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A man will reappear in court today after he was allegedly found hiding in the air-conditioning vent of a bulk carrier while attempting to leave the country. About 10.30am on Saturday (20 June 2020), a large vessel, headed for Newcastle, Australia, came to the assistance of a yacht that had encountered trouble in the waters off the coast of Yamba.

Australian fugitive found hiding in ship's air-conditioning vent with cash and a knife

Refugees and asylum seekers hang signs made from bin bags over the balconies at the hotel in Kangaroo Point, Brisbane. Credit: Abdulla Moradi

Every room in this hotel is booked. But the guests are not allowed to leave

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 18: Prime Minister Scott Morrison during a press conference at Parliament House on June 18, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released the Labour force figures in Australia for May 2020. Australia's unemployment rate jumped to 7.1 percent in May from 6.4 percent in April, with the Bureau of Statistics estimating a further 227,700 jobs were lost last month. (Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images)

Australia says it has been targeted by a 'sophisticated' state-based cyber attack

A reconstruction of a Jurassic dinosaur track-maker from southern Queensland in front of a silhouette of the largest known T. rex.

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Evidence of huge carnivorous dinosaurs discovered in Australia

Qantas 737-800 aircraft parked on the east-west runway at Sydney Airport due to lack of parking on May 20, 2020 in Sydney, Australia.

Qantas cancels international flights until October. New Zealand may be the exception

The national flags of Australia and China are displayed before a portrait of Mao Zedong facing Tiananmen Square, during a visit by Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard in Beijing on April 26, 2011. The trip is Gillard's first to China, Australia's top trading partner, and comes at a time when the communist country is waging its toughest crackdown on dissent in years. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Australian sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 12: Prime Minister Scott Morrison during a press conference in the Main Committee Room at Parliament House on June 12, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. The government last month promised to repay $720m to 373,000 past and present welfare recipients over 470,000 unlawful demands for money calculated using faulty "income averaged" annual pay data as part of Centrelink's income compliance program. New polling has showed significant support for a royal commission into the debacle, and revelations that internal estimates have shown the total value of those 470,000 unlawful debts will be close to $1.5bn AUD. (Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images)

Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologizes for saying there was 'no slavery' in Australia

Demonstrators attend a Black Lives Matter protest to express solidarity with US protestors in Sydney on June 6, and demand an end to frequent Aboriginal deaths in custody in Australia.

In Australia, protesters demand justice over minority deaths in custody

Aboriginal protesters perform a traditional smoking ceremony before the start of a Black Lives Matter demonstration to express solidarity with US protestors in Sydney on June 6, 2020.

Why US protests have prompted a conversation about race in Australia