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Albanese’s asylum policy is almost identical to the Coalition’s – Dutton’s attacks are manifesting a crisis

The opposition leader seems more than happy to will Operation Sovereign Borders to failure if it gets him closer to the Lodge

The Guardian - AU · Feb 18, 2024

When it comes to failure of responsibility, there are far greater examples than Barnaby Joyce’s pavement incident

While the footpath fiasco took all the attention, it turns out suspected gun runners and drug traffickers were running offshore detention

The Guardian - AU · Feb 16, 2024

Unwilling deportee tests High Court detention ruling

An immigration detainee is fighting for freedom after a decade but the Commonwealth is pushing to keep those who don't co-operate with authorities locked up.

AAP · Feb 16, 2024

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Hundreds more immigration detainees could be released in sequel to NZYQ high court ruling

Attorney general applies to have case heard by high court to end legal uncertainty on detainees who refuse to cooperate on deportation

The Guardian - AU · Feb 15, 2024

Peter Dutton intervened to allow criminal to extend stay in Australia

Then home affairs minister granted two-month visa despite his department finding the applicant ‘did not pass the character test’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 13, 2024

Seven of the immigration detainees released in Australia were convicted of murder or attempted murder

Home affairs department also reveals 24 former detainees have been charged with visa rule breaches or state offences since their release

The Guardian - AU · Feb 12, 2024

Freed immigration detainee sues Australian government for damages for alleged false imprisonment

Stateless Kurdish man’s compensation case is the first sparked by high court ruling that indefinite detention is unlawful

The Guardian - AU · Jan 15, 2024

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Police on alert for potential violence at Eritrean festival in Melbourne

Supporters of the African nation’s dictatorial regime have clashed with opponents in the diaspora at similar events in other countries

The Guardian - AU · Jan 10, 2024

Visas to address skill shortage on cards for roundtable

Addressing skills shortages will be on the agenda when federal, state and territory ministers meet for the first migration roundtable.

AAP · Dec 18, 2023

Morning Mail: detention rules secretly lifted, US passes Aukus law, Warner’s timely ton

Minister eases restrictions in apparent bid to thwart legal action; US Congress votes through Aukus rules

The Guardian - AU · Dec 14, 2023

New Queensland premier Steven Miles to legislate to reduce state carbon emissions by 75% by 2035 – as it happend

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 14, 2023

Immigration minister lifts ankle bracelet and curfew conditions for two ex-detainees suing Australian government

Andrew Giles eases visa restrictions for at least two of the three people challenging new rules in high court

The Guardian - AU · Dec 14, 2023

Released immigration detainees spur $255m spend

The government has allocated $255 million for "community safety measures" in response to a court ruling that freed some 150 people from immigration detention.

AAP · Dec 12, 2023

Education review released – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 10, 2023

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The Guardian - AU · Dec 10, 2023

Morning Mail: changes to ‘broken’ migration system; Cop28 goes down to the wire; winter looms in Gaza

Labor says visa reforms are needed to address exploitation; leaders at climate summit told to embrace compromise; trapped Palestinians dread rise of disease

The Guardian - AU · Dec 10, 2023

The migration strategy won’t silence Dutton but Labor is backing away from the feared Big Australia

The Albanese government is reducing migrant intake as it seeks to make inroads to easing the population and housing squeeze before the next election

The Conversation · Dec 7, 2023

Grattan on Friday: winners and losers in end-of-year report card on Albanese ministers

It’s not just kids who get report cards (PDFs these days) as school breaks up. So do government ministers, when parliament rises at year’s end.

The Guardian - AU · Dec 7, 2023

Fifth immigration detainee arrested after release due to high court ruling

Parliament told man arrested in connection with an outstanding warrant

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The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2023

Australian Parliament rushes through laws that could see detention of freed dangerous migrants

The Australian government has rushed legislation through Parliament that could place behind bars some of the migrants freed after the High Court ruled their indefinite detention was unconstitutional

The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023

Fourth former immigration detainee charged after release due to high court ruling

45-year-old Sudanese-born man who allegedly stole luggage at airport becomes latest former detainee charged following NZYQ decision

The Guardian - AU · Dec 6, 2023

Labor passes preventive detention laws as judges gain power to cancel citizenship of serious offenders

Move comes as attorney general Mark Dreyfus has fiery exchange with reporter over government’s response to high court indefinite detention ruling

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2023

Australian government hopes to rush laws that could detain dangerous migrants

The Australian government hopes to rush legislation through Parliament that could place behind bars some of the migrants who have been freed since the High Court ruled their indefinite detention was unconstitutional

The Conversation · Dec 5, 2023

View from The Hill: government's announcement tsunami overshadowed by crisis over ex-detainees

It’s always a rush at the end of the year to push out announcements, but the Albanese government, with an overloaded work program, is finding itself jammed as Christmas bears down.

The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2023

Mark Dreyfus approved human rights commission’s intervention in indefinite detention case

Attorney general signed off on AHRC’s intervention in favour of the plaintiff NZYQ, provided it made clear it was doing so on its own behalf

The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2023

Two immigration detainees charged after release due to high court ruling

Coalition calls for Clare O’Neil and Andrew Giles to resign as fallout from NZYQ decision continues

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