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Rex Siu

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Sydney
As seen in: ABC News (Australia), MSN Australia, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Central News UTS
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Rex Siu has recently been the Assistant Chief of Staff at ABC News in NSW newsroom in Sydney. He is completing a Bachelor of Communication in Journalism at the University of Technology Sydney. Rex has been a digital journalist and editor at Central News, the award-winning news publication and website at UTS Journalism, where he covers politics, international, breaking news and runs multimedia, podcasts, and other projects. He is now establishing the first student-led journalism awards at Centra…

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GenAI like a 'tribute band', not a patch on real journalism, say experts - Central News

GenAI like a 'tribute band', not a patch on real journalism, say experts - Central News

By Rex Siu and Lauren Ivory. Generative AI is not advanced enough to replace human journalism and is the equi…

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Gaps in Australian law leave thousands of stateless people in 'limbo'

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By Ethan White, Rex Siu
| MSN Australia Verified
Ethan White and Rex Siu For almost her entire life, Asma Nayim Ullah was a citizen of nowhere. The 23-year-old was one of about 8,000 people living in Australia without holding nationality from any country. "I don't see myself as stateless because I know where I belong," Asma said.
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偷渡来澳45年：83岁的卢光云终获永久居留权

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By Rex Siu
| Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Verified
那是45年前的事——卢光云藏身于一艘驶向悉尼的货轮，从此再没有回头。 数周后，他走下船，第一次踏足澳大利亚的土地。 尽管自1981年抵澳以来，他从未获得合法居留权，却还是在此落地生根。 如今83岁的他，在悬而未决中蹉跎数十载，仍盼望有一日成为澳洲人。 卢光云栖身于悉尼一间狭小的隔断房里，下雨时天花板有时会漏水。 (ABC News: Rex Siu) 卢光云起心动念来澳大利亚，是1974年。 他1942年在珠海出生——当时那里还是广东一个毗邻澳门的乡村。19岁那年，他随母亲移居香港，后来在荃湾一带纱厂打工糊口。 当时，凡是能避开边境堵截、抵达香港市区的中国大陆非法入境者即可合法成为香港居民，即谓“抵垒政策”。 卢光云来澳之前居于香港。 (Wikimedia Commons: Maersk Line (CC BY-SA 2.0)) 卢光云称，父亲曾于上海经商，却被指与国共内战中失利的国民党政权有牵连，在他七岁那年遭中国共产党处决。 胞弟先移民澳大利亚，后来又担保母亲过去，卢光云于是决定跟随。他说，前后约六年间，他在香港不断通过一个他称为"海外提名计划"（Overseas...
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Kwong Wan Lo sneaked into Australia 45 years ago. He has lived in limbo until now

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By Rex Siu
| MSN Australia Verified
Rex Siu Kwong Wan Lo stowed away on a ship bound for Sydney 45 years ago. Weeks later he disembarked from the cargo vessel and set foot on Australian soil for the first time. It was 1981, and with no legal right to stay, he built a life anyway. Now, at 83, he still wants to be an Australian after decades living here in limbo. A fateful decision Mr Lo first sought to come to Australia seven years earlier.
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