75% Reject Islamophobia in Australia
Multicultural Australia rejects “Muslim ban” Source: The Australian Muslim Times By Zia Ahmad, who is the Editor-in-Chief of the Australasian Muslim Times AMUST and is based in Sydney. Senator Fraser […]
Australia senate appoints first Muslim woman amid race row
Source: BBC Mehreen Faruqi has joined Australia’s senate as its first female Muslim member, on a day the country is caught up in a bitter row over racism. Ms Faruqi, […]
First female Muslim senator of Australia
Australia senate appoints first Muslim woman amid race row Source: BBC News Mehreen Faruqi has joined Australia’s senate as its first female Muslim member, on a day the country is […]
Australian senator calls for ‘final solution to immigration problem’
Source: The Guardian Crossbencher Fraser Anning widely condemned for speech praising white Australia policy and pushing for plebiscite on Muslim immigration An Australian crossbench senator has invoked the term “the […]
Senator Richard Di Natale on Greens muslims and Islamophobia
Richard Di Natale on Greens and Muslims Source: Australasian Muslim Times Posted by Manarul Islam In late June, Senator Richard Di Natale, Federal Greens leader, granted Manarul Islam, representing AMUST, an […]
Australian archbishop accused of abuse cover-up resigns: Vatican
Source: Reuters By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson, the most senior cleric found guilty of concealing child sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, […]
Neil Prakash: Turkey rejects extradition of Australian jihadist
Source: BBC News A Turkish court has ruled against extraditing Australia’s most wanted jihadist, Neil Prakash, to face terrorism charges in his home country. Prakash was arrested in Turkey in […]
Philippines orders Australian nun deported and blacklisted
Source: Associated Press By Jim Gomez MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine immigration bureau on Thursday ordered the deportation of an Australian nun who has angered the president by joining […]
Australia could add ‘values test’ for migrants, Malcolm Turnbull says
Prime minister confirms government is considering test for those seeking permanent residency Amy Remeikis and agencies @amyremeikis Fri 20 Jul 2018 03.38 BST First published on Thu 19 Jul 2018 22.51 BST […]
Malcolm Turnbull says pope must sack disgraced Australian archbishop Philip Wilson
Source: The Guardian BY Amy Remeikisand Paul Karp Malcolm Turnbull has called on the pope to step in and sack Philip Wilson, after the Adelaide archbishop said he would not step down […]
Australia overtaking UK for overseas students
Source: BBC News By Sean Coughlan BBC News education and family correspondent Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionStudents arriving in Melbourne – ranked this year as one of the world’s best student […]
Victorian judge bans niqab in court’s public gallery
Source: The Guardian By Calla Wahlquist A Victorian judge has banned a woman whose husband is facing terrorism charges from wearing a niqab in court, saying it posed a potential security […]
Australian Archbishop Sentenced To 1 Year For Covering Up Child Sexual Abuse
Source: Huffington Post By Alanna Vagianos Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson was sentenced to 12 months in detention on Tuesday after being convicted in May of covering up a priest’s sexual […]
Does the religious freedom debate make sense? Of course not, it’s the culture war
Jeff Sparrow The arguments put forward by politicians claiming Christians need legal protections defy sense @Jeff_Sparrow Tue 10 Jul 2018 ‘Could this enthusiast for Christian identity politics be the […]
Three arrested over Qld mosque harassment
Source: The Australian BY David Sigston Australian Associated Press Three men will face court accused of badgering worshippers at two Brisbane mosques. The group, believed to be members of the […]
Australian Archbishop Sentenced To Home Detention For Sex Abuse Cover-Up
Source: NPR A Roman Catholic archbishop in Australia convicted of covering up child sex abuse by a fellow priest that occurred more than four decades ago, has been sentenced to […]
Australia invests in unmanned spy drones to fly over South China Sea
Source: CNN By Jamie Tarabay Australia is spending billions on unmanned American spy drones that will be able to fly higher and further than its manned aircraft, to beef up its […]
Pope replaces Australian prelate who opposes sex abuse norm
Source: Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Melbourne’s archbishop, who said he’d prefer jail to telling civil authorities about any sex abuse of […]
Banning the Uluru climb: ‘This rock means everything to us’
Source: BBC News For decades the Anangu people in central Australia have asked tourists not to climb Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, because of its sacred value. From next […]
Refugees held by Australia languish in a world beyond suffering and suicide
Source: CNN By Behrouz Boochani Manus Island, Papua New Guinea (CNN)We are forgotten people, discarded on forgotten islands. I am writing from Manus Island. I am writing from where […]