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People hold signs during a rally against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies as deportations began.

Uncertainty, trepidation and lawsuits grow as Trump unleashes ‘shock and awe’

Donald Trump’s pardon of almost all convicted January 6 rioters sparked outrage from lawmakers and police, and made some Republicans uncomfortable.

  • Farrah Tomazin and Michael Koziol

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US President Donald Trump listens to Episcopal Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde. “Not too exciting,” he said.

Trump’s migrant deportations start as bishop pleads with him to have mercy

Bishop Mariann Budde led a service on Trump’s second day in office and told him people feared his executive order. He said her sermon was “not too exciting”.

  • Farrah Tomazin
The four Donalds: Trump takes the oath at the US Capitol, speaks off the cuff outside the ceremony, takes the stage at the Capitol One Arena and returns to the Oval Office.

We saw four Donalds in one day, but there’s a fifth we need to watch

The calm, chatty, discursive and, above all, confident Trump we witnessed in the Oval Office after the day of ceremonies and speeches was different to the Trumps we saw earlier.

  • Michael Koziol
Donald Trump is on the cusp of a second term.

Lights, camera, Village People: Excitement on the eve of Trump’s inauguration and day one orders

Donald Trump’s second inauguration foreshadows a promised crackdown on the US-Mexico border, pardons for partisan supporters and the end of diversity policies in government.

  • Farrah Tomazin and Michael Koziol
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
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
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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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