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The cost-of-living squeeze is worsening but Labor is doing nothing to protect living standards. This will only fuel the rise of One Nation.

Immigration Minister Tony Burke has announced measures designed to cut immigration, pandering to the idea that migration is responsible for the housing crisis and letting One Nation’s racism set the political agenda.

In September the UK government announced new sanctions on goods exported from Israeli settlements in the West Bank, alongside 11 other governments. Shamefully, Anthony Albanese has refused to adopt similar sanctions.