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Nathan McSweeney is set to get his chance to prove himself at the top of the order.

McSweeney call shows Australian selectors backed themselves into a corner: Hayden

Batting great Matthew Hayden says Australia was forced to pick a non-specialist opener to face India in next week’s first Test.

  • Tom Decent and Andrew Wu

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Universities are closing applications in anticipation of the government’s international student caps

‘Mad rush’: Unis block foreign applications amid record student arrivals

A record number of international students entered the country in September ahead of the proposed international student caps due to take effect in January.

  • Daniella White
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A smuggled SIM card and hidden modem: How two children evaded forced marriages and got their father convicted

A 15-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl have made a daring escape from their father’s attempts to force them into arranged marriages shortly after arriving in Australia.

  • Amber Schultz
Ali Rahimi allegedly decieved his wife into travelling to Pakistan to visit family, before abandoning her there without her passport.

This Sydney tradie told his wife they would visit family abroad. Instead, he allegedly abandoned her in Pakistan

An Auburn tiler has been charged with human trafficking after allegedly tricking his wife into travelling overseas and abandoning her without her passport.

  • Amber Schultz

‘I go through a can of hairspray a week’: The humid reality of expat life in Asia

Whether you make the move for love, work or adventure, creating a new life in another country is equal parts exhilarating and challenging.

  • Dilvin Yasa
London security guard Abdullah spoke about the moment he saved an 11-year-old Australian girl from an alleged knife attack at an event at the Pakistan High Commission.

‘I just ran toward the guy’: Security guard who saved 11-year-old Australian speaks out

Abdullah has told how he jumped on the alleged attacker before kicking the knife away, after witnessing the stabbing of young girl in London’s bustling theatre district.

  • Amber Schultz
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A Pakistani flag flies in Islamabad.

Man held in psychiatric hospital after trying to set up Pakistan’s first gay club

The man had filed an application to set up the club in Abbottabad, the conservative northern city where Osama bin Laden was found and killed.

  • Mohammad Zubair Khan
One of the “golden man” mimes that perform on the streets of Islamabad.

Is the gold mime spying on us? In Pakistan, it’s not a strange question

In Pakistan, where people live in fear of powerful security services, conspiracy theories have long been embraced. Did you know Osama Bin Laden was Jewish?

  • Christina Goldbaum
Muhammad Cheema (centre) was the money man for a fraud syndicate, his lawyer Nick Hanna (left) had his charges reduced after Campsie detective Lance Colyer (right) captured the fraudster and dismantled the criminal group.

Money man caught after syndicate flew ‘mules’ into Sydney to build $1m fraud web

Fake bank accounts created by the mules were used to siphon money conned from Australians out of the country – until detectives nabbed central player Muhammad Abdullah Cheema.

  • Perry Duffin
David Warner and Usman Khawaja lead the Australians onto the field after lunch on day five of the Lord’s Test.

The Lord’s jibe that hurt Usman Khawaja the most

As a rising star, Australia’s first Muslim Test cricketer kept his thoughts in check. Then he found his voice – and used it.

  • Daniel Brettig

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