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Minister vows to appeal tribunal's visa decisions

The immigration minister has faced repeated questioning over a ministerial direction that allowed foreign nationals who have committed crimes to keep visas.

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Change in visa rules was to apply in absence of ‘serious offending or family violence’, Andrew Giles was told

Labor is standing by ‘ministerial direction 99’ despite cases that appear at odds with advice given in early 2023

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Michaelia Cash calls for focus on antisemitism in Labor’s new hate speech law

The shadow attorney-general asked if using the phrase ‘from the river to the sea’ would be an offence under Labor’s bill

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Calls to scrap immigration order after tribunal case

A direction taking into account a foreign national's ties to Australia when determining if their visa should be cancelled will be axed under the coalition.

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Migration rose by one-third last year to lift Australia’s population by a record 659,000

The net annual rise was revealed as Labor signalled moves to reduce migration arrivals

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Calls for more transparency on immigration detainees

Labor is under increasing pressure as a further 150 asylum seekers could be released from immigration detention if a High Court challenge is successful.

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Dan Tehan condemns ‘big Australia’ policy but won’t reveal Coalition’s immigration plan

Shadow immigration minister wants ‘better Australia’ but refuses to say what level of migration Coalition would pursue in government

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Libs eye slash to immigration, foreign student intake

The opposition is working on a policy to cut Australia's migration intake, with immigration spokesman Dan Tehan saying 1.5 million over four years is too high.

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PM says Dutton’s team ‘dominated by blokes’ – as it happened

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Australia Trade Minister Seeks China's Support Amid Trade Barriers

In an effort to address trade barriers, Australia's trade minister plans to engage with China and question the recent sentencing of Australian journalist, ...

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Morning Mail: how conservatives stoke Australia Day row, ABC strike threat, thrillers at the tennis

Liberal MPs pay out for campaign claiming national day is ‘under siege’ while Antoinette Lattouf row is escalating at broadcaster

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Conservative politicians stoking Australia Day debate online with paid ads, analysis finds

Several Liberal MPs share advertisements on Facebook lobbying against changing the date after Woolworths’ decision to pull national merchandise

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Lake Macquarie council scraps its Australia Day citizenship ceremony

The move is believed to be a first for the city.

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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’

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Fifth immigration detainee arrested after release due to high court ruling

Parliament told man arrested in connection with an outstanding warrant

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Australian government hopes to rush laws that could detain dangerous migrants

The Australian government hopes to rush legislation through Parliament that could place behind bars some of the migrants who have been freed since the High Court ruled their indefinite detention was unconstitutional

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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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Labor’s new laws to re-detain migrants at risk of reoffending to be modelled on Coalition’s anti-terror orders

The draft laws allow the government to apply to a court to put migrants released after a landmark high court decision back in detention

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Barbs traded over push to lock up released detainees

Labor and the coalition are teaming up to expand a preventative detention model that applies to terrorists to apply to recently released immigration detainees.

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Ministers will no longer approve Australian Research Council grants under bid to stop ‘political interference’

Labor move follows review that found trust had been ‘dramatically eroded’ by controversial grant decisions made by former Coalition ministers

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Both sides of politics knew the indefinite detention regime was on shaky ground – and now taxpayers will pay

Peter Dutton can argue that where there’s a will to detain these people there must be a way. But the court said otherwise and there’ll likely be a hefty compensation bill

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Dutton’s strongman persona matches our grim times – but has he fired up his opponents as well?

In times of social division, politicians can either lead or stoke the flames. The opposition leader has made his choice

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Labor accused of caving to Dutton as ‘draconian’ bill restricting released detainees is passed

The Albanese government has agreed to a raft of Coalition amendments, including criminal penalties for breaching restrictions

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Peter Dutton accused of ‘weaponising antisemitism’ during fiery debate in parliament

The opposition leader and Anthony Albanese locked horns over immigration detention, the Israel-Hamas war and Apec during a heated question time

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Business lobby rejects Coalition’s ‘disingenuous’ claims Labor pursuing big Australia policy

Business Council of Australia wants migration to be more business-friendly and rejects concerns of a surge in arrivals

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