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A composite image of Australian writer Alistair Kitchen, film director and actor Charlie Chaplin, and musician John Lennon with the words “access denied” superimposed across the composite.

The US says this Australian writer was expelled because of a drug lie. He’s not the first

American authorities once attempted to deport John Lennon, ostensibly for possessing cannabis.

  • Nick Bonyhady

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Australians have been increasingly leaving the country.

People are leaving Australia in the highest numbers since the pandemic

Population growth is easing, but there’s a dynamic in the visa system that shows why the numbers aren’t falling even faster.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Millie Muroi
Canstruct allegedly used taxpayer funds to pay for the insurance on luxury goods.

An Aston Martin, fine art and a yacht: Police probe millions spent protecting detention company luxury

Police suspect the company, which made significant profits running offshore detention, may have misused public funds, as a senior official claimed the Nauru government shook down Australia for money.

  • Nick McKenzie

Watch: New York mayoral candidate arrested by ICE agents

NYC comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander is the latest politician opposed to US President Donald Trump’s immigration raids to get caught up.

Alistair Kitchen, a 33-year-old Australian man from Castlemaine, was detained and deported at the US border over his writing on student Palestine protests.

Australian deported from US says he was targeted for writing on Palestine protests

Alistair Kitchen’s mother said America under Donald Trump was “not a US we recognise now” after her son was interrogated and put on a plane back home.

  • Michael Koziol
US marines detain Marcos Leao, a 27-year-old veteran, outside the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles.

US marines detain first civilian in LA before expected ‘unprecedented’ protests

It’s a rare domestic use of the military force ahead of expected nationwide demonstrations this weekend, in what may be the biggest backlash to US President Donald Trump since he returned to power.

  • Omar Younis, Brad Brooks, Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali
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Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration policies are dividing America.

‘Tearing families apart’: The Californians fighting Trump as his ICE agents terrorise a city

It’s at the places that make this city tick – the shops, the bars, the school gates – that the real impact of Trump’s deportation agenda can be seen and felt. But Los Angeles is fighting back.

  • Michael Koziol

Noem presses on with raids as legal stoush over Guard deployment plays out

A US appeals court has given Donald Trump a temporary reprieve from a lower court ruling that would have blocked the president’s deployment of National Guard troops in Los Angeles.

  • Michael Koziol
California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during an address on Tuesday.

Gavin Newsom began his speech as a state governor. He ended it as a potential president

As the National Guard took to the streets of Los Angeles and protesters clashed with police, the California governor spoke to the nation, in a moment that may well prove a turning point for the Democratic Party.

  • Adam Nagourney and Laurel Rosenhall
US President Donald Trump after his speech at Fort Bragg on Tuesday.

‘Democracy is under assault’: Governor slams Trump as LA gets curfew

In a televised speech to Californians, Gavin Newsom accused the president of assaulting democracy and said there were no longer any checks and balances on the president’s power.

  • Michael Koziol and Catherine Naylor

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