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Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil says the Australian government will not hesitate to out the parties behind cyber attacks when it has the evidence to do so.

The home affairs minister says the federal government will not hesitate to out the parties behind cyber attacks, amid warnings China is beefing up its offence.

The opposition claims the government’s immigration program overhaul will bring a massive influx of people. But that may not be the case.

The Albanese government’s review of Australia’s migration system offers a blueprint for overhauling the troubled system and addressing at least some of its shortcomings.

Lifting the minimum pay rate for skilled workers, tightening rules for people seeking to study in Australia, and ending the permanent migration cap are all changes on the table for the federal government, as it seeks to rewrite the rules on immigration.

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil says the wage threshold for temporary migrants will be raised by $16,000 and they will have a path to permanent residency.

Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans have flocked to South Africa to escape economic hardship since the 1990s. The South African government has, since 2010, granted the migrants a special permit to live and work in the country. It’s latest iteration is the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit. Now the government says the…

Earlier this year, Sydney man Mohamed Barghachoun was on the brink of being deported back to Lebanon, leaving his wife and three children behind, after his visa was cancelled by the Department of Home Affairs.

Ahead of the release of a review of the country's migration system, Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil says the findings are damning.