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Welcome to SBS News in Easy English, I'm Camille Bianchi.
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The federal government is expected to change migration laws, including lowering the number of people who can move to Australia.
Labor MP Mark Butler has told Channel Nine, the government will finalise the changes to the laws soon.
"We're looking at what else we can do to get those numbers (net overseas migration) down and be smarter about the balance that a country like Australia needs. There are gaps in our workforce - in construction, in health, in IT. But we also do need a system of balance here. So while we have got those numbers down by almost a half. We had said, we want to get them down more."
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Iraq is trying to create different routes for oil as the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.
Before the recent war, Iraq exported roughly 3.6 million barrels of oil per day, most through the Strait of Hormuz.
Former spokesman for Iraq's Oil Ministry, Asim Jihad, says the government has reopened the "Iraq-Syria" transport corridor.
"Iraq is currently exporting oil by land. We have to move the inventory in time; otherwise, storage will stack up at the refineries and disrupt normal operations. Finding new export channels is no longer an option, it's a necessity."
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics is asking everyone in Australia on Tuesday to take part in the national Census.
ABS Census spokeswoman Emily Walter says even people travelling in Australia are expected to complete the questionnaire.
"In respect of Census night, we need to know who was here, and that includes international visitors, it includes international students, visa holders, even babies. Sometimes people forget to put babies on their form."
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To sport now and in cycling, Demi Vollering has won the Tour de France Femmes for the second time.
The 29-year-old Dutch rider says she has her team to thank for her success.
“It’s incredible, the people I have around, you know, like, it’s not only the dream to win in yellow here, to win a second Tour de France, but it's the dream to live this life, to work hard together with people with a lot of passion. I think that's the whole dream, you know.”
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That's the latest SBS News in Easy English.
