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Yvette Cooper, UK home secretary, during the Border Security Summit in London, UK, on Monday, March 31, 2025. The number of asylum seekers arriving in the UK has been increasing, and a further backlog built up when the previous government paused the processing of asylum claims while it worked on a plan — subsequently dropped by Labour — to send some to Rwanda. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg

UK plans to end ‘failed experiment’ in immigration

Prime Minister Keir Starmer is under pressure to cut migration after the recent success of Nigel Farage’s anti-immigration Reform UK party in local elections.

  • Andrew MacAskill

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Boris Johnson pecked by ostrich.

Ostrich shows Boris Johnson where he sits in pecking order

The former British PM was cruising through what appeared to be a wildlife park when an ostrich stuck its head through the window to give him a feisty peck.

  • Livia Albeck-Ripka
An ostrich pecks the former British PM through his car window, making him curse as his child giggles. Credit: Carrie Johnson via Instagram
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Boris Johnson's run-in with a feisty ostrich

An ostrich pecks the former British PM through his car window, making him curse as his child giggles. Credit: Carrie Johnson via Instagram

Former prime minister John Howard bowls a ball during a cricket game in Pakistan in 2005.

From Hawke to Dutton: Politicians and their sporting mishaps

News that a cameraman was bloodied after a misplaced punt from Peter Dutton is just the latest political sports mishap

  • Penry Buckley
Marise Payne and Stuart Ayres, pictured in 2015, shared a love of horses.

Political split: Marise Payne and Stuart Ayres go their separate ways

Bedrock political couple call time after more than 15 years.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson arrives to speak at the event in Sydney on Friday.

US Republicans have a ‘homoerotic obsession’ with Putin, says Johnson

Former British prime minister Boris Johnson told a Sydney audience he had spoken with Donald Trump since the election and believed the president-elect would have “no choice” but to support Ukraine.

  • Michael Koziol
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Jacinta Price is right for The Australian’s 60th birthday

The newspaper was prepared to fork out expenses to ensure its star guest would attend.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Former British prime minister Boris Johnson.

Boris Johnson returns to Australia for exclusive tour

Tickets to see the former British prime minister in Melbourne and Sydney do not come cheap.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
Minter Ellison lawyer Peter Bartlett with a copy of The Age from 1980 when the paper pulled a story about the Anzus Papers for legal reasons and replaced it with an advertisement.

Growing up, he didn’t know what a lawyer was. Now he’s celebrating 50 years as a partner

Peter Bartlett has notched up a milestone unlikely to be surpassed.

  • Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman
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Tsunami of financial distress a sad indictment of society

The lending rules of our banks have contributed to the mortgage crisis people now face. When interest rates were at record lows, banks were only too willing to allow borrowing. They surely would have been aware this would be unsustainable when interest rates inevitably rose.

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