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Australia now has a bipartisan policy to pretend to reduce immigration, with both Liberal and Labor contributing to the mess.

The ABC’s recent Q+A housing special left many questions unasked and unanswered. By Peter Mares

Talented dancers from Blackburn, Darwen and Accrington have landed parts in a major production at the Manchester Opera House.

Tryouts were this weekend to be one of the cast members in the popular annual living pictures show this summer.

Will the Housing Australia Future Fund make a dent on Australia’s housing crisis? By Peter Mares

Despite repeated analysis that its policies do not add up National is refusing to release the costings behind its policies.

I like my Huawei phone. I'm looking forward to the new Mate 60Pro. It's launch means the US-led sanctions aiming to crush Huawei, with New Zealand as a fast follower, have completely failed to set back Chinese technology.

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A new study calls on the federal government to contemplate the introduction of a new temporary stay parent visa, featuring the benefits of multiple entries and a generous 10-year validity period. It also argues that if the government is reluctant to classify parents as 'immediate family', it should abolish permanent parent migration altogether.