Immigrants to blame for high house prices, Dick Smith claims
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.
Michael Koziol is a journalist with Fairfax Media.
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.
Peter Dutton concedes quid-pro-quo arrangement to take Central American refugees won't start until transfers begin from Manus Island and Nauru.
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.
The use of force against detainees in Australia's immigration detention centres more than doubled in just nine months.
A trove of official data about incidents at Australia's offshore detention centre in Nauru has been censored at the request of the Nauruan government.
Labor "shouldn't be surprised" to be compared unfavourably to One Nation on economics, Trade Minister Steve Ciobo said.
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