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  "id": 7990285,
  "title": "Australia to restrict student, backpacker visas in migration clampdown",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/australia-to-restrict-student-backpacker-visas-in-migration-clampdown-7990285",
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  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T08:35:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "The Australian interior minister said reducing migration is needed to address housing pressures. The move comes amid a far-right surge in the polls.",
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        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Australia to bar foreign students from bringing their partners and children",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/australia-to-bar-foreign-students-from-bringing-their-partners-and",
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      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "International students, 'visa hoppers' and backpackers targeted in Australia migration crackdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/international-students-visa-hoppers-and-backpackers-targeted-in",
        "published": "2026-09-17T05:05:09.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Dawn",
        "title": "Australia targets student, backpacker visas in immigration crackdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/australia-targets-student-backpacker-visas-in-immigration-crackdown",
        "published": "2026-09-17T07:23:30.000Z"
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        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "Australia to restrict student, backpacker visas in migration clampdown",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/australia-to-restrict-student-backpacker-visas-in-migration-clampdown",
        "published": "2026-09-17T08:35:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "A backpacker ballot and a detention centre for visa overstayers: Australia’s new migration plan",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/a-backpacker-ballot-and-a-detention-centre-for-visa-overstayers",
        "published": "2026-09-17T08:55:25.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Sydney Morning Herald",
        "title": "‘You’re going to choose your family’: International students mull options after migration crackdown proposal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/youre-going-to-choose-your-family-international-students-mull-options",
        "published": "2026-09-17T09:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Age",
        "title": "‘You’re going to choose your family’: International students mull options after migration crackdown proposal",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/youre-going-to-choose-your-family-international-students-mull-options-7992753",
        "published": "2026-09-17T09:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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