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Urgent signal repairs have thrown Sydney’s rail system into chaos this morning, with delays being reported across various lines. Follow today’s news headlines liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCoalition spokesman for home affairs James Paterson has said Australia must advocate for imprisoned academic Yang Hengjun.The Australian citizen’s medical condition is likely to be one of the issues prime minister Anthony Albanese raises with the Chinese premier.We must do absolutely everything we can, because his family and are rightly very concerned about his health and well-being – he has been unjustly detained for too long.He should be released and be allowed to return to his family in Australia. And there is nothing that we … shouldn’t do to raise our concerns, including directly with the Chinese leadership at every opportunity. Continue reading...

Urgent signal repairs have thrown Sydney’s rail system into chaos this morning, with delays being reported across various lines. Follow today’s news headlines live
Coalition spokesman for home affairs James Paterson has said Australia must advocate for imprisoned academic Yang Hengjun.
The Australian citizen’s medical condition is likely to be one of the issues prime minister Anthony Albanese raises with the Chinese premier.
We must do absolutely everything we can, because his family and are rightly very concerned about his health and well-being – he has been unjustly detained for too long.
He should be released and be allowed to return to his family in Australia. And there is nothing that we … shouldn’t do to raise our concerns, including directly with the Chinese leadership at every opportunity. Continue reading...