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The Immigration Department has begun issuing warning notices to about 12,000 asylum seekers in Australia to apply for refugee status immediately or face deportation.
Michael Koziol is a journalist with Fairfax Media.
The Immigration Department has begun issuing warning notices to about 12,000 asylum seekers in Australia to apply for refugee status immediately or face deportation.
Coalition frontbenchers have refused to join Immigration Minister Peter Dutton in linking the contentious US refugee deal with Australia's decision to accept refugees from Central America.
"If cane doesn't do well, the town doesn't do well. There's no rocket science in that," says sugarcane grower Paula Langdon.
Quid-pro-quo arrangement to take Central American refugees won't start until transfers begin from Manus Island and Nauru.
Australian businessman Dick Smith has blamed immigrants for high house prices, claiming the "enormous population increase" is making young families unable to buy their first home.
Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs has vigorously defended her handling of a controversial case at the centre of the push to overhaul Australia's racial discrimination laws, taking aim at "misinformation" from parts of the media.
Turnbull government MP Andrew Broad says letting good renters buy without a deposit would avoid inflating house prices.
Commission declines to claim public interest immunity, paving the way for a tell-all showdown with government MPs.
"Let's hunt down some indo reporters and balibo them. What's Suharto up to these days," Richard Eldridge tweeted.
A fresh parliamentary push on same-sex marriage has become more likely after a cross-party Senate committee reached a broad consensus on refining the government's same-sex marriage legislation.
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