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Criminal charges unlikely over dodgy offshore contracts

Companies suspected of bribery, money laundering and drug smuggling were given lucrative contracts tied to Australia's offshore immigration detention regime.

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Linda Reynolds announces retirement – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Pro-Israel ‘surveillance’ group turning attention to Australia, leaked posts show

Members of Shirion Collective, which claims to ‘expose antisemites’ online, have discussed presenting lists of names to home affairs minister

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Monarchist youth pitch, minister’s misused meme, and Barnaby can’t be caged

We present the latest in Joyce wordplay. And whether it’s the monarchist league or government ministers, it’s crazy just how well our public figures understand young people.

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Australian Spies Blame Russian For Major Cyber Attack

Australia has identified the Russian mastermind behind a crippling cyber attack, unmasking the 33-year-old hacker for the first time on Tuesday and linking him to an international crime syndicate.

International Business Times

Australia sanctions Russian citizen Aleksandr Ermakov over 2022 Medibank cyber-attack

Government uses cyber sanctions powers under Magnitsky laws for first time to target Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov, alleged to be responsible for hack

The Guardian - AU

Golden ticket visa for big-spending investors shelved

A visa scheme aimed at enticing big-spending investors to Australia has been scrapped amid fears it was exploited by corrupt foreign officials and criminals.

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Australia’s elites are souring on migration. But new data shows its benefits

The media has mostly welcomed the news that Labor is backpedalling on migration. Perhaps they should look at the data.

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Clare O’Neil won’t rule out international student cap as part of visa crackdown

Home affairs minister insists forecasts showing 185,000 fewer people will migrate to Australia are an estimate, not a ‘target’

The Guardian - AU

Education review released – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Queen of Queensland resigns

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has endorsed her deputy, Steven Miles, to replace her after she resigned yesterday, but Health Minister Shannon Fentiman and Treasurer Cameron Dick are also expected to run, and the federal government’s fastest growing economic pain will be paying down debt.

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Morning Mail: changes to ‘broken’ migration system; Cop28 goes down to the wire; winter looms in Gaza

Labor says visa reforms are needed to address exploitation; leaders at climate summit told to embrace compromise; trapped Palestinians dread rise of disease

The Guardian - AU

Migration overhaul targets students and dodgy employers

A plan to fix a faltering migration system will take aim at bogus international students and unscrupulous employers while trying to reduce overall migration.

AAP

Labor targets student and some worker visas in overhaul of Australia’s temporary migration program

Government says temporary migration system is ‘broken’ and changes to student and skilled worker visas are needed to address exploitation

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The migration strategy won’t silence Dutton but Labor is backing away from the feared Big Australia

The Albanese government is reducing migrant intake as it seeks to make inroads to easing the population and housing squeeze before the next election

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: winners and losers in end-of-year report card on Albanese ministers

It’s not just kids who get report cards (PDFs these days) as school breaks up. So do government ministers, when parliament rises at year’s end.

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New preventative detention laws pass parliament

Serious offenders recently released from immigration detention are now subject to preventative detention measures after laws passed federal parliament.

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Stricter detention laws loom as sex offender arrested

Released immigration detainees who pose a serious risk to the community face being locked back up as new laws clear the Senate.

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The Guardian - AU

Two immigration detainees charged after release due to high court ruling

Coalition calls for Clare O’Neil and Andrew Giles to resign as fallout from NZYQ decision continues

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Serious offenders face return to detention in laws push

The worst offenders recently released from immigration detention could soon be locked up again with the government pushing for new laws to pass this week.

The Conversation

Government's preventative detention for ex-detainees who pose serious risks set to pass this week

The government on Wednesday will introduce its legislation to enable preventative detention of former immigration detainees judged to pose a high risk of committing serious violent or sexual crimes.

The Guardian - AU

The week in parliament: things get ugly on immigration detention with political blood spilled on both sides

Only one more joint sitting day to go in a brutal year, Ed Husic weighs in on theatre controversy and a hint of Christmas cheer

AAP

Freed detainee adapts to curfews, ankle bracelet life

A newly released stateless refugee is slowly rebuilding his life but with an ankle monitor and curfews, he feels held back from fully adjusting.

The Independent UK

Australia proposes new laws to detain potentially dangerous migrants who can't be deported

That Australian government has proposed new laws that would place behind bars some of the 141 migrants who have been set free in the three weeks since the High Court ruled their indefinite detention was unconstitutional

The Guardian - AU

Labor blames Peter Dutton’s decisions as immigration minister for ‘mess’ of indefinite detention

Opposition leader allowed a man referred to as NZYQ apply for a visa after being convicted of raping a child

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