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Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke with five Iranian women soccer players who were granted asylum in Australia on Monday night.

The government’s done the right thing by these Iranian players. But here’s what must happen next

Now that Iranian soccer players have been granted visas, focus can and should shift to those who sought to traffick them and others out of Australia.

  • James Cockayne

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Iran players stand silently during the anthem before their match against Korea Republic on March 2.

Iran’s brave players have stood tall. Now Australia must stand with them

Both Australia and the Asian Football Confederation are being tested, not just on the pitch, but on whether they will protect the basic rights of athletes who have already shown immense courage.

  • Daniel Ghezelbash and Mary Anne Kenny
Virginia Giuffre with a photo of herself as a teen, when she says she was abused by Jeffrey Epstein. Giuffre died by suicide last year.

Senior judge to decide how estranged husband and teenage daughter join Virginia Giuffre estate battle

The WA Supreme Court will try to untangle the intricacies of Virginia Giuffre’s final wishes as it determines whether her estranged husband and his teenage daughter should be part of the legal stoush over her multi-million dollar estate.

  • Carla Hildebrandt
April 25, 2025 — Virginia Giuffre dies by suicide in Australia, where she had lived since about 2002.

Battle over Virginia Giuffre’s multimillion-dollar estate lands in WA’s Supreme Court

The legal fight centres on Virginia Giuffre’s two teenage sons, her long-time Perth-based lawyer and her former housekeeper, who are all contesting who should inherit and control her estate following her sudden death in April.

  • Carla Hildebrandt
Elon Musk on tour with US President Donald Trump in Doha, Qatar, earlier this month.

How Elon Musk’s Starlink enables a multibillion-dollar online scam industry

Looking across the Moei River from Thailand, you can see them on the distant Myanmar rooftops – dozens of white rectangles, arranged in clusters. They’re a warning sign for what could be lurking underneath.

  • Zach Hope and Kate Geraghty
Mohamed Ahmed Omer – the first person in Victoria to be prosecuted for the Commonwealth offence of exit-trafficking – was found guilty in the County Court in April.

‘Discarded at your will’: Abusive man jailed for stranding wife in Africa

Mohamed Ahmed Omer, who abandoned his wife in Sudan before returning to Australia with their young children, was handed a four-year sentence.

  • Emily Woods
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A smuggled SIM card and hidden modem: How two children evaded forced marriages and got their father convicted

A 15-year-old boy and 17-year-old girl have made a daring escape from their father’s attempts to force them into arranged marriages shortly after arriving in Australia.

  • Amber Schultz
Australian authorities have arrested the alleged ringleader of a human trafficking syndicate after a teenager was allegedly brought to Sydney to work in a brothel.

Syndicate trafficked teen to work in Sydney brothels, police say, two arrested

The alleged head of a syndicate has been arrested in Sydney after women were found sleeping three to a single room in a suburban home in Banksia.

  • Perry Duffin and Clare Sibthorpe
County Court of Victoria.

Deceived and abandoned by her husband, woman faced Sudan ordeal

A man who abandoned his wife in Sudan while he returned to Australia is before the courts in a first-of-its-kind case.

  • Emily Woods
A Sydney man caught on CCTV threatening a woman and her child onto a flight to India from Sydney became the first person in Australia to be convicted for an exit human trafficking offence in 2021.

Sydney man abandons wife overseas after she fell out with his mother

The 44-year-old man drew up an itinerary for their trip with details of their flights. It was bogus. He had a return flight, but his wife’s ticket was one-way.

  • Perry Duffin