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The Australian government announced Thursday that it will address alleged abuses of its migration and visa system in an effort to crack down on human trafficking and other forms of organized crime. In January 2023, former Chief Commissioner of the Victoria Police Christine Nixon was appointed to undertake a Rapid Review into the Exploitation of [...]

The Trump-aligned Save America Leadership political action committee (PAC) spent over $20 million on former President Donald Trump’s legal fees out of its total of about $30 million in spending according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings made public Monday. The filing comes as legal woes continue to mount for Trump. The filings reveal that [...]

Navajo Nation Attorney General Ethel Branch announced in a press conference and confirmed in a Monday interview with ABC 15 Arizona that Navajo law enforcement have found 271 Native Americans in Phoenix, Arizona—mostly of the Navajo Nation—who lost housing due to the closure of sober living homes found to have defrauded Medicaid. The sober living [...]

Australia Attorney General Mark Dreyfus said on Thursday that he will introduce a bill next week banning the public display of the Nazi Hakenkreuz, commonly known as the swastika, and SS Bolts. The bill will also ban the trade of any items which bear these symbols. The proposed legislation comes weeks after a violent May [...]

In February 2022, the Bureau of Investigative Journalism published a report, accusing Facebook of inciting ethnic violence and disseminating misinformation in Ethiopia. A senior government official condemned the tech giant, accusing it of standing idle as the nation descended into chaos. Yet, as previously announced, the Ethiopian government refused to sit by idly and pledged [...]

An Australian corruption watchdog urged the Northern Territory (NT) government on Thursday to audit personnel records of public officers with certain role qualifications. The move follows findings of corruption within the recruitment processes in the public sector. The NT Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) released the findings of an independent investigation, concluding that a public [...]

Papua New Guinea police launched an investigation into the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape after an international investigation on Wednesday exposed his potential links to Don Matheson, an Australian Businessman being investigated for corruption. The inquiry into Matheson centers around a joint report from Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and [...]

Several Australian MPs Sunday accused Federal Opposition Leader Peter Dutton of misrepresenting the prevalence of sexual abuse in Alice Springs. Following the federal government’s response to rising crime rates in the Northern Territory, Dutton claimed that sexual abuse remains “rampant” in the town. Northern Territory Police Minister Kate Worden has called Dutton’s trip to Alice [...]

The Australian Federal Police and the Office of the Special Investigator (OSI) Monday stated that a member of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) had been arrested and charged for war crimes committed in Afghanistan. The man was not identified by the joint media release, however, he was later identified as Oliver Schulz by the ABC [...]

John Pesutto, leader of the Liberal Party in the Australian state of Victoria, said Monday that MP Moira Deeming’s presence at an anti-trans rally with neo-Nazi ties on Saturday is grounds for expulsion from the party. Pesutto told ABC radio that “Deeming not only attended this protest on the steps of Parliament, but was actively [...]