Tough new immigration detention laws come into effect from today, voters head to the polls in Melbourne's south-east for the Mulgrave by-election, and in formula one, an extraordinary first night at the Las Vegas Grand Prix for the Ferrari team.
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- Tough new immigration detention laws come into effect from today
- Voters head to the polls in Melbourne's south-east for the Mulgrave by-election
- An extraordinary first night at the Las Vegas Grand Prix for the Ferrari team
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has announced tough new laws imposing strict visa conditions on criminals being released from indefinite detention begin today [[Nov 18]].
The legislation passed in a late-night sitting of parliament on Thursday [[Nov 16]] with amendments agreed to by the government and the coalition.
The bill will impose conditions on former detainees such as ankle-tracking devices and curfews.
Mr Giles says the government's priority is the safety of the community.
"The government has acted throughout this with community safety as our number one concern. And this continues to be my number one concern. The laws that come into effect today are a demonstration of this and of the resolve of the government. As we've previously stated, the full implications of this decision will not be clear until the High Court has handed down the reasons for its decision."
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Residents in the division of Mulgrave in Melbourne's south-east, the seat of former Premier Daniel Andrews, are voting today to elect his replacement in parliament.
It's almost exactly a year since the 2022 state election when Mr Andrews, who is Victoria's longest serving Labor premier, was elected for the fourth consecutive time.
Labor holds the seat on a 10.2 per cent two-party-preferred margin but it could be reduced by the loss of Mr Andrews after more than 20 years as the local member.
Independent candidate for Mulgrave Ian Cook told Sky News he thinks voters are turning away from the main political parties.
"I've had quite a few people come up and say I used to vote Labor but I'm not voting this time. I think the thing is they can't bring themselves to vote for the Liberals, because there's this animosity between those two groups. But as I've always said, my position is it's not about left and right. It's about right and wrong. And that's what I've been talking to people about, and that's resonating. And that's working."
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The Victorian government has announced funding to combat anti-Semitism and Islamophobia in Jewish and Islamic schools.
Schools will receive funding to improve security, as well as local community organisations in a total investment of $8 million.
The state's 27 independent Jewish and Islamic schools will each get $20,000 to install measures like improved fencing, alarms and CCTV, and they will also be able to claim costs for additional security.
Jewish and Islamic communities will get $3 million each, with the money for the Jewish community to go to the Jewish Community Council of Victoria, Zionism Victoria, Community Security Group and the Melbourne Holocaust Museum.
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OpenAI, the artificial intelligence start-up behind ChatGPT, says it's chief executive and co-founder Sam Altman has been fired.
The company says Mr Altman was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, and it has lost confidence in his ability to lead the organisation.
He will be replaced as chief executive by the firm’s top technology officer, Mira Murati.
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In Formula One,
Charles Leclerc has led Ferrari team mate Carlos Sainz in a practice one-two on Friday to cap an extraordinary first night at the Las Vegas Grand Prix with the delayed track action ending at 4am [[local time]] and in front of empty grandstands after earlier drama.
Sainz's performance was all the more impressive considering the Spaniard's car had been wrecked by a loose drain cover that forced the cancellation of first practice after just eight minutes' action.
White smoke and sparks erupted from the Ferrari as the cover punched a hole through the floor, leaving a trail of destruction that triggered an automatic 10 place grid penalty for Saturday night's race.
Sainz says the team at Ferrari had to make a great effort to get through the practice run.
"The battery, even my seat was damaged after the incident, which involved a huge effort from all the mechanics and the team to put together a completely brand new car for FP2 that allowed me to complete the session, which was, I think, in my opinion, a heroic effort by the team and the mechanics and I could take place in the session and yeah, we managed to do it, recover that time and focus on tomorrow."
