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A citizenship ceremony in Olympic Park.

What it’s like at one of Sydney’s so-called ‘vote-buying’ citizenship ceremonies

Under the Sydney Showground’s corrugated iron roof, hundreds of soon-to-be Australian citizens wore their Saturday best. But with allegations of an industrial-scale vote stack, one couple believed there was too much focus on voting.

  • Max Maddison

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Senator Kerrynne Liddle says claims a failed Voice referendum would harm reconciliation are ‘outrageous’.

Coalition senator fills in for Burke at citizenship ceremonies slammed by Dutton

Kerrynne Liddle spoke at a citizenship ceremony on behalf of Tony Burke on the same day Coalition colleagues implied he was using the events to swing votes in key seats.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Peter Dutton

Dutton wrongly says Labor is fast-tracking citizenship for Gazans to win votes

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton made a series of unfounded claims in an interview on Thursday. Home Affairs says nobody who has fled the war-torn strip since 2023 is eligible for citizenship.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Peter Dutton has rejected comparisons of him to Donald Trump.

Opposition leader is more like Trump than he cares to admit

Until the Liberals find a leader worthy of representing Australia, we’re better off in Labor’s steady hands, writes Graham Lum.

Artist Khaled Sabsabi (right) and curator Michael Dagostino have been dropped as Australia’s entrant to the 2026 Venice Biennale to avoid “divisive debate”.

Venice Biennale backflip could turn pride into embarrassment

Australia triumphed at the world’s most high-profile art event last year, but a controversy over Creative Australia’s choice of representatives threatens the nation’s participation in 2026.

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Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke announced the deal on Sunday.

Murderer among former detainees to be shifted to Nauru

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says the Pacific island nation has approached Australia to take three violent criminal members of a group of former immigration detainees.

  • Paul Sakkal
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The Australian government has banned DeepSeek from being downloaded onto government devices.

Australia bans Chinese AI platform DeepSeek on government devices

The government’s ban is the latest in a string of prohibitions on Chinese technology companies due to national security concerns.

  • Mike Foley
Visa applications from overseas students have halved compared to July and August last year.

Go-slow visas to provide quick fix for ballooning international student numbers

Labor will issue a go-slow on student visa processing once universities hit a certain number to get around Peter Dutton’s decision to block its student caps bill.

  • Paul Sakkal and Natassia Chrysanthos
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Rabbi Shlomo Kohn inside the blackened shell of the fire-bombed synagogue in Melbourne on Tuesday.

The moment a Labor minister offered Adass rabbi a permanent home in Australia

Last Friday, Rabbi Shlomo Kohn’s synagogue attracted the eyes of the nation. This week, he and his family were given good news.

  • Paul Sakkal
The five remaining incarcerated members of the Bali Nine (from left) Martin Stephens, Si-Yi Chen, Michael Czugaj, Matthew Norman and Scott Rush.

Philippines and Indonesia set precedent for Bali Five return

An Indonesian minister says the Philippines has agreed to the same prisoner transfer proposal submitted to Australia.

  • Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa

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