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Labor is calling on the Government to thoroughly explain why two Rwandan men accused of murder were resettled in Australia as part of a people swap with the United States. The two men, accused of killing Western tourists in Uganda in 1999, spent 15 years in US immigration detention despite failed prosecution efforts. They were given a safe haven in Australia but their current location is not known.
Labor leader Bill Shorten has made his case for the prime ministership by invoking a famous speech from former PM Gough Whitlam. In his final speech of the campaign, he urged people to vote for change on Saturday. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Scott Morrison told an audience at the national press club that now isn't the time for change, urging voters to give the Coalition another term.
Australia's unemployment rate has pushed higher for a second consecutive month. The Bureau of Statistics figures show the jobless rate rose to 5.2 per cent last month, from an upwardly-revised 5.1 per cent in March. The rise was due to an increase in part-time employment, as full time positions decreased.
And Washington has ordered the departure of "non-emergency employees" from Iraq, as tensions between the US and Iran continue to rise. It comes as the commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards warned of a possible "full-scale confrontation". The United States has recently sent military forces to the Middle East, including an aircraft carrier, B-52 bombers and patriot missiles, in a show of force.
