News live: Burke says ‘we know the state of mind’ of Australian women and children in Syria; car fires potentially linked to kidnapping of Sydney grandfather, police say
The home affairs minister says the Coalition is ‘just plain wrong’ on the women and children’s Australian passport rights. Follow live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPolice investigating the mistaken kidnapping of grandfather Chris Baghsarian are appealing for information about suspicious car fires that could be related to the case, AAP reports.Hopes are fading of finding the 85-year-old alive, who was taken captive more than a week ago when three men stormed his Sydney home and bundled him into an SUV. Continue reading...
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