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Bhajan as a little girl PHOTO SUPPLIED by family for Miki Perkins THE AGE NEWS 1st December 2016

Disability a 'burden' to community, immigration rules

Bhajan's intellectual disability means she cannot live independently but her family have the means to support her with them at home and she is physically well. Sadly, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection has refused Bhajan's application for permanent residency, saying her disability would make her a "significant health burden" to the Australian community.

Drone racing competitors (L-R) Lance Woolf, Chris Patchell, Jamie Frederick, Michael Webb and Justin Power at DroneX, ...

The Drone Zone

No-one was droning alone at Melbourne's convention and exhibition centre today.

ST AUSTELL, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 23: The Eden Festival of Light and Sound lasers illuminate the interior of the ...

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GUBEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 17: Animals and Human bodies are displayed during the 10th anniversary celebration of Gubener ...

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Queenie the Elephant elephant handler Henry Maynard (on the left) at the media preview of Circus 1903, a modern take on ...

Circus 1903

Circus 1903, a modern take on circus where there are puppet elephants instead of real live ones. Photo: Penny Stephens

Ellen DeGeneres, comedian and television personality, receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom from U.S. President ...

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A Tibetan Buddhist, wearing traditional attire, looks at his mobile phone as he attends the purification ceremony of ...

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Fiete, a two year-old male polar bear (Ursus Maritimus) from Rostock Zoo.

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