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
The federal opposition is turning the screws on Immigration Minister Andrew Giles over deportation rules, with fresh questions raised over a claim he made regarding former-detainees being monitored by drones. The Immigration Minister has been in a political quagmire over the resettling of detainees after the High Court of AustraliaContinue 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
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has said he will investigate his department’s failure to brief him on a directive that allowed convicted criminals to stay in the country, after being forced to defend his job amid a blistering campaign to have him sacked him from his ministerial portfolio. Mr Giles saidContinue Reading
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil has been forced to defend Immigration Minister Andrew Giles after revelations his ministerial direction allowed serial criminal offenders to remain in Australia. A Senate estimates hearing on Tuesday heard Mr Giles was warned by his department that his ‘direction 99’ changes, which gave non-citizens withContinue Reading
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has refused to apologise, and has sought to put further distance between his department and a tribunal over a series of decisions that allowed criminal non-citizens to stay in Australia – despite their visas being cancelled. Mr Giles was at the receiving end of almost everyContinue Reading