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Lachlan Leeming
Lachlan LeemingFederal Political Reporter

Lachlan Leeming is a federal political reporter for The Daily Telegraph, working out of the Canberra press gallery. Over his career he has covered politics, local government, natural disasters, crime and court, both in the UK and throughout regional Australia.

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DAILY TELEGRAPH. NOVEMBER 19, 2024. Pictured at Taste Organic in Cammeray today is operation owner Jimmy Aschner, for a story on Organic Products. Picture: Tim Hunter.

‘Defies logic’: Organic food loophole revealed

A loophole allowing food to be marketed as organic despite containing just two per cent organic ingredients is set to be closed, with new regulations coming to make it easier to identify the real thing and weed out fraudsters.

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CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - October 9, 2024: Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for the Arts, Tony Burke during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Freed detainees could be sent overseas under new law

The government is looking at paying other countries to accept the immigration detainees who were freed by the High Court earlier this year. It comes as the court made a second ruling decreeing detainees should not be subjected to ankle monitors or curfews.

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