serco

The British multinational will no longer run immigration detention centres, ending a partnership that has been riddled with claims of violence, drug trade, neglect and understaffing.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Long queues at Sydney Airport after a mass outage.

National tech outage causes delays at airports across Australia

The issue affecting Australian Border Force systems led to significant disruptions for passengers.

  • Jessica McSweeney
22-year-old Southern River resident Nuh Dzuljaidi fell into the freight industry four years ago after COVID and border travel restrictions put a halt on a career in aviation.

The little-known industry with a $120,000 starting salary that is crying out for new trainees

Customs brokers are retiring in great numbers with few young trainees coming up through the ranks, despite an attractive starting salary.

  • Claire Ottaviano
Australian Border Force put the men on two boats and turned them back to Indonesia without maps or GPS. This one ran aground on rocks on Rote Island.

No maps, no GPS, no training: How 44 people survived being turned back in the Timor Sea

Many members of the group tried to reach Australia after seeing a TikTok video promising them high wages. They never made it.

  • Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa

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