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Novak Djokovic stands by his hotel quarantine claims.

Novak Djokovic won’t back away from hotel detention ‘poisoning’ claims

The 10-time Australian Open champion refused to back down from claims he made in a magazine interview that he was “poisoned” by the food he ingested in Melbourne detention three years ago.

  • Scott Spits

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Novak Djokovic leaving Melbourne’s Park Hotel immigration detention in 2022.

‘Hard to justify’: Albanese lashes Coalition’s handling of 2022 Djokovic detention

Tennis star Novak Djokovic has revealed he still feels trauma coming through Australian customs years after being detained for being unvaccinated during the pandemic.

  • Olivia Ireland and Broede Carmody
Mambourin is a growing suburb on Melbourne’s western fringe.

Melbourne’s west is a growing force, and politicians should beware

The western suburbs are changing and growing. Whoever can meet the region’s needs and expectations of services and infrastructure is likely to reap huge rewards.

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The urban sprawl in Melbourne’s western suburbs.

The west I knew was treated as second best, but those days are numbered

Melbourne’s western suburbs have been deprived of infrastructure for decades, but flagging support for Labor could mean Australia’s fastest-growing region will finally be heard.

  • Adam Carey
Coalition frontbencher Sarah Henderson and an ad for migration and education agents.

Senior Liberal headlines event for student visa agents before tanking migration bill

Coalition education spokeswoman Sarah Henderson headlined an event for migration agents and private colleges in the weeks before tanking Labor’s high-profile student caps bill.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos and Paul Sakkal
Data shows the majority of students whose visa appeals were finalised in the latest six-week period were successful.

International student appeal backlog doubles in five months and ‘will only get bigger’

More than 20,000 students are contesting their visa refusals – roughly double the number in June – and most have been successful lately.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
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From left: Anushka Bharath, Bharath Chellaya, Gisha Bharath and Akansha Bharath outside their Manor Lakes home. They plan to move to Mambourin.

It was once declared ‘unpopular for living’. Now it’s Australia’s fastest-growing region

The Age explores what’s driving the boom in Melbourne’s western suburbs, and challenges some of the common assumptions about the area.

  • Sophie Aubrey, Adam Carey and Patrick Hatch
Elijah Teu (left) and Haylee Antonio bought a house and land package in Mambourin.

Almost halfway between Melbourne and Geelong, this fast-growing suburb has affordable houses ... and not much more

Mambourin was designed as a beacon of liveability, but is now forgotten. In a series, The Age explores why Melbourne’s west is Australia’s fastest-growing region and what’s holding it back.

  • Adam Carey
There has been a rapid rise in people staying in Australia on working holiday visas.
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Working holidaymaker numbers have soared to record levels. It’s a challenge for Labor

Australia is taking in about half of the world’s working holidaymakers in a strong jobs market. One country is leading the surge.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos, Kayla Olaya and Hannah Hammoud
Police secures the area near the Israeli embassy in Stockholm after a suspected shooting on October 1, 2024.

Iran is hiring children to attack Israeli targets in Europe

Investigators say three attacks this year are part of a new trend in which Iran-affiliated actors recruit local criminals to strike at targets in Europe.

  • Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth

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