The Federal Opposition says passports should not have been issued to women and children with links to IS fighters, Australia's unemployment rate remains stable, Mary Fowler named in the Matildas squad for next month's Asian Cup.

A new report showing Australia's debt levels at their highest since the Second World War, Regret from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg over Instagram's slow progress in detecting underage users, An upset for Arsenal in the Premier League.

The federal government bans a woman with alleged links to the IS group from returning to Australia; Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says limited progress made in Geneva peace talks; And in sport, a silver medal for Australia in the women's aerials at the Milano-Cortina Olympics.

Pauline Hanson offers a partial apology for her anti-Muslim remarks, Wages not keeping pace with Australia's inflation rate, And in AFL, Hawthorn has confirmed it has re-signed Josh Weddle to a four-year contract.

Concerns over an immigration debate as the Liberals mull a new policy, Eleven killed in new US strikes on alleged drug smuggling boats, Australia to play Mexico in May ahead of the football World Cup.

Liberal leader Angus Taylor unveils his new shadow frontbench; U-S civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson dies in the US at the age of 84; Cronulla prop Addin Fonua-Blake sets his sights on the State of Origin series.

Scale of racism at Australia's universities revealed in a new report; a stabbing attack in Sydney leaves one person dead and two others injured; and Socceroo Lewis Miller ruled out of this year's World Cup due to injury.

Liberal Senator calls for government to block return of so-called Islamic State group family members from Syria; New South Wales Police decide not to extend restrictions on public assemblies; and in sport, Irish Rugby Football Union condemn racist abuse towards Edwin Edogbo on social media.

34 Australians released from a detention centre in Syria are returned to the camp, an historic case against Coles and its pricing policy enters its second day, Australia could be out of the T-20 World Cup after a stunning loss to co-hosts Sri Lanka.

A leaked Liberal Party policy proposes banning migrants from certain nations; a landmark case against Coles in the Federal Court; and in tennis, Alex de Minaur makes history at the Rotterdam Open.