> sikhs in new south wales are demanding a religious exemption from state laws requiring motorcyclists to wear helmets.   tion-nsw-motorcycle-helmet-laws/ > treasurer jim chalmers in may claimed net overseas migration would be limited to 260,000 in the 2024-25 financial year, but said in the mid-year budget update on wednesday that it now forecast growth of 340,000. > mr chalmers repeated an excuse he gave in september about last financial years forecast of 395,000  which was revised upwards three times before being dwarfed by the actual figure of 446,000  and blamed the blow-out on immigrants refusing to leave.   es-net-overseas-migration-forecast/ > a former nsw police officer will spend just one-and-a-half years behind bars for raping a 14-year-old boy in sydney.   -nsw-cop-jailed-for-raping-boy/ > a bangladeshi international student allegedly sexually assaulted a teenage girl on an escalator at sydneys westfield bondi junction shopping centre.   tion-westfield-sexual-assault/ > police in melbourne are looking for a middle eastern man who bashed a female cyclist in a shocking unprovoked attack in broad daylight   lbourne-middle-eastern-man-attacks- cyclist/
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