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The annual cap on visas would ensure migration to Australia “does not cause brain drain”, he added.If all Tuvaluans decided to take up Australia on its offer – and if Australia kept its cap at 280 migrants per year – it would take about 40 years for Tuvalu’s entire population to relocate to Australia.Tuvalu has

Speaking to reporters as he left the airport, Mr Farage said: “I’m just here surfing for the week.” Asked whether he was joining the I’m A Celebrity… cast, he replied: “I can’t confirm I am doing it, but I might be. I just think there is a big young audience out there that watches the

‘Not the act of a friend’Australia’s opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson described the Chinese vessel’s behaviour as “incredibly risky” and “frankly not the act of a friend.”He urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to raise the matter with Chinese President Xi Jinping at this weekend’s APEC summit in San Francisco, which both leaders are attending.The

A Robbie Williams fan has died after falling down six rows of seats at a new Sydney stadium.Robyn Hall, a grandmother in her 70s, suffered serious head injuries when she “lost her footing” as she stepped over seats on the opening night of the pop star’s Australian XXV tour on Thursday.Paramedics rushed her from the

They have swept through Outback towns such as Cloncurry and Julia Creek, eating crops and contaminating water sources.They are a menace to pets and some domestic animals, including ducks owned by Mr Lord.He said: “Last night, the ducks were going mad and I went downstairs to see what was going on, thinking maybe there’s a

Australia will ban the import of disposable e-cigarettes next year under a plan to become the first country to make all vaping illegal without a prescription.Mark Butler, the Australian health minister, has resisted calls to follow New Zealand (before its reversal) and Britain in phasing out all cigarette sales but has vowed to tackle vaping

An Australian man who was buried alive after falling into a beach pit that had been dug to roast a pig has died.Josh Taylor, 23, was with a group of friends when he accidentally tumbled into the deep hole that had been dug on a beach on Bribie Island off the coast of Queensland last

Australian beachgoers brazenly touched a whale that strayed close to the shore in a perilous encounter.More than a dozen swimmers were filmed approaching the mammal in shallow waters off Leighton beach, near Perth in Western Australia.The cetacean, believed to be a sperm whale, was on Monday reported to be “unlikely to survive” having become beached

Australia will impose tougher English-language tests on international students in a bid to fix its “broken” migration system and halve its intake over the next two years.Visa rules for foreign students and low-skilled workers will also be tightened under the new plan, which aims to slash the number of people settling in the country to

An Australian woman who allegedly stole a van with 10,000 Krispy Kreme doughnuts in it has been charged after two weeks reportedly on the run from police.The van had been bound for shops but disappeared when a delivery driver stopped to fill up at a petrol station during his night shift.CCTV showed a woman hanging