A look at the immigration bill before the Senate
The Associated Press= A look at the immigration overhaul bill now before the Senate, and details of a compromise border security amendment proposed Thursday by GOP Sens. John Hoeven of North Dakota and...
View ArticleOil tycoon's ex-wife wins landmark divorce ruling as judges tear up 'cheat’s...
The Supreme Court said that seven London properties held in companies controlled by oil trader Michael Prest should now be transferred to his wife Yasmin to fund her £17.5 million divorce settlement....
View ArticlePoliticians must show us the money
Australia's electoral administration is something to be proud of. But there is one great blemish The push for greater transparency will have to come via the grassroots of the major parties, supporting...
View ArticleJudge tears up 'cheat's charter' as oil tycoon's ex-wife wins landmark...
The Supreme Court said that seven London properties held in companies controlled by oil trader Michael Prest should now be transferred to his wife Yasmin to fund her £17.5 million divorce settlement....
View ArticleReport tears into Labor asylum boats policies
Parliamentary committee says treatment of asylum seekers probably breaches Australia's human rights obligations A boat carrying asylum seekers reaches Australia. Photograph: MARK CAIRN/PR IMAGE...
View ArticlePa. girl gets on lung donor list; boy also sues
MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press= PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The national organ transplant network has complied with a judge's unusual order and placed a dying 10-year-old girl on the adult waiting list for...
View ArticleBusiness and unions do battle over 457 visa reforms
Rival groups lobby independents hard over the future of the government's work visa reforms Rob Oakeshott said he is unlikely to support the bill when it comes to a vote Photograph: Cole Bennetts/Getty...
View ArticleUK urged to accept responsibility for 1948 Batang Kali massacre in Malaya
Petition calls for apology, memorial and 'modest reparations' to families of 24 rubber plantation workers killed by British troops Family members of the 24 victims of the Batang Kali massacre are...
View ArticleG8 summit: tax campaigners condemn David Cameron's 10-point 'wish list'
PM fails to get any other country at Lough Erne to back UK calls for public registries of beneficial ownership of companies David Cameron at G8 summit, at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen....
View ArticlePa. girl gets on lung donor list; boy also sues
MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press= PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The national organ transplant network has complied with a judge's unusual order and placed a dying 10-year-old girl on the adult waiting list for...
View ArticleAsylum seekers are being denied advice, refugee service claims
Sri Lankan boat arrivals being held on Christmas Island are in fear of being returned without accessing available information There are claims that Sri Lankans at the detention centre on Christmas...
View ArticleUK police looking into Nigella throat-grab pics
JILL LAWLESS Associated Press= LONDON (AP) â British police said Monday they are investigating newspaper photos that show Nigella Lawson's husband Charles Saatchi with his hands around the celebrity...
View ArticleHopeful Australian migrants hit with further application fees
SYDNEY, June 17 (Xinhua) -- An association for Australian migration service providers said Monday that new charges for visa applications may be a disincentive for people wanting to migrate to...
View ArticleCoalition would deport refugees convicted of a crime
Liberals insist returning refugees to 'where they came from' would not breach international law Julie Bishop: refugees who commit crime would give up their right of asylum. Photograph: Mike Bowers A...
View ArticleUK's new visa rules 'causing anguish' for families
New migration rules for people from outside the European Union are "tearing British families apart", a group of MPs and peers have claimed in a report. It said thousands of Britons have been unable to...
View ArticleUK visa rules breaking families apart: MPs
London: UK's new stringent immigration policies are forcing many professionals, including those from India, to leave the country to take care of their ageing parents, British MPs have said in a new...
View ArticleMigration rules 'causing anguish'
A breast-feeding mother separated from her British baby was among the cases the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Migration heard during its inquiry into the rules that came into force on in...
View ArticleFamily migration rules that put a £18,600-a-year price tag on love are...
When Ashley Prodgers, a minister in the Salvation Army, and his Georgian wife, Teya Tikaradze, returned from their honeymoon in July last year, they were looking forward to a new life together serving...
View ArticleUK families speak of visa rules pain
"We need to know that you're not going to be living off benefits from day one of arriving here," the immigration minister said last year as he announced new rules to cut the number of people coming to...
View ArticleStop playing a crude numbers game with immigration. We must be open
Foreign students: a woman demonstrates outside 10 Downing Street in London, on 30 August, 2012, against the British government's decision to strip the London Metropolitan University of its right to...
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