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Macron lands in New Caledonia amid deadly unrest
French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in riot-hit New Caledonia and says that he wants to see peace, calm and security return.
- by Thomas Adamson
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Melbourne Uni students agree to end building occupation
Organiser Dana Alshaer said the students would disband the protest once the university committed to disclose its ties to weapons companies on Thursday morning.
- by Sherryn Groch
Macron heads to riot-hit New Caledonia as Australia, NZ evacuate tourists
Some 108 Australians and other tourists landed in Brisbane, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said. More flights are expected.
- by Kirsty Needham and Dominique Vidalon
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Letters
Cutting migration is one thing Peter Dutton but it isn’t a housing policy
Readers react to the housing shortage and the opposition leader’s vision for Australia as stated in his budget reply.
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Melbourne University threatens to call police, expel pro-Palestine protesters
La Trobe University has also announced it will begin misconduct proceedings against students still camping at its Bundoora campus after they were ordered to leave.
- by Madeleine Heffernan and Benjamin Preiss
French-Australians urged to house stranded New Caledonians
The French embassy in Australia is calling on the “solidarity and generosity” of French expatriates living in Melbourne to billet French people stranded in the city by the conflict in New Caledonia.
- by Madeleine Heffernan and John Leicester
Who was Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi?
A year after Raisi’s election, Iran’s “hijab and chastity law” resulted in the death of young Kurdish Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, which triggered months of uprisings.
- by Dominic Evans
Pro-Palestine supporters clash with police as rival protests converge on CBD
Six people were arrested as police turned out in force in an effort to prevent pro-Palestine protesters clashing with Israel supporters outside Parliament House.
- by Ashleigh McMillan and Roy Ward
Australians stranded in New Caledonia ‘running out of food’ amid civil unrest
Penny Wong said the government was working with authorities in France and New Caledonia, to find a way for Australians to safely leave the island.
Just a two-hour flight from Australia, idyllic New Caledonia implodes
This week, the tropical Pacific holiday destination erupted amid tensions with the French government in Paris over voting rights.
- by Matthew Knott
French officials see Azerbaijan’s foreign interference behind deadly riots in New Caledonia
Azerbaijan had invited separatists from the French territories last year, resulting in a group whose stated aim is to support “French liberation and anti-colonialist movements”.
- by Chris Zappone