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Why Dutton will slash Defence and Home Affairs to fund his tax cuts for the wealthy

Peter Dutton says he’ll cut the public service to fund tax cuts for high-income earners. Which means two departments are in the firing line — the ones he ran.

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Coalition’s citizenship test claim misleads

The Coalition has claimed that pass rates for the Australian citizenship test have fallen under Labor. Is this the whole truth?

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Watchdog lambasts Australian Border Force and home affairs deportation procedures

Ombudsman’s scathing report finds agencies have ‘little acknowledgement’ of impact of detention on detainees’ health

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Millions allegedly misspent or wasted in Australia’s offshore detention system, senior Home Affairs official tells tribunal

Workers’ compensation case hears claims $6m in funds were misused on items including golf umbrellas in dispute with PNG contractor

The Guardian - AU

Warning amid falling student visa approval numbers

Australia is seeking to restore the standing of its higher education sector and has reduced the number of student visa approvals.

AAP

Lee Anderson: I didn't vote against Rwanda Bill after Labour MPs 'sniggered and laughed' at me

'Who knew Lee Anderson was such a delicate flower?,' jibed Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesperson Alistair Carmichael

Evening Standard

US spied on Australian pro-Assange demos

The US kept an eye on pro-Julian Assange protests in Australia’s capital cities to watch out for anti-American sentiment, and under proposed legislation, Labor would give the Home Affairs minister power over energy, transport and communications during cyberattacks.

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Criminals tipped off after law enforcement staff shared photo of intercepted shipping container on WhatsApp

The 2020 blunder, whereby more than 400 Australian public servants received the photo, revealed in annual report of former corruption watchdog

The Guardian - AU

Labor is in a heap of trouble on indefinite detention and needs a reset

The government needs a way out of the situation it’s found itself in, regardless of what Peter Dutton and left-wing critics say.

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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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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.

AAP

Coalition plan to privatise visa processing to be subject of new inquiry

Announcement comes after revelation Infosys had 46 meetings with lobbyist Scott Briggs to discuss bid for IT work

The Guardian - AU

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.

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Boochani accuses Labor and Coalition of ‘competition of cruelty’

Behrouz Boochani, who spent six years imprisoned in an offshore camp, has called for a royal commission into immigrant detention.

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New Home Affairs head appointed after Pezzullo sacking

Stephanie Foster has been named as the new Home Affairs department secretary after former boss Mike Pezzullo was sacked.

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'This country failed them': calls for detention inquiry

Refugees, politicians and asylum seeker advocates are urging the Albanese government to establish a royal commission into immigration detention.

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Hypocritical Pezzullo brought undone by the media he railed at

Goodbye to Mike Pezzullo — the hard-line bureaucrat who railed at leakers while himself leaking. Now that hypocrisy has caught up with him.

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Mike Pezzullo sacked after scathing findings accusing him of misusing his position

The government has sacked the secretary of the Home Affairs department, Mike Pezzullo, after an inquiry found he had breached the Public Service Code of Conduct.

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Strict new conditions for detainees pass lower house

Amendments to laws keeping tabs on people released from immigration detention have passed the House of Representatives.

The Guardian - AU

Clare O’Neil claims NZYQ could have been deported. Almost all the facts say otherwise

Home affairs minister’s explanation of how Labor has handled the high court decision defies everything we know about the case

AAP

'Things are going to get worse': cyber shield unveiled

A cyber strategy focused on protecting small and medium businesses against an increasing number of attacks has been released by the federal government.

AAP

Stop making trouble over warship, China tells Australia

The prime minister is resisting opposition pressure to reveal if he raised an incident with a Chinese warship when he spoke to Xi Jinping on the weekend.

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If new migrant rules are considered punishment, Labor’s new law could be vulnerable to challenges

Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil said on Sunday the government expected to continue to tinker with immigration detention laws, telling Sky News: ‘This is not over.’

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Police push deportation over court

Police in NSW and Victoria have lobbied the federal government to deport non-citizens accused of crimes — even before they’ve gone to court, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is being hammered by the opposition over whether or not he raised with Xi Jinping Australian Navy divers being injured by Chinese…

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Small businesses to get free cyber education boost

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil has unveiled millions of dollars worth of new funding to help small businesses protect themselves from cyber attacks.

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