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Number of asylum seekers on Nauru jumps as Australia transfers 37 people who arrived by boat

Deterrence policy against asylum seeker boats is under strain, with three vessels arriving in a week in May

The Guardian - AU

Labor backs ICC’s role in international law as other MPs condemn Israeli ‘war’ on court

Australia ‘must continue to protect and defend the ICC’s independence and rebuff any attempts to politicise its actions’, David Pocock says

The Guardian - AU

Visa appeal tribunal told to go harder on criminals

An independent tribunal will be given a new direction after an initial order to consider someone's ties to Australia allowed a rapist to remain in the country.

AAP

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Australian war crimes whistleblower David McBride jailed for six years

Eight years after Australia began investigating war crimes in Afghanistan, a whistleblower is the first to be punished.

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Australia risks being ‘world’s nuclear waste dump’ unless Aukus laws changed, critics say

Labor-chaired inquiry calls for legislation to rule out accepting high-level nuclear waste from US and UK submarines among other recommendations

The Guardian - AU

Nuclear waste from AUKUS nations could be on cards

A Senate report into nuclear safety laws has recommended Australia accept low-level waste from the UK and US as part of AUKUS.

AAP

Labor’s deportation bill could affect 375 children born in Australia, advocates warn

Greens senator David Shoebridge says hundreds face ‘real threat’ of being separated from parents or sent overseas to ‘unknown future’

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Migration bill echoes 'White Australia policy': hearing

Legal experts and advocates have lambasted the Albanese government's bill to issue a travel ban on citizens from some countries and to forcibly deport refugees.

AAP

'Unjust, unfair and unwise': refugees slam laws push

Proposed laws to deport refugees to countries they escaped from are cruel policies that tear at Australia's multiculturalism, refugee communities say.

AAP

US shipyards up to three years behind schedule on submarines as concerns grow for Aukus pact

Greens senator David Shoebridge says review of shipbuilding program ‘adds to the growing list of reasons why Aukus is likely to fall over’

The Guardian - AU

‘Poison portal’: US and UK could send nuclear waste to Australia under Aukus, inquiry told

Labor describes claims as ‘fear-mongering’ and says government would not accept waste from other nations

The Guardian - AU

Penny Wong blames ‘Peter Dutton-Adam Bandt alliance’ for failure to pass Labor’s deportation laws

But Greens’ David Shoebridge says Labor has ‘jumped the shark’ with the legislation and it requires more scrutiny

The Guardian - AU

Questions over ALP's detainee 'deportation or jail' law

The Greens are again arguing against Labor's plan for laws aimed at forcing detainees determined not to be refugees back to their home countries.

AAP

Australia challenged on ‘moral failure’ of weapons trade with Israel

Regular protests have been taking place outside Australian firms making crucial components for the F-35 fighter jet.

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The Guardian - AU

Refugees risk being stripped of protection under ‘draconian’ Labor deportation bill, opponents say

Greens immigration spokesperson says bill expands ministerial power to reverse protection findings and deport people previously granted asylum

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s deportation bill fails to pass Senate in ‘almighty backfire’ as Coalition and Greens team up

Opposition says bill needs ‘proper inquiry’ to guard against possible ‘unintended consequences’ despite voting with government in lower house

The Guardian - AU

Turnbull says Australia ‘mugged by reality’ on Aukus deal as US set to halve submarine build

Former PM says the reality is the US will not make their submarine deficit worse by giving or selling submarines to Australia

The Guardian - AU

The wanted: Australia’s approach to investigating alleged international crimes ‘not working’, Greens say

David Shoebridge’s comments follow reports Rwanda issued indictments for two men living in Australia it accused of participating in genocide

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Battle over push to legalise cannabis amid health worries and 'hypocrisy'

The push to end cannabis black market run by organised crime.

The Guardian - AU

Australia-Tuvalu deal on climate and security may be at risk, intelligence boss says

Senior intelligence officer agrees deal is facing risk of unravelling amid ‘political change and turbulence’ in Pacific nation after elections

The Guardian - AU

Australian Human Rights Commission chief denies staff sanctioned for expressing pro-Palestinian views

Rosalind Croucher tells Senate panel anonymous letter from employees was ‘disappointing’ and they had been reminded to stay ‘impartial’

The Guardian - AU

ADF chief unaware Fijian officer handed senior Australian army role was accused of torture, parliament told

Angus Campbell tells parliament recently appointed brigade deputy commander Penioni (Ben) Naliva is entitled to presumption of innocence

AAP

Defence chief unaware of commander's torture allegation

A Fijian colonel facing torture allegations was appointed to oversee 3000 Australian troops, without the knowledge of the defence force chief.

The Guardian - AU

AFP officer tells Senate he would repeat undercover operation on autistic teenager

Deputy commissioner Ian McCartney defends controversial counter-terror decision that was criticised by a magistrate

AAP

Concerns raised alleged war criminals escaped overseas

A Senate hearing has been told Australian soldiers being investigated for alleged war crimes committed in Afghanistan have gone overseas.

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