A young Sydney woman who has spent half her life in Australia is pleading to be allowed to stay in the country, claiming she faces homelessness if she returns to Romania. Maria Duminica was just 10 years old when she arrived in Australia with her mother and stepfather, who isContinue Reading
Australia’s population is growing at an “eye-watering” pace of 13,148 people per week, with immigration accounting for more than 80 per cent of the record increase. That’s sparked calls from a policy lobby group for radical reforms to “stabilise” the nation’s population to avoid a series of economic, environmental andContinue Reading
A “much-loved” Geelong tradie and his family may be forced to return to South Africa after being told by immigration agents that their son’s diabetes diagnosis could be a “liability” to taxpayers. Nico Willers, 44, his wife Jane and their three children — twins Nico and Esme 13, and Karla,Continue Reading
Embattled Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has issued a new legal guidance to replace his contentious Direction 99 which allowed dozens of serious criminals to stay in Australia. Under the change, community safety will be the overriding factor when immigration officials and tribunals consider whether to revoke or reinstate an individual’sContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese is plotting a cabinet reshuffle amid public service speculation he has offered his old leadership rival Bill Shorten a chance to say au revoir, with a plumb diplomatic posting in Europe. News.com.au can reveal that the offer of a diplomatic posting is the talk of the senior publicContinue Reading
The career criminal who is at the centre of a political storm after his visa cancellation was overturned pleaded for mercy by telling a psychologist that he was traumatised after cradling bloodied gangland crime lord Tony Mokbel in his arms in jail until paramedics arrived. Kevin Farrugia, who remains inContinue Reading
Sunrise host Natalie Barr has dumped two female politicians from a live interview after the two women had a “box on” over a immigration detainee’s alleged links with a gangland figure Tony Mokbel live on air. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil and Liberal frontbencher Jane Hume were muted and sin-binnedContinue Reading
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has backflipped on his claims drones were being used to track criminal detainees in the community. Mr Giles released a statement moments before the start of question time on Monday, admitting he was mistaken, but claimed his department had briefed him incorrectly. “I relied on informationContinue Reading
Anthony Albanese has downplayed tensions with New Zealand’s prime minister who has expressed “grave concerns” over proposed changes to the way Australia deports non-citizens with criminal convictions. The prime minister had a phone call with Christopher Luxon on Thursday morning, where the Kiwi leader voiced his disagreement over the abolishmentContinue Reading
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal applied the controversial Ministerial Direction 99 to overturn half of the government’s initial deportation orders for non-citizens on character ground since July last year. The statistic was revealed in a senate estimates hearing held on Friday afternoon by the AAT’s registrar Michael Hawkins as the governmentContinue Reading