How a hardline ‘Trump-style’ Liberal immigration policy to ban migrants from Gaza and Somalia was developed
Another senior member of Sussan Ley’s team has expressed serious reservations about aspects of the planFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnother senior member of Sussan Ley’s team has expressed serious reservations about aspects of the hardline migration plan secretly developed in the former Liberal leader’s office, as fresh details emerged about how the policy evolved.Guardian Australia has confirmed the proposal to ban migration from certain regions in 13 countries was concocted inside Ley’s office after the Bondi terror attack and never went to shadow cabinet for discussion, blindsiding senior Liberals when it was leaked to several media outlets on Monday. Continue reading...
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Police ‘determined’ to target abusers who drive women to suicide but say they lack of resources
NPCC lead for domestic abuse says officers dealing with huge caseloads, made worse by justice system backlogsRevealed: The true toll of female suicides with domestic abuse at their corePolice are “determined to do more” to hold to account domestic abusers who drive victims to kill themselves, the National Police Chiefs’ Council has said.Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe, the NPCC lead for domestic abuse, has said that “more posthumous investigations are taking place”, but that officers struggle with a lack of resources, adding that 20% of all crime relates to domestic abuse in most forces. Continue reading...
Madrid museum shuffles its pack charting decades of rapid change in Spain
Reina Sofía’s three-year rehang of works by artists from Spain and beyond is billed as a ‘critical reinterpretation’The Reina Sofía’s new rehang opens, quite pointedly, with a painting of a detained man sitting, head bowed and wrists shackled, as he waits for the arbitrary hand of institutional bureaucracy to decide his fate.The picture, Document No …, was painted by Juan Genovés in 1975, the year Francisco Franco died and Spain began its transition to democracy after four decades of dictatorship. Genovés’s faceless, everyman victim of the Franco regime’s control and repression is the natural starting point for the Madrid museum’s exploration of the past 50 years of contemporary art in Spain. Continue reading...
Australia news live: Jane Hume touts ‘young’ shadow cabinet as Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Andrew Hastie return to frontbench
Follow today’s news liveAngus Taylor unveils Coalition frontbench with Tim Wilson as shadow treasurer and Nationals returnedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTotal fire ban across much of Victoria todayA total fire ban has been declared across a large stretch of southern Victoria today. The ban applies to the central, north central, south west, west and south Gippsland and Wimmera fire districts amid forecasted hot, dry temperatures.We’re seeing very dry fuels across large parts of the state, and when that’s paired with low humidity, fires can start easily and spread quickly.Any spark under these conditions has the potential to turn into something serious, particularly ahead of gusty winds or thunderstorms. Continue reading...
Tony Burke ‘taking advice’ from security agencies about Australian women and children in Syria seeking to return
Temporary Exclusion Orders allow the home affairs minister to stop a person entering for up to two years, but there is a high bar for the powersFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastHome affairs minister Tony Burke is “taking advice” from security agencies on whether Australian women and children in a Syrian detention camp should be temporarily banned from returning, but it is unclear how many in the cohort such an order would apply to.On Monday night, 34 Australian women and children – the wives, widows and children of dead or jailed Islamic State fighters – left from the al-Roj camp, in north-eastern Syria, after being released by Kurdish authorities for their expected repatriation to Australia. Continue reading...
Trump ups pressure on Kyiv as Russia, Ukraine hold peace talks in Geneva
Kremlin says the talks are likely to focus on the issue of Ukrainian territory that Russian wants Kyiv to cede.
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Chinese tourists shun Japan over lunar new year holiday as rift deepens
Japanese prime minister’s refusal to back down over Taiwan comments brings more criticism and travel warnings from ChinaChinese tourists are continuing to shun Japan in large numbers, with the country falling out of the top 10 destinations for those celebrating the lunar new year with a trip abroad.Japan has had a dramatic drop in the number of Chinese visitors since the end of last year as a diplomatic row between Tokyo and Beijing over the security of Taiwan continues. Continue reading...
Taunts, harassment and assaults: landmark report finds racism at Australian universities is ‘systemic’
Survey by Australian Human Rights Commission found universities failed to meet duty of care, while complaints processes were ‘Kafkaesque’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRacism is “systemic” at Australia’s universities, according to a landmark report found students have mocked their Palestinian peers with shouts of “terrorism”, some students have been followed by campus security and First Nations students have been compared to “petrol sniffers” in lecture halls.The report also found Jewish students were fearful to attend classes, with one harassed for wearing their kippa walking to class and another who described people screaming “send them to the camps” at a group of Jews on campus. Continue reading...
Waste piles up in Cuba as US-imposed fuel blockade halts collection trucks
Cubans suffer under a fuel blockade as US President Donald Trump calls the Caribbean country a 'failed nation'.