[Link] Maya Assad's family has been stateless for generations, but that could soon change

Read: 10/4/2022 www.abc.net.au

For more than a year the engineer and her businessman husband had been jobless, as the economy in the country in which she was born and raised, Lebanon, imploded.

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[Link] Peter Dutton to be sole witness in defamation case against refugee activist

Read: 22/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

The defence minister Peter Dutton intends to take the stand in his defamation trial against a refugee activist that begins next month.

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[Link] Students, holiday visas putting pressure on wages: RBA

Read: 17/8/2021 www.theage.com.au

The Reserve Bank’s own economics research department identified students, holiday makers and the partners of people brought into the country on skilled migrant visas as reasons for Australia’s sluggish wages growth ahead of the coronavirus pandemic.

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[Link] Home affairs minister ordered into mediation with Afghan refugee detained in Australia

Read: 4/8/2021 theguardian.com

The Australian home affairs minister has been ordered into mediation with an Afghan refugee who assisted coalition forces during the Afghanistan conflict and remains in detention in Australia after eight years.

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