Immigration
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.
- by Scott Spits
Latest
‘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.
- by Olivia Ireland and Broede Carmody
Editorial
Development
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.
- The Age's View
Opinion
City life
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.
- by Adam Carey
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Peter Dutton
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.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos and Paul Sakkal
Exclusive
International students
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.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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.
- by Sophie Aubrey, Adam Carey and Patrick Hatch
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.
- by Adam Carey
Exclusive
UK
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.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos, Kayla Olaya and Hannah Hammoud
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.
- by Heidi Taksdal Skjeseth
Exclusive
Hospitals
‘Opera House on your doorstep’: Pitch for foreign doctors to plug NSW Health holes
NSW Health is offering “crisis” rates up to $3050 a day to doctors after more than half the state’s public hospital psychiatrists resigned.
- by Angus Thomson and Kate Aubusson
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