A defiant Clare O’Neil is resisting demands for her to fall on her sword after a cancer-surviving grandmother was allegedly bashed at the hands of a released immigration detainee. The Home Affairs Minister rejected calls from the Coalition and Sunrise host Natalie Barr to resign over the saga after MajidContinue Reading
Australia is being urged to follow the lead of New Zealand in dramatically slashing the country’s migrant intake and tightening rules surrounding sought-after visas. Four months after coming to power, the coalition government across the ditch has taken steps to address “unsustainable” levels of immigration, after a near-record high ofContinue Reading
Senior public servants have been accused of attempting to “cover up and protect the government’s interests” in a fiery late night senate hearing. Coalition home affairs spokesman James Paterson grilled Home Affairs officials on Wednesday night on details surrounding the NZYQ cohort, who were released into the community after lastContinue Reading
Massive government contracts for the nation’s offshore processing system were won by companies suspected of bribery, money laundering and drugs and arms smuggling, a scathing review has found. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil seized on the findings, accusing the now opposition leader Peter Dutton of overseeing a “regime being usedContinue Reading
Massive government contracts for the nation’s offshore processing system were won by companies suspected of bribery, money laundering and drugs and arms smuggling, a scathing review has found. Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil seized on the findings, accusing the now opposition leader Peter Dutton of overseeing a “regime being usedContinue Reading
A meteoric rise from small town deputy mayor to the leader of the No campaign has led to Jacinta Nampijinpa Price being short-listed for a prestigious prize for political leadership. The McKinnon Prize announced its nominations for political leadership across three categories: federal, state and emerging leader on Thursday. SenatorContinue Reading
Scott Morrison was never one to shy away from the cameras during his 16 years in politics. From winning an unwinnable election, to crash-tackling an eight-year-old on the campaign trail and his secret ministries scandal, it’s fair to say the former prime minister has a lot to look back onContinue Reading
Former immigration detainee Aliyawar Yawari has told a court he is “diabetic” and “could not breathe” while he waits on remand for allegedly indecently assaulting a woman. Afghan refugee Mr Yawari, 66, was arrested in early December and charged with two counts of indecently assaulting a woman at a motelContinue Reading
Mark Dreyfus has been told to apologise to a female reporter after he erupted following a question about Labor’s response to a bombshell High Court ruling. The Attorney-General blew up at Sky News journalist Olivia Caisley after she asked whether the public were owed an apology, calling the query “absurd”Continue Reading
An immigration law expert says a court decision which resulted in dozens of refugees – some of them serious criminals – being released into the community has ended a “warehouse-like arrangement” where the government would lock up “people they didn’t want to deal with”. Australia’s highest court overturned a decades-longContinue Reading