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
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
China has lifted punishing restrictions on five Australian beef exporters, it has been revealed. Agriculture Minister Murray Watt said the details are “still emerging” but confirmed on Wednesday the trade tariffs would be removed “with immediate effect” for five cattle producers who were hit with a snap ban four yearsContinue Reading
Scott Morrison has left politics to join a set of strategic and defence firms with two Trump-era politicians. The former Liberal leader, who was prime minister for six years before he was defeated by Anthony Albanese in 2022, announced he was quitting his 16-year parliamentary career on Tuesday. After losingContinue Reading
MUMBAI: As Canada continues to grapple with housing shortages and health-care issues, Marc Miller, Immigration Minister, announced an intake-cap for international students to stabilize population inflows, which will be in place for two years.According to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the country’s immigration agency, for 2024, the cap isContinue Reading
Prime Minister Albanese has refused to say whether he believes the Morrison government tried to “cover up” secret Howard-era documents about Australia’s involvement in the Iraq war. It comes after the shocking revelation on New Year’s Day that 78 documents were missing from a now declassified file created in 2003Continue Reading
The Morrison government failed to hand over secret Howard-era cabinet documents compiled during the 2003 Iraq war to the National Archives of Australia for potential release, it has been revealed. Twenty years on from the conflict the United Nations branded “illegal” and to which Australia committed 2000 troops, the archivesContinue Reading
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set for a bitter fight with state leaders as he attempts to share the spiralling cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme. On Wednesday, Mr Albanese will host hostile state and territory first ministers at a national cabinet meeting, with reform of the $42bn-a-year NDIS,Continue Reading
A showdown over expanded detention laws aimed at placing some of those released from immigration detention back behind bars is expected to dominate the final parliamentary sitting week. A bombshell High Court ruling last month found holding non-citizens in indefinite immigration detention was unlawful, triggering the release of 140 people,Continue Reading
The son of former NSW premier Kristina Keneally will “hold his head high” after being found guilty of fabricating a statement that wrongfully landed a man behind bars. Daniel John Keneally was found guilty of falsifying the official report in 2021 about a phone call he received while working asContinue Reading