Sydney woman Moutia Elzahed sued the police and lost. Now she’s appealing the decision on the basis she was barred from testifying due to her religious garb. In November 2016, Muslim woman Moutia Elzahed was told she couldn’t give evidence in court with her niqab on. The case was about a police raid on her …
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The Adelaide archbishop Philip Wilson has been found guilty of concealing child sexual abuse during the 1970s in the Hunter region of New South Wales. The magistrate Robert Stone handed down the verdict in Newcastle local court on Tuesday after a magistrate-only trial. Wilson faces a maximum two years in prison. The prosecutor, Gareth Harrison, told the …
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An Australian archbishop has been sentenced to one year detention for concealing historical sexual abuse, becoming the highest-ranking Catholic clergyman to face confinement for a cover-up. Archbishop Philip Wilson, who has stepped aside but not resigned from his position in the Catholic Church, was sentenced to 12 months detention on Tuesday. A court had found him guilty of …
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Australia’s prime minister and politicians from across the political spectrum on 15 Aug. condemned a speech by a freshman senator calling for only white immigration and a “final solution” to end Muslim immigration. Senator Fraser Anning used his first speech in parliament on Tuesday to call for a return to a “White Australia” immigration policy that reflects …
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They’ve come from as far as Iran and Afghanistan, Somalia and Myanmar. But the children are now stuck on Nauru, a desolate island in the South Pacific that’s little more than eight miles square. They’re caught in a strict Australian immigration system that has left them stranded. Some of them have become so depressed after …
An Australian newspaper has defended its decision to publish a provocative cartoon of the tennis star Serena Williams, using the image again — this time on its front page — and railing against “politically correct” critics who deemed the drawing racist. The headline “Welcome to PC World” — accompanied by caricatures of Ms. Williams, Australian …
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Australia will consider recognising Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and moving its embassy there from Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says. If acted upon, the move would follow a recent policy shift by the US that has drawn criticism internationally. Mr Morrison said Australia remained committed to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Political …
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Australia plans to restrict some new migrants from living in its largest cities – Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane – for “at least a few years” in an effort to ease urban congestion, a government minister said on October 9. With immigration expected to be an issue in the next election, the plan aims to help …
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Abdullah Qaiser says he came to Newcastle from Pakistan last year to study in a secure environment. The 21-year-old had his nose smashed by a man wearing a knuckle duster after his car was stopped at the University of Newcastle’s Callaghan campus. More than two months have passed since Abdullah Qaiser was attacked at night …
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The Morrison government is insisting none of the children or their families transferred from Nauru to Australia in recent weeks will be allowed to stay in Australia. Home Affairs minister Peter Dutton confirmed the children were only being transferred to Australia for temporary medical care and would not be allowed to stay. That’s in line with a …
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