Political shifts emerge as One Nation secures Farrer, while the government prepares for budget day and manages international repatriation efforts.
One Nation seized the seat of Farrer from the Coalition, which had held the seat for 77 years, in a decisive victory on Saturday.. Results from Farrer’s polling booths demonstrate the scale of the party’s win.. Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down the government’s federal budget tomorrow which he has labelled his most ambitious yet.. An Australian flight will arrive in the Canary Islands on Monday to rescue passengers from the cruise ship hit by
a deadly hantavirus outbreak.. Four Australian citizens and one permanent resident on board the Hondius are expected to return to their home states of NSW and Queensland, where quarantine arrangements are the responsibility of state governments.. Two IS-linked women will make their bids for freedom in a Melbourne court after they returned from Syria to Australia last week.. Grandmother Kawsar Abbas, 54, and daughter Zeinab Ahmad, 31, were among the four women and nine children
who arrived back in Australia on Thursday after spending years in a refugee camp in northeastern Syria.. And abroad, Iran has responded to the US’ newest ceasefire proposal.. Iran sent its response via Pakistani mediators and wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, Tehran’s state-run media said.. Pakistan confirmed Iran’s response had been received.
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