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Some folks know about it, some don't.

Some will learn to shout it, some won't.

But sooner or later, baby, here's a ditty.

Say you're going to have to get right down.

These are the news headlines for Tuesday 22nd September 2026.

Late last week, the Minister of Home Affairs, Toni Berg, gave an address at the National Press Club during which she announced a suite of changes to migration policies that would impact workers and students.

These changes include the power to detain people whose visas have expired to compel them to leave the country and also expand immigration detention facilities with 250 beds and hire another 100 additional compliance officers.

In their article released late last week, the Human Rights Law Centre stated that undocumented workers face the worst forms of labour exploitation in Australia and are least likely to speak up about it for fear of detection and deportation.

It is often their employers who have control over their visa status, rendering them undocumented in order to continue their exploitation.

In response to this new suite of policies, Sanmati Verma, Legal Director at the Human Rights Law Centre, said undocumented migrants who have been exploited at work should be protected to take action against their employers.

Instead of needlessly expanding the punitive immigration detention network, the Albanese government should invest in protections for migrant workers to ensure that all workers have safety and dignity at work.

In addition, international students would no longer be able to attach their families to their student visas.

However, the minister stated that those with family already in Australia would not be impacted.

The government would also force students who want to transfer between courses to apply for a new visa.

International Students' Representative Council of Australia President Weihong Liang said migration policy debates over housing and infrastructure should not blame international students collectively.

International students are not simply numbers in a migration system.

They study, live, build relationships and become part of communities across Australia.

In other news, in Turkiye last week, the government carried out a series of crackdowns against LGBT rights across the country.

From the 12th to the 14th of September, police raids targeted seven groups supporting LGBT and two HIV advocacy groups.

Additionally, nightclubs and bars across Istanbul, Ankara, Mersin, Izmir and Aden faced police crackdowns.

From these raids, at least 112 people have been arrested and a further 82 have been detained under court order.

Amongst this group of detainees includes 24 LGBT rights activists and one journalist.

These operations have been separately carried out by different policing bodies of each of the cities rather than just a coordinated national effort.

And across the country, so-called family values have been invoked as a justification of discrimination of LGBT people and communities.

Benjamin Ward, Deputy Europe and Central Asia Director at Human Rights Watch, commented on the crackdowns.

Some folks know about it, some don't.

Some will learn to shout it, some won't.

But sooner or later, baby, here's a ditty.

Say you're going to have to get right down.

These are the news headlines for Tuesday 22nd September 2026.

Late last week, the Minister of Home Affairs, Toni Berg, gave an address at the National Press Club during which she announced a suite of changes to migration policies that would impact workers and students.

These changes include the power to detain people whose visas have expired to compel them to leave the country and also expand immigration detention facilities with 250 beds and hire another 100 additional compliance officers.

In their article released late last week, the Human Rights Law Centre stated that undocumented workers face the worst forms of labour exploitation in Australia and are least likely to speak up about it for fear of detection and deportation.

It is often their employers who have control over their visa status, rendering them undocumented in order to continue their exploitation.

In response to this new suite of policies, Sanmati Verma, Legal Director at the Human Rights Law Centre, said undocumented migrants who have been exploited at work should be protected to take action against their employers.

Instead of needlessly expanding the punitive immigration detention network, the Albanese government should invest in protections for migrant workers to ensure that all workers have safety and dignity at work.

In addition, international students would no longer be able to attach their families to their student visas.

However, the minister stated that those with family already in Australia would not be impacted.

The government would also force students who want to transfer between courses to apply for a new visa.

International Students' Representative Council of Australia President Weihong Liang said migration policy debates over housing and infrastructure should not blame international students collectively.

International students are not simply numbers in a migration system.

They study, live, build relationships and become part of communities across Australia.

In other news, in Turkiye last week, the government carried out a series of crackdowns against LGBT rights across the country.

From the 12th to the 14th of September, police raids targeted seven groups supporting LGBT and two HIV advocacy groups.

Additionally, nightclubs and bars across Istanbul, Ankara, Mersin, Izmir and Aden faced police crackdowns.

From these raids, at least 112 people have been arrested and a further 82 have been detained under court order.

Amongst this group of detainees includes 24 LGBT rights activists and one journalist.

These operations have been separately carried out by different policing bodies of each of the cities rather than just a coordinated national effort.

And across the country, so-called family values have been invoked as a justification of discrimination of LGBT people and communities.

Benjamin Ward, Deputy Europe and Central Asia Director at Human Rights Watch, commented on the crackdowns.