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A Taiwanese man has been charged over a failed people smuggling operation which left campers startled when they saw a boat carrying foreign nationals land on a remote beach, Australian Associated Press reports.
The newly arrived group stunned holidaymakers when they were spotted on a far north Queensland beach before visiting a local bakery and being apprehended near a pub, Cook MP David Kempton said.
Progressive patriotism, in the eyes of the Albanese government—and the great labour movement—is confidence in, and celebration of, what our national project has built
It is confidence in how it is evolving, and confidence in the future. Strong defence of our country—including the need to invest in our defence industry, people and systems—is a critical part of understanding what Australian progressive patriotism looks like today.
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