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For a few months in 2022, a legal instrument underpinning Australia's offshore asylum seeker processing policy stopped working. Here's what happened, and why.

Recent murders of police officers at Wieambilla highlight need for action to protect community safety, Anthony Albanese says

As the government weighs up the implications of the brutal deaths of two Queensland police officers, the federal opposition has likened the attack to terrorism.

The government has lowered domestic tensions, enabling it to adopt a more grown-up foreign policy that can improve ties with Washington and Beijing

At the National Press Club this week, Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil flagged that Labor would propose changes to Australia’s counter-terrorism laws. She cited an increase in diverse threats beyond religious fundamentalism, a trend towards lone-actor, low-sophistication attacks, and more younger people being radicalised.

ACT police officers are accused of being very much against the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann for allegedly raping Brittany Higgins, and fellow Libs are furious over NSW Treasurer Matt Kean’s criticism of preselectors.

'While it's easy to fund poke fun at Peter Dutton, it's missing the point. We need to be more ambitious,' says security expert.

Australia’s government says it is seeking assurances from Indonesia that the man convicted of making the bombs used in the 2002 Bali terrorist attacks would continue to be monitored after his release from prison

Patek was jailed 10 years ago over role in 2002 attacks, which killed more than 200 people