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Australia news LIVE: Hanson intervenes after Farley claims migration target ‘not too different’ from Labor’s; Swans crisis deepens amid fresh allegations of ‘multiple sexual assaults’

Sydney Morning Herald - National · 24 August 2026 at 6:45 am

Australia news LIVE: Hanson intervenes after Farley claims migration target ‘not too different’ from Labor’s; Swans crisis deepens amid fresh allegations of ‘multiple sexual assaults’

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Australia news LIVE: Hanson intervenes after Farley claims migration target ‘not too different’ from Labor’s; Swans crisis deepens amid fresh allegations of ‘multiple sexual assaults’

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