Last weekend, anonymous senior government sources told the Sydney Morning Herald that the government was looking at creating a new special visa pathway for Palestinians so they did not have to return to Gaza. The new Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke has since confirmed that the federal government is examining how it can allow Palestinians on temporary visitor visas to stay in Australia longer.
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Rebecca Weisser is a research fellow at the Danube Institute
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