The Latest Breaking News from Tony Burke

Cyber security reform to learn from past data breaches

An overhaul of Australia's cyber security framework will give the nation the right settings to deal with emerging threats, the government says.

AAP · Oct 8, 2024

Australia reviews pro-Palestine activist’s visa after he called 7 October a day of ‘considerable celebration’

Home affairs minister Tony Burke will check the visa status of American law professor Khaled Beydoun

The Guardian - AU · Oct 8, 2024

Can Australian authorities take action against protesters who wave the Hezbollah flag? Should they?

Peter Dutton wants parliament recalled to debate new anti-terror laws. Tony Burke accuses him of wanting ‘to raise the temperature’. What might happen next?

The Guardian - AU · Oct 1, 2024

Hezbollah flag-carriers investigated by police, as government appoints envoy to combat Islamophobia

The Albanese government has indicated it will examine the visa status of protesters waving Hezbollah flags at pro-Palestine demonstrations in Sydney and Melbourne over the weekend.

The Conversation · Sep 30, 2024

'Fighting hate': special envoy to combat Islamophobia

As tensions rise in Australia over continuing conflict in the Middle East, a global expert has been appointed the nation's special envoy to combat Islamophobia.

AAP · Sep 30, 2024

Afternoon Update: Labor threatens visa cancellations after protests; Baby Reindeer wrongly billed as ‘true story’; and a scrappy punk band’s evolution

Home affairs minister Tony Burke issues statement after some marchers carried Hezbollah flags

The Guardian - AU · Sep 30, 2024

Criticism as British Australian public servant Aftab Malik appointed new Islamophobia envoy

Some question the appointment of an official who has worked on controversial countering violent extremism programs

The Guardian - AU · Sep 30, 2024

Victoria police identify six possible criminal incidents after Hezbollah flags seen at weekend protests

Federal government warns against importing ‘radical ideologies of conflict’ and threatens to cancel visa of anyone inciting ‘discord’

The Guardian - AU · Sep 30, 2024

Dutton suggests apology for calling Lebanese-Muslim migration a ‘mistake’ made to ‘senior person’ in community

Opposition leader claims he apologised for 2016 comments despite Muslim leaders reportedly saying they have no recollection of an apology

The Guardian - AU · Sep 19, 2024

Independent targeting western Sydney seat says he ‘supports Palestine resistance’ after Facebook controversy

Peter Dutton says Labor shouldn’t do preference deal with Dr Ziad Basyouny after it was reported he shared post celebrating 7 October Hamas attacks

The Guardian - AU · Sep 6, 2024