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Australia news LIVE: Hanson intervenes after One Nation MP’s migration target comments; Sydney Swans crisis deepens amid fresh sexual assault allegation

Sydney Morning Herald - National · 24 August 2026 at 8:00 am

Australia news LIVE: Hanson intervenes after One Nation MP’s migration target comments; Sydney Swans crisis deepens amid fresh sexual assault allegation

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