Australia news live: Burke announces new group targeting illegal tobacco; crocodile closes pool at luxury resort

The Guardian 2 min read 3 hours ago

<p>Home affairs minister says increased coordination will see every agency in group ‘looking at every stage of this supply chain’. Follow the latest updates live</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Asked about the hundreds of Palestinians from Gaza approved for visas in Australia and whether the ceasefire changes anything, <strong>Tony Burke</strong> said he’s not sure all of those approved for visas are still alive.</p><p>He says some will choose to stay in Australia, and others may end up with other options they might take up.</p><p>And there will be some people who we don’t hear from again. And there’s some on that case list that we haven’t heard from for a very long time. A significant number of them are part of split family groups, where some of the family is, in fact, here in Australia and they’re wanting to join.</p><p>You need to remember, our humanitarian program that we run around the world isn’t limited to places where there’s an active war. There is decency that Australia shows to people from around the world … there are Israelis who have been approved for humanitarian visas as well. I’ve got no intention of cancelling those either. We’re a decent country. We are talking about people where all the checks have been made. And some of them won’t choose to come here, some of them won’t be alive any more …</p><p>Probably the most significant change in response these days is the majority of people now get sent straight back to their country of origin. So, you used to really only see people going back to Indonesia or off to Nauru
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