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An even tighter cap on stranded Australians being allowed to return home has been deemed a human rights abuse by refugee experts. National Cabinet last week agreed to halve the weekly number of arrivals from overseas from 6,070 to 3,035, following a campaign from Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. The more than 34,000 Australians stranded overseas now have an even tougher time getting home because of tougher Covid restrictions. University of New South Wales refugee law academics Jane McAdam and Regina Jefferies said the restriction on Australian citizens and permanent residents being allowed to return home breached the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Australia is signatory to. A clause in this UN covenant, which Australia ratified in 1980, said: 'No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of the right to enter his own country.' Scroll down for video  An even tighter cap on stranded Australians being allowed to return home has been dee

Gladys Berejiklian has been grilled by a reporter for extending the lockdown with claims some small business owners have been left 'suicidal' due to the financial stress of having to shut up shop. The New South Wales premier announced Greater Sydney's lockdown would be extended by another week until Friday July 16 following 27 new Covid-19 cases in the state on Wednesday. As a result restaurants and bars will remain closed prompting Nine News journalist Chris O'Keefe to ask how individuals out of work could afford to live on the Federal Government's Covid-19 Disaster Payment of $350 to $500 a week. 'That doesn't pay rent in Sydney,' he said during the fiery exchange in Wednesday's press conference.  Mr O'Keefe also noted the $10,000 cash payment which was being offered to businesses in NSW that were forced to close. DO YOU AGREE WITH THE LOCKDOWN EXTENSION? Yes No DO YOU AGREE WITH THE LOCKDOWN EXTENSION? Yes No DO YOU AGREE W

A simple play in the backyard can be a dangerous experience for Amielle Walker. The Sydney youngster, 8, has been diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder known as Xeroderma Pigmentosum - or XP - which sees her suffer from extreme sensitivity to ultraviolet rays from sunlight. Her sibling Taya, 3, is displaying similar early symptoms and all signs are pointing to her having the same disorder.  Mother of three Yvette Walker told Daily Mail Australia she first knew something was wrong when Amielle suffered severe burns just from a day playing outside.  It means life's simple pleasures such as heading to the beach during the middle of the day or going to the local park in glorious sunshine are out of the question for the family. Sydney siblings Amie and Taya Walker (pictured right) are living with xeroderma pigmentosum, which sees the girls suffer extreme sensitivity to UV rays from sunlight After a trip to the local park - and largely staying in the shade - Amie Walker soon suffered

Surveillance camera footage has captured the moment a pair of gunmen opened fire on a police pickup truck speeding to a faked emergency call in Mexico, leaving one of the officers inside wounded. The shooting was one of two ambushes targeting the Municipal Police during a 15-hour period spanning Sunday night into Monday afternoon in Tijuana, with the second attack seeing two more officers hurt.  The camera footage shows two men armed with assault rifles stepping out of an alleyway in the Tijuana neighborhood Tres de Octubre on Monday at 1:07pm local time. A pair of gunmen were caught on camera ambushing a police unit that was responding to a fake emergency call in Tijuana, Mexico, on Monday A Tijuana Municipal Police pickup truck accelerates down a street in the Tres de Octubre neighborhood after it came under fire Monday afternoon One of the shooters can be seen shielding himself next to a building wall as a pedestrian crossed the street. Moments later, his accomplice steps forward

NRL coach Wayne Bennett enjoyed a laugh with his cheeky South Sydney players who ribbed him for his Covid breach 11 months ago.  The league legend was sanctioned for dining at Grappa in Leichhardt, in Sydney's inner-west, with his girlfriend Dale Cage last August.  Bennett, 71, giggled as the team members cheered and laughed as he opened the delivery - a takeout from Grappa restaurant. Instigated and filmed by the Bunnies, the joke was firmly, and not lost on Bennett as his mates put the boot in, ribbing him for his well-documented Covid-19 breach in August of last year. Bennett was at the time reprimanded by the NRL with a two-week stand down for disregarding their strict bio-security rules after lunching at the popular Italian restaurant Grappa, in Leichhardt.  Under the NRL's rules, players and staff members of each club are not allowed to attend public places like pubs, clubs, restaurants or cafes.      Wayne Bennett (pictured right with his partner) enjoyed a laugh with hi

Deep in the woods in a valley in North Yorkshire stands an imposing oak-beamed manor house dating back to the reign of Elizabeth I. For more than 500 years Swinsty Hall has stood, lashed and buffeted by English wind and rain, while beyond its imposing stone walls, kings, queens, religions and politicians have risen and fallen. Once it had become dilapidated, but today the illustrious Grade I-listed property, with its 4.5 acres of landscaped gardens, is befitting of its multi-million-pound price-tag. What its previous residents — and incumbent ghost — would make of its current owner, however, is anyone's guess. But judging by the mood in the UK at the moment, it's fair to surmise they would be very, very proud. Probably even the ghastly spectre could raise a hollow cheer as England take on Denmark tonight. For the 'lord' of the manor is none other than England football manager, Gareth Southgate — husband, father and fully fledged national hero. And in many ways, the hous

Joel Greenberg is seeking more time to cooperate before he faces sentencing Rep. Mat Gaetz's former 'wingman' Joel Greenberg is seeking more time to cooperate with federal prosecutors before he faces sentencing. Greenberg's attorney filed a motion on Tuesday in Florida federal court seeking a 90-day delay to his sentencing hearing, which had been scheduled for August 19. Greenberg, 36, pleaded guilty in May to six of the nearly three dozen charges he faced, including sex trafficking of a minor, and he admitted that he had paid at least one underage girl to have sex with him and other men. Now he is cooperating with the FBI in a broader probe. The Justice Department is examining allegations that Gaetz paid for sex with a 17-year-old girl in Florida, where the age of consent is 18. Gaetz, a Florida Republican, has repeatedly denied the allegations, calling them a smear job, and has not been criminally charged.   Greenberg is the former 'wingman' of Rep. Matt Gaetz

Poo transplants could treat Covid, scientists believe after two infected Polish men fought off the virus after the grisly procedure.    Medical University of Warsaw doctors performed the transplant on the men for their C difficile infection. Coincidentally, they both had coronavirus. Both their symptoms of the virus disappeared within days, prompting the experts to speculate that the procedure could be a treatment.  Doctors are now planning a clinical trial to find out if poo transplants may help stop the infection in its tracks.    Poo transplants, or faecal microbiota transplants, aim to restore a healthy range of microbes in the gut to boost the body’s immune response.  It involves transferring a processed mixture of liquid stool from a healthy donor into the patient's intestines through an endoscopy that enters the body through the anus, according to the NHS.  The 80-year-old and 19-year-old men are the only two cases the doctors studied, so they are not sure whether it was the

Dysfunction between the Trump White House and campaign and the Republican National Committee ran so deep that some RNC staff openly talked about not voting for President Donald Trump as the 2020 election neared.  Fox News published excerpts Tuesday of Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender's forthcoming book Frankly, We Did Win This Election: The Inside Story of How Trump Lost that exposes the complicated dynamic between Trump's inner circle and the RNC.  Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner had a blunt assessment of the Republican Party's political arm telling Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel that he didn't 'give a f**k' about the future of the GOP in one heated conversation over an online fundraising platform.  Former President Donald Trump is photographed in New York City on July 4th. A new book claims that some staffers at the Republican National Committee didn't vote for Trump in the 2020 presidential election  Wall Street Journal reporter Michael

Meghan Markle's best friend Jessica Mulroney has been accused by Instagram followers of ripping off designs by other labels for her new suit collection, DailyMail.com can reveal. The Canadian stylist, 41, has been hinting at a new line of suits since June 16 and posted a photo of her first design on Friday with the caption: 'First drop. What do you think?' But not only does the windowpane check suit appear to be a 2018 design by British label Ralph and Russo; the photo Mulroney claims is hers is actually a campaign image created to sell the original suit on Net-a-Porter. A copy of the now deleted Net-a-Porter image, obtained by DailyMail.com, is identical to the one posted by Mulroney on Instagram in all respects. Meghan Markle's best friend Jessica Mulroney has been accused by Instagram followers of ripping off a design by British label Ralph and Russo Mulroney has been hinting at a new line of suits since June 16 and posted a photo of her first design on Friday with t