The Coalition is preparing to thrash out the design of a policy to significantly reduce immigration places * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Liberal MPs say skilled migration and international student numbers must be cut to reduce overseas arrivals into Australia, but have warned colleagues against demonising multicultural communities ahead of the next election. The Coalition is preparing to thrash out the design of a policy to significantly cut immigration places, as the opposition leader, Sussan Ley, struggles to keep moderates and conservatives united. Ley and shadow ministers Jonathon Duniam and Paul Scarr want the policy debate before the end of the year, and could link places for overseas arrivals to capacity for home construction and health and education funding. Continue reading...

The Coalition is preparing to thrash out the design of a policy to significantly reduce immigration places * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Liberal MPs say skilled migration and international student numbers must be cut to reduce overseas arrivals into Australia, but have warned colleagues against demonising multicultural communities ahead of the next election. The Coalition is preparing to thrash out the design of a policy to significantly cut immigration places, as the opposition leader, Sussan Ley, struggles to keep moderates and conservatives united. Ley and shadow ministers Jonathon Duniam and Paul Scarr want the policy debate before the end of the year, and could link places for overseas arrivals to capacity for home construction and health and education funding. Continue reading...

Key Israeli minister say Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas should also be jailed if Palestinian statehood advances.

<article data-history-node-id="431609" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-residents-report-blasts-israeli-forces-raze-homes" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/gaza-residents-report-blasts-israeli-forces-raze-homes" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Gaza residents report blasts as Israeli forces raze homes</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="333" data-start="185">Al Jazeera journalists on the ground say blasts have echoed through Gaza since the early hours, even though the ceasefire is supposedly in effect.</p> <p data-end="509" data-start="335">Most of the strikes hit zones on the far side of the yellow demarcation line, territory Israel’s military occupies and has largely sealed off from the rest of the enclave.</p> <p data-end="690" data-start="511">Residents living near the line told Al Jazeera that the noise has barely stopped. Families say they are hearing repeated blasts and drones overhead, long after the ceasefire came into force.</p> <p data-end="890" data-start="692">People in the area also report seeing Israeli tanks and bulldozers levelling homes inside these zones, wiping out what remains of residential streets and making any Palestinian return even harder.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.