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The federal opposition has announced three migration policy proposals that would significantly reduce international student enrolments, including plans to abolish temporary graduate visas. The proposals, revealed by Opposition Leader Angus Taylor on Tuesday, overlap with recent government changes on partner and child visas and onshore applications, but differ in their approach to post-study work rights.
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor and outgoing home affairs spokesman Jonno Duniam have released the Coalition's detailed plan to reduce immigration levels, a year after Liberal MP Andrew Hastie quit the frontbench to warn the party needed a tougher stance on the issue. The policy is the party's most concrete response yet to a migration debate that has reshaped Australian politics and fuelled the rise of One Nation.
· 3 sourcesOpposition Leader Angus Taylor has announced a hardline immigration policy that would cut net overseas migration by 60,000 more than Peter Dutton's 2025 proposal and go beyond even Pauline Hanson's bottom line, reducing temporary visa holders by 650,000 over four years and halving humanitarian places to 10,000 a year.
· 2 sourcesA gymnastics coach has been stood down from all duties after an alleged physical assault of a child at Splitz Gym in Brisbane's Sumner Park, with Queensland police confirming an investigation is underway.
Western Australia's fisheries minister has ruled out allowing the incidental capture of great white sharks, as the state government boosts its shark mitigation budget by $5 million to nearly double spending on helicopter and drone patrols at Perth beaches.
· 3 sourcesComedian Dave Hughes will no longer appear at Victorian Liberal Party events as an entertainer or guest speaker after the party told him his performances would breach the state's political donation laws, raising questions about the use of celebrities in election campaigns.
· 3 sourcesPeter Manning, the former executive producer of Four Corners and ABC news and current affairs chief who is credited with saving the landmark program from cancellation, has died at the age of 81 after a 60-year career in journalism.
· 3 sourcesThe only health clinic in the remote Northern Territory community of Alpurrurulam has been shut down after two nurses were threatened by residents and had to be escorted from town by police. The closure leaves the 350 residents of the dry community needing to travel 180 kilometres to Camooweal in Queensland for medical care. The incident has also sparked calls for the NT government to reopen a local police station.
The Coalition has unveiled its long-awaited migration plan, completing a three-way contest with the federal government and One Nation over how deeply to cut arrivals. One Nation is promising net negative migration for its first three years, the Coalition would temporarily halve net migration to 100,000 a year, and Labor is committed to returning to a rate of 225,000 a year by 2028.
· 2 sourcesThe world's highest-rated racehorse, Ka Ying Rising, finished a long head second to fellow Everest contender Ninja in a 1000-metre trial at Royal Randwick on Tuesday, but punters kept the Hong Kong superstar at $1.30 favourite for the $20 million Everest on October 17.
· 3 sourcesThe AFL Players' Association has concluded that free agency is underutilised and has not materially impacted competitive balance in the AFL, flagging a potential overhaul of the system as part of negotiations for the league's next collective bargaining agreement.
· 3 sourcesAlan Jones spent more than $85,000 renovating a teenager's family home before allegedly putting his tongue in the boy's mouth and touching his bottom at the former broadcaster's Fitzroy Falls farm, a Sydney court has heard. The 85-year-old is on trial for 19 counts of indecent assault and two counts of sexual touching without consent against five male complainants between 2003 and 2020.
· 8 sourcesThe Wallabies have received a significant boost with Len Ikitau cleared to play in Saturday's Bledisloe Cup opener at Eden Park, overcoming an ankle injury to shift back to inside centre and replace the suspended Hunter Paisami. Meanwhile, Fraser McReight has credited the tough love of former Wallabies coach and now-All Blacks coach Dave Rennie for helping him become a world-class flanker, setting up an unprecedented clash where a former Australian coach leads New Zealand.
· 4 sourcesFirefighters in southeast Queensland are bracing for two major bushfires at Murphy’s Creek and Seventeen Mile to merge within days, while storms forecast for the region bring the risk of lightning strikes igniting new fires. The blazes, in the Lockyer Valley southwest of Brisbane, have already scorched about 1600 hectares of bush and farmland as of Monday evening.
· 5 sourcesNew North Melbourne coach Jaymie Graham has been officially appointed as the Kangaroos' senior coach, taking over from Alastair Clarkson who was sacked last month amid player confusion over game plan and mixed messaging. Graham, 43, was presented to the media on Tuesday at Arden Street, alongside chief executive Jen Watt, who described him as having 'strong values alignment' with the club.
· 3 sourcesA 19-year-old woman has pleaded not guilty to murder but guilty to manslaughter over the stabbing death of her father on Boxing Day 2022, as prosecutors rejected the lesser plea and prepare for trial in the South Australian Supreme Court.
Pro-Palestinian groups have faced criticism for planning vigils on the third anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel, with NSW Premier Chris Minns labelling the events 'heartless' and 'in poor taste'.
· 2 sourcesAustralian comedian Judith Lucy has publicly revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will undergo a double mastectomy next week. In a video posted to Instagram, the 58-year-old delivered the news in her trademark deadpan style, calling it a 'not-so-fun update' and urging women to keep up with their mammograms.
· 8 sourcesSevere thunderstorms have begun moving across South-East Queensland, bringing large hail, damaging winds and the risk of flash flooding, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning the worst is still to come on Tuesday afternoon and evening.
· 5 sourcesMatildas and Manchester City forward Mary Fowler has withdrawn from the upcoming international friendlies against Germany and Haiti, with Football Australia citing undisclosed personal circumstances. The announcement was made on Tuesday, a day after Fowler made her 100th appearance for Manchester City. The decision comes as her partner, NRL star Nathan Cleary, recovers from surgery on both legs.
· 3 sourcesSydney Roosters forward De La Salle Va’a has revealed his desire to make a shock cross-code switch to the NFL, and is poised to ask the premiers for an off-season window to pursue his ambition through the sport’s International Pathways Program.
· 3 sourcesPolice are investigating after a man was found dead inside a unit on North Road in Woodridge, Logan, south of Brisbane on Tuesday morning.
· 3 sourcesA Gold Coast rugby league club is grappling with the loss of two young players who died by suicide within days of each other, prompting calls for children to seek support if they are struggling.
· 4 sourcesFormer ACT attorney-general Gordon Ramsay has pleaded not guilty to all charges at an arraignment hearing in the ACT Supreme Court, with the trial unlikely to begin before mid-2027 due to court scheduling constraints.
St Kilda's demand for Geelong's first-round draft pick and a player in exchange for Rowan Marshall is driven by the Saints' own ambitions to recruit Brisbane midfielder Sam Marshall, creating a complex three-way trade puzzle that explains the club's ambitious asking price.
· 7 sourcesThe Australian Army soldier killed in a vehicle rollover at a Northern Territory training ground has been identified as Corporal Brendan Hannam, a 28-year-old father of two who served in Afghanistan and trained Ukrainian forces. Chief of Army Susan Coyle described him as a 'much beloved junior leader' who would 'give the shirt off his back for anybody.'
· 8 sourcesOpposition Leader Angus Taylor has unveiled the Coalition’s long-awaited migration policy, pledging to slash net overseas migration to 100,000 in the first two years of a Coalition government — a cut of two-thirds from current levels that he described as “the biggest cut to immigration in the history of this country”. The plan would reduce the number of temporary visa holders by around 650,000 over four years while abolishing temporary graduate visas and halving Australia’s humanitarian intake, but adds 100,000 skilled migrant places.
· 16 sourcesFirefighters are working to contain bushfires near Toowoomba, Queensland, according to reports published on Monday, 5 October 2026.
· 3 sourcesFamilies in rural Australian communities are being locked out of the federal government's Building Early Education Fund (BEEF), according to childcare advocates and residents who gathered at forums in Longreach and Blackall. They say the fund's eligibility criteria exclude council-run and local not-for-profit centres that are the backbone of early childhood education in remote areas.
One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce has declared his party is driving the political agenda after the Coalition prepared to announce deep cuts to Australia's migration levels, saying the opposition had effectively adopted One Nation's policy.
· 4 sourcesPrime Minister Anthony Albanese's popularity has fallen to a new low in the latest opinion poll, according to reports from multiple Australian news outlets.
· 4 sourcesThe NSW government has capped screen time to as little as 15 minutes a day for the youngest students, following landmark research that found widespread digital distraction and that only 10 percent of high school leaders believe students can self-regulate their technology use.
· 3 sourcesA Four Corners investigation has found that Veteran Benefits Australia (VBA), a Brisbane-based network of companies, made millions by turning veterans into sales leads on an industrial scale, with staff allegedly told to have veterans sign over their taxpayer-funded care plans to access other services.
· 2 sourcesHealth authorities in Tasmania have issued a public warning after an overdose death that may have been caused by drugs possibly laced with a strong synthetic opioid. The case is the first known detection of a novel U-class opioid in the state, the Department of Health confirmed.
Sixteen days before Cameron Bancroft was caught hiding sandpaper down his pants during the third Test in Cape Town, a journalist covering the Australia-South Africa series received an unexpected delivery at his Port Elizabeth hotel room: a USB stick containing previously unseen footage of the stairwell clash between David Warner and Quinton de Kock, further fuelling what was already an explosive tour.
· 4 sourcesFormer Victorian premier Daniel Andrews made a quiet return to Spring Street in June for a meeting with Mental Health Minister Ingrid Stitt, the latest ministerial diaries reveal, as part of his role as chairman of youth mental health organisation Orygen.
Ukraine's ambassador to Australia, Vasyl Myroshnychenko, has called on the Greens to reconsider their opposition to providing military aid against Russia's invasion, as the major parties accuse the party of naively aiding Vladimir Putin. The peak Ukrainian-Australian community body is urgently seeking a meeting with new Greens leader David Shoebridge.
· 3 sourcesThe Greens Institute has proposed a $25.1bn plan to nationalise more than 200 Coles and Woolworths supermarkets and open hundreds of government-owned grocery stores under a new public chain, saying it would cut grocery prices and guarantee food access.
· 2 sourcesJewish Australians will mark the third anniversary of the October 7 attacks on Wednesday as Labor-led state governments condemn pro-Palestinian vigils planned for the same day, with peak Jewish bodies organising commemorations across capital cities but avoiding publicised locations due to ongoing community safety concerns.
· 2 sourcesA Guardian Australia investigation has revealed that hundreds of Australians, including war veterans and people experiencing homelessness, are being buried in unmarked communal graves across New South Wales and Queensland, with relatives describing the practice as "unspeakable" and "a disgrace."
· 2 sourcesNine Entertainment has relaunched its daily Superquiz with a new mobile-friendly design, introducing real-time score comparisons and social media sharing for the first time. The update, rolling out across Brisbane Times, The Sydney Morning Herald and WAtoday, aims to make the puzzle easier to play on smartphones while retaining its classic 15-question format.
· 3 sourcesNeighbours of a Maylands property in Perth claim more than a dozen cats owned by 82-year-old Louise Jones are causing persistent odours and roaming onto their properties, making daily life unbearable.
· 3 sourcesNovak Djokovic claimed the China Open title on Tuesday after Alex de Minaur retired injured from the final in Beijing, extending the Serb's unbeaten record at the tournament and delivering the 102nd title of his career.
· 12 sourcesOne Nation's Victorian state election launch descended into controversy when party figure Mark Nicholson declared former premiers Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan should be in prison by Christmas. The call drew immediate condemnation from federal Liberals, who said threatening to jail political opponents is unacceptable in a liberal democracy.
· 3 sourcesSeveral popular Perth beaches remain closed after a whale carcass that washed ashore at City Beach last week led to unexpectedly high levels of E. coli bacteria in the water, the Town of Cambridge has confirmed. The whale was removed to Red Hill tip on Thursday, but precautionary water sampling taken last weekend returned unusual results, prompting an extended closure.
· 3 sourcesMelbourne student Ella Stiebel thought her brain would explode as she prepared to fly home from Bali after a family hike left her confined to a hotel room with severe dengue fever. Her ordeal comes as the Qdenga vaccine becomes commercially available in Australia following updated advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), recommending the shot for some travellers particularly those who have already contracted the disease. Cases of the mosquito-borne virus are spiking in popular tourist destinations and have triggered a state of emergency in parts of Florida.
· 3 sourcesAs New South Wales HSC students begin their final year of school, the age spread in year 12 classrooms can span more than two years, raising perennial questions for parents about when to start their children in kindergarten.
· 3 sourcesThe West Australian government has conceded a desalination plant at Esperance will be needed, a significant backflip from its dismissal of the proposal during last year's state election, as work ramps up on a $543 million upgrade to the historic Goldfields water pipeline.
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