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Details on Australia's visa system overhaul revealed

Published 5 October 2023, 8:38 am
Australia's asylum seeker visa system will be overhauled with $160 million in new measures aimed at stemming the increase of baseless claims. The Home Affairs Minister says the changes are necessary to tackle a backlog of thousands of applications.
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