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OPINION: Immigration gap widens

IT WOULD appear most of Australia's lefties are crying into their orange-frappe mochaccinos, and those on right are beating...

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30th June 2019 1:06 PM

'What they are doing to these people is just wrong'

A MUCH-LOVED Tweed French couple are appealing to Peter Dutton to stop them being booted out of Australia.

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19th Sept. 2018 3:09 PM

The couple's cafe became the go-to spot for French supporters in the Tweed at the recent World Cup soccer, made all the more special as they cheered on Sandrine Mendy's cousin, Benjamin Mendy, selected for the French team.

Au pair scandal sparks calls for Tamil family's release

Supporters point out Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton intervened for the release of four au pairs, but a Biloela family...

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01st Sept. 2018 4:09 AM

NOT STEPPING IN: Former Immigration Minister Peter Dutton (right) at Parliament House in Canberra, August 23.

Gladstone women tell Senator to 'get real' on immigration

Volunteer says Fraser Anning's speech was 'based on fear' and may harm Gladstone's reputation.

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16th Aug. 2018 4:08 AM

OPEN ARMS: Welcoming Intercultural Neighbours director Natalia Muszkat (left) with St Saviour's Anglican Church volunteer Carmelita Van Deventer.

Seeking immigrant ship descendants

CELEBRATING the arrival of Maryborough descendants has become an annual event and will be for the next 50 years.

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26th July 2018 6:07 AM

KNEES UP: There will be information, entertainment and displays at the Immigration Celebrations.

Bundy used to be centre of migrant settlement

IT'S unlikely Bundaberg will be a centre of migration soon but that wasn't always the case.

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25th July 2018 5:07 AM

LINED UP: Bagged sugar at Bingera Sugar Mill, circa 1950. Bundaberg was home to an estimated 2000 migrants in 1962.

Stability and security could draw migrants to outback

But we will need government incentives for scheme to work: Paroo Shire mayor.

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16th July 2018 4:07 PM

NEW AUSTRALIANS: Mayor Tyson Golder stands with Luz Perez and Cesar Sabogal and their children, Alana and Matias, at the Roma citizenship ceremony.

Inspiring stories keep runners powering through 4000km trip

There's no politics for Cassie and Jackson, just human stories

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28th Dec. 2017 12:12 PM

INSPIRING STORIES: Cassie Cohen and Jackson Bursill are running from Cooktown to Melbourne in 100 days, sharing stories of migrants and refugees along the way to raise awareness and money for charity in a project called Boundless Plains to Share.

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Jo Rickson thanks Gladstone Tender Centre owner Nigel Kocks for helping to recover a long lost family treasure from...

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03rd Dec. 2017 6:12 PM

Mystery of the missing travel trunk uncovers family treasure

Treasured family heirloom reappears at garage sale.

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