![Sadam Abdusalem is hoping the Australian government can help reunite him with his wife and baby son who have been unable to leave China [Sadam Abdusalem/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/a1b3da50beef413a9a38d667ba875bba_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Sadam Abdusalam says he won’t rest until his wife, Nadila, and son, Lutfy, are allowed to leave China and family united.
![John Lyons, the ABC executive editor, followed by a police officer as they leave the broadcaster's Sydney offices [David Gray/EPA-EFE]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/b96af0b6dbee4641852938e1ac123072_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Police raids against two news outlets renew calls for safeguards for whistle-blowers and freedom of speech protections.
![Ling Xie, Maree Ma's mother, on a beach in Sydney in the 1980s [Maree Ma/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/17f3f4d0b5d44a8486c50436d95dd558_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Thousands of Chinese studying in Australia at the time of the 1989 killings were allowed to stay and build new lives.
![A man standing on a balcony at the East Lorengau Refugee Transit Center on Manus Island [File: Abdul Aziz/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/72f065a2470946df93505ccbd652b998_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Ten men have tried killing themselves since Australia’s conservative government returned to power, refugees say.
![Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to party supporters after his opponent conceded in the federal election in Sydney, Australia [Rick Rycroft/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f992ceec4ba54e00aab4274d5a42073d_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
PM hails ‘miracle’ win after Liberal-National coalition outperforms exit polls that predicted a Labor victory.
Ruling Liberal-National coalition and Labor Party are neck-and-neck, according to the Electoral Commission projections.
![Schoolchildren hold handmade signs at a student-organised protest in Sydney on May 3 [Rick Rycroft/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/f75e4df764fb41cdb903a32ed2feaf77_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Energy and global warming debates have dominated Australia’s election campaign, with many voters calling for change.
![Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, right, and opposition leader Bill Shorten shake hands before the third leaders debate on May 8 [Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/16a344b5281f45fcb80d25f330df586a_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The opposition Labor Party is expected to win Saturday’s election, with climate change emerging as a key issue.
![Tarrant has spent little time in Australia in the past four years and only had minor traffic infractions on his record [Mark Baker/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/af69cbe1b99549fb92205986ff23c187_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
‘Narcissistic’ right-wing Australian attacker allegedly behind Christchurch shooting was not known to authorities.
![Cardinal Pell is the most senior member of the Roman Catholic Church ever jailed for such a crime [Max Walden/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/aec6166a728a4e61b022802cd8e24483_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Judge accuses high-ranking Catholic Church official of ‘callous indifference’ to the suffering of two boys he molested.