The number of Hong Kong citizens looking to move in Australia has risen sharply since proposed extradition laws fuelled growing concerns about the erosion of civil liberties under Chinese rule in the city, migration consultants and property agents say. Wealthy Hong Kong residents were also looking to move assets to third countries such as Australia as an…
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There’s no clear need for Peter Dutton’s new bill excluding citizens from Australia
Yesterday, the government introduced a bill into Parliament that, if passed, would allow the home affairs minister Peter Dutton to temporarily exclude some Australian citizens – including children – from returning to Australia. The bill is aimed at mitigating threats posed by foreign fighters coming back to Australia from conflicts in Syria and Iraq. It was first…
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