The Latest Breaking News from Home Affairs

Home Affairs report confirms Scott Morrison pressured department to reveal election day boat interception

A Department of Home Affairs report confirms the office of former prime minister Scott Morrison instructed the public service to reveal the interception of a suspected asylum seeker boat on election day.

ABC News · Jul 22, 2022

Tool to assess jailed terrorists before release criticised as unreliable and prejudicial to Muslims

Offenders may be kept in prison after serving sentence, but wrongly made order ‘almost always amounts to arbitrary detention’, rights group argues

The Guardian - AU · Jul 16, 2022

Anthony Albanese pays tribute to 'true friend' of Australia Shinzo Abe, while warning such attacks could happen again

Anthony Albanese describes the assassination of the former Japanese prime minister as an act of terrorism, and warns a similar attack on political leaders could occur again.

ABC News · Jul 9, 2022

Man suspected of joining Islamic State wins High Court challenge against government decision to strip him of his citizenship

The High Court of Australia overturns a key plank of the federal government's foreign fighter laws, ruling that the consequence of stripping someone's citizenship without them facing trial on Australian soil is so serious it should only be handled by a judge.

ABC News · Jun 8, 2022

Albanese government restores abolished environment department but avoids major public service overhaul

The new government will also dilute the power of the massive Department of Home Affairs, but Anthony Albanese's initial shake-up is modest in scope.

ABC News · Jun 1, 2022

Hundreds of classified Home Affairs documents believed sent to unsecured address in 'serious' breach of security protocols

A Department of Home Affairs contractor suspected of illegally sending classified documents to an unsecured location was allowed to continue working in the public service, a figure familiar with the incident has told the ABC.

ABC News · May 29, 2022

Federal election: Vote count continues as Labor seeks one more seat to form majority government

Two tight electorates are heading towards counting three-candidate-preferred votes as Labor seeks one more electorate to win majority government.

ABC News · May 27, 2022

Biloela family approved for return home

Home Affairs Minister Jim Chalmers has approved the exit from immigration detention of the Murugappan family, allowing them to return to Biloela in Queensland.

AAP · May 26, 2022

Progress on return of family to Biloela

Progress on a case to enable members of a Tamil family to remain in Australia has been made since Labor was elected, the interim home affairs minister says.

AAP · May 25, 2022

Boat texts sent without minister's consent

Outgoing Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews says she did not know text messages would be sent on election day about a boat interception in Australian waters.

AAP · May 24, 2022