Since October 2024 and early February this year, about $5.7 million has been retained from more than 71,000 unsuccessful applicants.

A 25-year-old man and a 31-year-old woman were arrested on Wednesday and are due to appear in the ACT Magistrates Court.

Fangqi Peng, 30, was at the popular eastern suburbs beach on Sunday afternoon with three friends who were collecting sea snails along the shoreline.

Bob Katter MP argued Australia should only accept migrants from societies that uphold the rule of law, democratic governance, religious freedom, egalitarian values and strong work ethics.

A packet of condoms costs about 50 yuan (about $7), and a month supply of birth control pills averages around 130 yuan ($19).

According to the Pew Research Centre, Indian Americans consistently rank among the highest-earning ethnic groups in the United States and have comparatively low reliance on welfare and assistance programmes.

The rapid growth of the PICs in the 2010s has gone unnoticed because, typically, when analysts measure economic growth, whether in the Pacific or elsewhere, they look not at income but at output.

Home Office figures show arrests for illegal working rose to 8,232 in the year to September — a 63 per cent increase on the previous 12 months.

Three Border Force vessels were sent to investigate the surrounding coastline.

Two-thirds of Australians see China as a security concern, though this is the lowest level in five years. Mistrust of the Chinese government has also fallen, from 76% in 2021 to 64% today.