Anthony Albanese is under fire after it emerged seven murderers, 37 sex offenders and 72 violent criminals were released from immigration detention last year in the wake of a High Court ruling. The federal government argues it was given little choice other than to release the 149 detainees after theContinue Reading
The federal government will re-detain the “worst of the worst” among former immigration detainees after it passed its new preventative detention laws during a heated late-night debate. The laws, sparked by the High Court’s ruling against indefinite detention, passed on Wednesday just hours after it was revealed a fourth formerContinue Reading
A political headache over the detention of non-citizens is one step closer to being resolved after the Senate pushed through new laws earlier than expected. The tough laws would hand courts the power to re-detain the worst offenders released after the High Court found holding non-citizens in indefinite detention wasContinue 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
Peter Dutton has slammed Labor for labelling him a “paedophile protector” as he warned that the government’s recent bungling on immigration could unravel a longstanding precedent. The government accused Mr Dutton of prioritising paedophiles over children, after the Opposition voted against legislation earlier this week that made it a criminalContinue Reading
Labor ministers have accused Peter Dutton of “protecting pedophiles” as they call on the Coalition to support a new raft of legislation to implement a preventive detention regime in the wake of this month’s landmark High Court decision. In its NZYQ ruling, the court found a stateless Rohingya man fromContinue Reading
The government is not looking to make changes to stage-three tax cuts, despite a growing push in a cost of living crisis. Labor backbenchers are due to meet with Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher later this week, where they are expected to air concerns that the government’sContinue Reading