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Exclusive: Leader of successful class action says government should ‘step in to overturn the convictions’, amid calls for a formal apologyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Indonesian fisher who led the challenge against Australia’s unlawful detention of hundreds of children found on people-smuggling boats has urged the government to...

Home affairs department confirms eight of the 11 people flown to island nation in September have since returned homeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastEight of the 11 asylum seekers taken to Nauru in September – including a woman and child – have returned to their country of origin.In October...

Ambassador says there is ‘no room at all’ for compromise on ‘sensitive’ issue, and offers gloomy assessment on prospects for release of writer Dr Yang HengjunGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChina has lodged diplomatic protests with Australia for congratulating the winner of Taiwan’s presidential election, with the Chinese ambassador warning there is “no room at all” for...