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Illegal fishing boats burned after Australian incursion

The Australian Border Force has burnt and sunk dozens of illegal fishing boats entering the nation's waters in a warning to fishermen who want to flout the law.

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Australian man says border force made him hand over phone passcode by threatening to keep device indefinitely

Tech entrepreneur who lives in the US says he has been held up at Sydney airport for hours three times in the past year

The Guardian - AU

Four Vietnamese people found near Broome as Australia’s asylum boat policy under strain

Exclusive: ‘Unauthorised maritime arrivals’ arrive near WA town after two other boat arrivals in last week

The Guardian - AU

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Australia’s immigration minister successfully suppresses details about electronic monitoring of former detainees

Exclusive: Andrew Giles argued that court evidence about how ankle monitors work could help freed detainees breach visa conditions

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Border force ‘not safe for women’, spy chief’s privacy warning, Gaza ‘mass graves’ claim

A secret report lays bare sexual harassment and bullying in marine unit; Mike Burgess to say rights are ‘not absolute’ in fight against extremism

The Guardian - AU

Secret report warns Australian Border Force’s marine unit is ‘not safe for women’

Exclusive: Human rights commission calls for immediate intervention in the division and says sexism and bullying are rife

The Guardian - AU

Biggest ever vape seizure linked to organised crime

Authorities have intercepted almost half a million illegal vapes in the largest sting of its kind since import laws came into effect at the start of the year.

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Monthly reports on released detainees to be rolled out

Australian Border Force will be publishing community reports on the situation surrounding 149 immigration detainees released following a High Court ruling.

AAP

Secret Serco rating system for immigration detainees must be scrapped, say Greens

Senator Nick McKim says company’s ‘opaque’ SRAT security assessment tool ‘has severe implications for fundamental human rights’

The Guardian - AU

Watchdog criticises Home Affairs, ABF deportation moves

A Commonwealth Ombudsman's report has lambasted Home Affairs and Australian Border Force's deportation policies of non-citizens from immigration detention.

AAP

Watchdog lambasts Australian Border Force and home affairs deportation procedures

Ombudsman’s scathing report finds agencies have ‘little acknowledgement’ of impact of detention on detainees’ health

The Guardian - AU

Australian Border Force seizes 13 tonnes of disposable vapes in Adelaide

The 150,000-vape haul is the first large-scale seizure since import ban was introduced in the new year and have a street value of $4.5m

The Guardian - AU

Man on trial over 'reckless' bid for 143kg of heroin

A Sydney man used power tools to access 143kg of heroin hidden in imported bakery equipment despite AFP officers removing the drugs earlier, a jury has heard.

AAP

‘Missing’ man who left immigration detention without electronic monitoring is located

Border force suggested man was ‘non-compliant’ but Guardian understands he was not read his visa conditions or fitted with ankle bracelet

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The Guardian - AU

Another 45 people released due to high court ruling on indefinite detention as Coalition plays hard ball on ‘patch-up’ bill

Australian Border Force alleges four people previously released have breached their visa conditions

The Guardian - AU

Labor commits $255m for security agencies to monitor people released from indefinite detention

A joint operation between the Australian federal police and Australian Border Force will monitor strict new conditions placed upon detainees

The Guardian - AU

Twelve people in border force custody after arriving by boat on isolated section of WA coast

Shadow home affairs minister James Paterson says group’s reported arrival ‘is a further sign that Labor has failed on border security’

The Canberra Times

Tricky destruction problem for 35 tonnes of seized illegal vapes

Over 35 tonnes of illegal vapes have been seized recently, but how should they be destroyed?

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Newcastle Herald

ANOM app sting: Newcastle man admits role in $143M meth import plot

The shipments contained 230kg of methamphetamine, concealed in helical gear drives.

Newcastle Herald

Man jailed for 3D printing parts to make semi-automatic pistol

Pillay was charged in 2022 after a gun barrel he ordered online was seized by border officials.

The Guardian - AU

Egyptian refugee Sayed Abdellatif cleared as security threat by Asio, but still detained after 11 years

Abdellatif remains in Australian immigration detention, where he has been held for a decade thanks to security assessments tainted by evidence obtained under torture

The Independent UK

Australia seizes 800kg of cocaine worth $210m from cargo ship

‘It’s incredible to think that those behind this audacious attempt thought they could get away it’

ABC News

Bungendore landscaper Timothy Engstrom sentenced to 11 years in jail over plot to import cocaine in excavator arm

Timothy Engstrom is sentenced to 11 and a half years in prison over his part in a plot to import nearly 300 kilograms of cocaine hidden in the arm of an excavator from South Africa.

AAP

Spotlight on border workers as cocaine seizures soar

The Australian Border Force has recorded a lift in cocaine seizures with about 1000 supply chain workers at ports and airports concerning police.

ABC News

Court hears Bungendore man guilty of trying to import cocaine in excavator arm believed he wouldn't be breaking the law

A Sydney court hears a Bungendore landscape gardener guilty of trying to possess nearly 300 kilograms of cocaine told a psychologist he believed if he didn't ask questions of his co-accused about the shipment he wouldn't be breaking the law.

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