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Immigration Minister issues new 'Direction 110'

After weeks of pressure, the Immigration Minister signs a revised rule for the visa cancellations of criminals.

Published: with Samantha Donovan

Duration: 30 minutes 43 seconds

'Community safety' top priority in new immigration directive

Community safety will now be the 'highest' priority when officials decide whether to allow foreign nationals who've been convicted of serious crimes, to stay in Australia. 

Published: by Katherine Gregory

Indigenous justice
Duration: 4 minutes 33 seconds

Adelaide casino fined $67m over money laundering case

The operator of Adelaide's casino has been ordered to pay a $67 million fine by the Federal Court over a money laundering case brought on by financial crimes agency AUSTRAC.

Published: by Sarah Maunder

city buildings
Duration: 4 minutes 56 seconds

"Apocalyptic" scenes in central Gaza

Medical teams in central Gaza have described the last 48 hours as "apocalyptic".

Published: by Jon Daly

A boy looks amid grey rubble
Duration: 5 minutes 13 seconds

What could tip Australia into recession?

Much has been talked this week about the risks to the Australian economy as it teeters on the edge of recession, but one threat has been largely ignored.

Published: by David Taylor

The TCCI says Tasmania is in a technical recession but there has been growth in household spending.
Duration: 3 minutes 55 seconds

Sydney students hope to build nuclear fusion device in world first

A team of physics and engineering students at UNSW is trying to design and build a nuclear fusion reactor to unlock an energy source scientists have long believed would be clean, safe and effectively unlimited. 

Published: by Tom Melville

A picture of the inside of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory nuclear fusion reactor
Duration: 5 minutes 17 seconds

Painting of author Tim Winton takes out Archibald Prize

A New South Wales artist has become just the 12th woman to win the prestigious Archibald Prize for a portrait of a distinguished Australian.

Published: by Kathleen Ferguson

A woman in her early 40s - the artist Laura Jones - smiling and standing in front of her painting of Tim Winton
Duration: 4 minutes 13 seconds
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