Australian government's immigration law faces knife-edge vote
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The Australian government's plan to process asylum-seekers in remote Pacific island camps was on a knife-edge after a key lawmaker vowed to vote against the controversial legislation.
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The Senate voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to limit debate on election-year immigration legislation, clearing the way for final passage later this week of a bill that calls for tougher border security as well as an eventual chance at citizenship for millions of men and women in the country illegally.
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Australia threatened to withdraw special access visas for Solomon Islands' politicians in response to the tiny nation's &quot;eccentric and outrageous&quot; decision to expel Canberra's envoy.
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Australia&#39;s Aboriginal communities might lose some basic rights under a tough new approach to help lift their living standards.
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The Australian government has rejected calls for an overhaul of its anti-terrorism laws, after a high level committee of security and legal experts recommended key changes to protect human rights.
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The Australian government's controversial plans to tackle child abuse in Aboriginal areas get under way.
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Lawmakers are bracing for political blowback from liberal and conservative critics of a broad immigration reform measure that's on hold as they head home for a weeklong break
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A controversial immigration bill suffers a setback in the US Senate, as a bipartisan deal threatens to unravel.
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CANBERRA, Australia  - Australians will vote on  Oct. 9 in a cliff-hanger election pitting the conservative  government against center-left Labor, with national security  and the economy as major issues, Prime Minister John Howard  said on Sunday.
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A dispute over how heavily to weigh family ties in future immigration is re-emerging as the Senate resumes debate this week over legislation giving legal status to millions of unlawful immigrants.
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Australian politicians set off on a marathon campaign Monday for an election that will focus on the way forward for one of the world&#39;s strongest economies
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Prime Minister John Howard's former rhetoric against illegal immigration has gone deafeningly quiet in Australia's election campaign, analysts say, not least because he needs Asian votes to win his own seat.
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The Senate is debating legislation that could lead to the broadest overhaul of immigration law since 1986.
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Legislation to overhaul the nation's immigration laws cleared a key hurdle yesterday when the Senate voted 64 to 35 to take up the measure again after a nearly three-week break. But opponents of the proposal insisted they would scuttle it by week's end.
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Just four days before a closely fought election, Australian Prime Minister John Howard says he faces a tough battle despite an opinion poll showing his conservative government ahead of opposition Labour.
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Australia's government calls for an end to a permit system which limits those who can visit Aboriginal lands.
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Doubt grew Tuesday over the fate of a crucial US Senate bill which grants a path to citizenship for around 12 million illegal immigrants, as partisan sniping broke out over the timing of votes.