Backflip on international student caps ‘baffling’, MP says – as it happened

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Three million Australians are at risk of homelessness, a 63% increase since 2016, a new report from Homelessness NSW and Impact Economics has revealed.

By looking at household data including income, support and rental stress, the report found in 2022 there were 3.04m Australians now at risk of homelessness, an increase on the 1.87m reported in 2016.

1 in every five days the frontline services could not assist a family with children because they were so stretched.

Individuals without children were turned away 1 in every 2 days.

Unaccompanied young people and children without accommodation were turned away on 1 in 9 days.

I think more broadly, the government under Anthony Albanese has got an excellent record of managing relationships around the world, making genuine progress, whether it’s with China, whether it’s with American friends or others.

I think when it comes to Peter Dutton, I think he has a kind of a reckless arrogance which doesn’t lend itself to foreign policy and maintaining and managing some of these complex relationships.

I think he would be a risk to our economy, and that’s because that reckless arrogance, which has been a defining feature of his time as a politician over a long period of time now … [it] doesn’t lend itself to managing these relationships, which are so important to us.

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Plan to dispose of nuclear waste from Aukus submarines unanimously rejected by Adelaide council

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City of Port Adelaide Enfield’s mayor says she hadn’t received correspondence about storage or disposal before or after bill passed federal parliament

Plans to dispose of low-level nuclear waste from Aukus submarines at an Adelaide naval facility have been unanimously opposed by the local council for the area, who say they weren’t consulted.

The Osborne naval shipyard, 25km north of Adelaide CBD, and HMAS Stirling at Garden Island 50km south of Perth in Western Australia, have both been designated as “radioactive waste management facilities” for nuclear waste from Aukus submarines under the Australian naval nuclear power safety bill, which passed parliament in October.

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Police officer who tasered Clare Nowland tells court taking knife from her hand came with ‘high risk’

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Sen Const Kristian White says situation with 95-year-old carrying knife ‘was not going to be resolved without the use of force’

A police officer who fatally tasered a 95-year-old woman in a nursing home said he tried to give her “every opportunity to drop the knife” she was carrying, but she had “made her intent clear: she was going to use that knife on anyone that got near her”.

Sen Const Kristian James Samuel White also told the court simply taking the knife out of Clare Nowland’s hand came with “risk, high risk”.

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Average asking price for UK home drops by £5,000 in November

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Analysts say market is still relatively busy despite decline of 1.4%, which is unusually high for this time of year

The average asking price for a UK home has dropped by more than £5,000 this month as the autumn budget caused housing market jitters before the usual Christmas slowdown.

Average asking prices from new sellers fell by £5,366, or 1.4%, in November to £366,592, compared with the 0.8% decline usually recorded at this time of year, according to the website Rightmove.

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Lidia Thorpe defiant after Senate censures her protest against King Charles: ‘I’ll do it again’

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Senator rips up paper copy of motion against her and says she was ‘denied my right’ to be present during vote

Lidia Thorpe has ripped up a paper copy of the Senate motion censuring her protest against King Charles, promising “I’ll do it again” and saying she is not concerned about the parliamentary rebuke.

The independent senator was censured by the Labor and Coalition on Monday, as was the United Australia party senator Ralph Babet after he posted a tweet containing several offensive slurs.

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California retains No. 1 ranking for international student enrollment as concerns grow over Trump – Los Angeles Times

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  1. California retains No. 1 ranking for international student enrollment as concerns grow over Trump  Los Angeles Times
  2. Indian Students Rush to US Colleges, Driving Attendance Record  Bloomberg
  3. China no longer US’ top source of foreign students for first time in 15 years  South China Morning Post
  4. India Overtakes China In International Student Enrollment At US Colleges  NDTV
  5. A Renewed U.S. Commitment to International Education  US Embassy in Zimbabwe
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Narendra Modi to make ‘historic’ Guyana visit for energy talks

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Indian PM’s trip expected to focus on trade and investment as oil-rich Caribbean country’s economic boom continues

India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, will make a “historic” state visit to the oil-rich Caribbean nation of Guyana this week when the two countries are expected to sign energy and defence agreements.

Modi’s visit to the country, from Tuesday to Thursday, will be the first from an Indian prime minister since Indira Gandhi’s in 1968, two years after Guyana gained independence from Britain.

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Women’s rights groups fear FGM is rife among Sudanese refugees in Chad

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Practice banned in both countries but widespread among those displaced by Sudan’s civil war, say aid workers

Women’s rights campaigners have spoken of their concern over the spread of female genital mutilation among Sudanese refugees in camps across the border in Chad.

Both countries have outlawed the practice but it continues in secret. The UN children’s agency, Unicef, says that about 87% of Sudanese women aged 14-49 have been cut – one of the highest rates in the world. In Chad, the figure is 34.1%, though rates are higher in the south and east, which is where the camps for Sudanese people have been set up.

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Explaining the trillion dollar question that’s disrupting COP29 – POLITICO Europe

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  1. Explaining the trillion dollar question that’s disrupting COP29  POLITICO Europe
  2. 'Out of sync': The trillion-dollar climate puzzle that's become a diplomatic nightmare  BBC.com
  3. Cop29 live: boost to summit as G20 reaffirms transition away from fossil fuels  The Guardian
  4. Saudi Arabia Is Working to Undercut a Pledge to Quit Fossil Fuels  The New York Times
  5. EU zones in on $200B to $300B target for global climate fund  POLITICO Europe
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In face of alleged US threats, North Korea calls for expanded nuclear forces – POLITICO

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  1. In face of alleged US threats, North Korea calls for expanded nuclear forces  POLITICO
  2. North Korea may send 100,000 troops to Russia as Kim tells them to ‘go all out’  South China Morning Post
  3. North Korea Warns US and Allies That Russia Conflict Would Be 'Suicidal'  Newsweek
  4. Kim Jong Un Calls for Unlimited Nuclear Weapons Expansion  Newsweek
  5. North Korea's Kim urges military to prepare for war  DW (English)
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India’s successful test of hypersonic missile puts it among elite group – CNN

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  1. India’s successful test of hypersonic missile puts it among elite group  CNN
  2. India announces successful hypersonic missile test  DW (English)
  3. India Conducts Maiden Tests of Long Range Hypersonic and Subsonic Naval Missiles  Naval News
  4. With DRDO successfully testing India’s first long-range hypersonic missile, all you need to know about the weapon  The Indian Express
  5. India hails ‘historic’ hypersonic missile test flight  South China Morning Post
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Labor left red-faced on international student cap as Coalition sides with Greens and independents

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Education minister Jason Clare says ‘never in my life’ did he expect to see opposition and Greens take same stand on immigration

The Albanese government has been left red-faced after the Coalition made a last-minute backflip over plans to cap international student numbers from next year.

The education minister, Jason Clare, has accused Peter Dutton of being a “fraud” on tough immigration policies after the opposition sided with the Greens and independents on changes to limit new enrolments from overseas students to 270,000 in 2025.

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Alan Jones charged with 24 indecent assault and sexual touching offences against eight victims

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Former Sydney radio host – who has previously denied all allegations against him – charged over incidents that allegedly occurred between 2001 and 2019

The former Sydney radio host Alan Jones has been charged over alleged historic indecent assault and sexual touching offences spanning two decades.

Jones was arrested by New South Wales police after a “long, thorough, protracted” investigation at about 7.45am on Monday morning at a unit in Sydney’s Circular Quay.

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