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We owe a duty to advance Australia fair
When you pledge your loyalty to a country, you become entitled to its protection but you also take on responsibilities towards that nation and the community within its borders.
- by The Herald's View
Latest
‘She’ll be right’ wisdom: Why people seek to become Australian citizens
Love, career opportunities and safety are among the reasons people apply for Australian citizenship.
- by Andrew Taylor
The first months were hard, then Nibal learnt the best thing about Australia
What is it about Australia that makes us the lucky country? Three women share why they have made their home here for very different reasons.
- by Dilvin Yasa
Optimism in Mexico as Biden rolls back Trump’s immigration policies
Some Cuban and Central American asylum seekers flocked to entry points, many carrying their belongings, hoping to end their waits in dangerous border towns.
- by Jose Luis Gonzalez
'We are out now': More refugees released from hotel detention in Melbourne
Twenty more refugees have been released into temporary accommodation on the outskirts of Melbourne, as 14 others remain detained at the Park Hotel in Carlton.
- by Rachel Eddie and Rachael Dexter
Analysis
Biden's White House
Biden moves to sweep away Trump's policy legacy
But after his inaugural speech and arrival at the White House, Biden’s focus quickly turned to policy.
- by Matthew Knott
Dozens of refugees released from Melbourne hotel and detention centre
Dozens of refugees who have been detained for more than a year in Melbourne hotels and a detention centre have been granted temporary bridging visas by the federal government.
- by David Estcourt and Rachael Dexter
Opinion
Australia Day
Australia Day is a reminder for my family that this is now our home
This January will be my family’s 18th Australia Day, and I now call Australia home.
- by Susan Biggar
'Their pain will linger': Call for more skilled migration to boost business
Economists warn businesses will suffer unless the government lifts population growth by moving quarantine facilities outside capital cities and attracting talented migrants.
- by Jennifer Duke
Guatemala cracks down on migrant caravan bound for United States
Thousands of Hondurans, many of them families with children, are travelling in a migrant caravan headed for the United States as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take power.
- by Sofia Menchu and Gustavo Palencia
Hundreds homeless after fire guts Rohingya refugee camp
The fire struck at a time when officials in Bangladesh look for long-term solutions for the hundreds of thousands of people who fled Myanmar.
- by Sameer Yasir