Canberra, March 26 (IANS) The Australian government has moved to block the entry of temporary visa holders from Iran amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.Tony Burke, minister for home affairs, on Wednesday night announced that he has used laws passed by the federal parliament earlier in March to temporarily restrict Iranian visitor visa holders from traveling to Australia.He said in a statement that the move would protect the integrity and sustainability of Australia’s migration system, …
Latest Tony Burke News & Updates
Sydney, Dec 24 (IANS) The parliament of Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW) had passed tough new gun and protest laws in response to the fatal mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Wednesday.ABC said that the bill, which packaged gun reforms with a ban on protests for up to three months, passed 18 votes to eight just before 3 a.m. local time on Wednesday and included a key amendment on tightening firearms laws for people with susp…
Canberra, Dec 23 (IANS) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday that the Christmas period will be colored by ‘grief and sadness’ following the Bondi Beach terror attack.Albanese said at a press conference in Canberra that the fatal shooting of 15 people that targeted a Jewish festival at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on December 14 was an antisemitic attack on the Jewish community as well as an attack on “Australian values and on Australian society.”He said that the Christmas period wo…