Nuclear waste from AUKUS nations could be on cards A Senate report into nuclear safety laws has recommended Australia accept low-level waste from the UK and US as part of AUKUS. AAP · May 13, 2024
Labor’s deportation bill could affect 375 children born in Australia, advocates warn Greens senator David Shoebridge says hundreds face ‘real threat’ of being separated from parents or sent overseas to ‘unknown future’ The Guardian - AU · Apr 17, 2024
Migration bill echoes 'White Australia policy': hearing Legal experts and advocates have lambasted the Albanese government's bill to issue a travel ban on citizens from some countries and to forcibly deport refugees. AAP · Apr 15, 2024
'Unjust, unfair and unwise': refugees slam laws push Proposed laws to deport refugees to countries they escaped from are cruel policies that tear at Australia's multiculturalism, refugee communities say. AAP · Apr 11, 2024
US shipyards up to three years behind schedule on submarines as concerns grow for Aukus pact Greens senator David Shoebridge says review of shipbuilding program ‘adds to the growing list of reasons why Aukus is likely to fall over’ The Guardian - AU · Apr 4, 2024
‘Poison portal’: US and UK could send nuclear waste to Australia under Aukus, inquiry told Labor describes claims as ‘fear-mongering’ and says government would not accept waste from other nations The Guardian - AU · Apr 1, 2024
Penny Wong blames ‘Peter Dutton-Adam Bandt alliance’ for failure to pass Labor’s deportation laws But Greens’ David Shoebridge says Labor has ‘jumped the shark’ with the legislation and it requires more scrutiny The Guardian - AU · Mar 30, 2024
Questions over ALP's detainee 'deportation or jail' law The Greens are again arguing against Labor's plan for laws aimed at forcing detainees determined not to be refugees back to their home countries. AAP · Mar 30, 2024
Australia challenged on ‘moral failure’ of weapons trade with Israel Regular protests have been taking place outside Australian firms making crucial components for the F-35 fighter jet. Al Jazeera · Mar 28, 2024
Refugees risk being stripped of protection under ‘draconian’ Labor deportation bill, opponents say Greens immigration spokesperson says bill expands ministerial power to reverse protection findings and deport people previously granted asylum The Guardian - AU · Mar 28, 2024
Labor’s deportation bill fails to pass Senate in ‘almighty backfire’ as Coalition and Greens team up Opposition says bill needs ‘proper inquiry’ to guard against possible ‘unintended consequences’ despite voting with government in lower house The Guardian - AU · Mar 27, 2024
Turnbull says Australia ‘mugged by reality’ on Aukus deal as US set to halve submarine build Former PM says the reality is the US will not make their submarine deficit worse by giving or selling submarines to Australia The Guardian - AU · Mar 12, 2024
The wanted: Australia’s approach to investigating alleged international crimes ‘not working’, Greens say David Shoebridge’s comments follow reports Rwanda issued indictments for two men living in Australia it accused of participating in genocide The Guardian - AU · Feb 29, 2024
Battle over push to legalise cannabis amid health worries and 'hypocrisy' The push to end cannabis black market run by organised crime. Newcastle Herald · Feb 21, 2024
The Guardian - AU · Feb 14, 2024 Australia-Tuvalu deal on climate and security may be at risk, intelligence boss says Senior intelligence officer agrees deal is facing risk of unravelling amid ‘political change and turbulence’ in Pacific nation after elections
The Guardian - AU · Feb 14, 2024 Australian Human Rights Commission chief denies staff sanctioned for expressing pro-Palestinian views Rosalind Croucher tells Senate panel anonymous letter from employees was ‘disappointing’ and they had been reminded to stay ‘impartial’
The Guardian - AU · Feb 14, 2024 ADF chief unaware Fijian officer handed senior Australian army role was accused of torture, parliament told Angus Campbell tells parliament recently appointed brigade deputy commander Penioni (Ben) Naliva is entitled to presumption of innocence
AAP · Feb 13, 2024 Defence chief unaware of commander's torture allegation A Fijian colonel facing torture allegations was appointed to oversee 3000 Australian troops, without the knowledge of the defence force chief.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 13, 2024 AFP officer tells Senate he would repeat undercover operation on autistic teenager Deputy commissioner Ian McCartney defends controversial counter-terror decision that was criticised by a magistrate
AAP · Feb 12, 2024 Concerns raised alleged war criminals escaped overseas A Senate hearing has been told Australian soldiers being investigated for alleged war crimes committed in Afghanistan have gone overseas.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 5, 2024 Reviews under way after 13-year-old autistic boy with Islamic State fixation targeted in undercover operation Under questioning from David Shoebridge, AFP deputy commissioner says police didn’t intend to further radicalise boy known as Thomas Carrick
The Guardian - AU · Feb 5, 2024 Afternoon Update: Australia summons Chinese envoy to protest death sentence; Ben Roberts-Smith’s appeal begins; and Kylie takes home a Grammy Australian academic Yang Hengjun given a suspended death sentence after five years in detention on espionage charges in China
AAP · Dec 8, 2023 Defence 'disdain' for openness labelled a safety risk The release of documents assessing potential safety risks of the dumped Taipan helicopter fleet were blocked by the Australian Defence Force.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 28, 2023 Australian arms and ammunition exports to Israel totalled $13m over past five years, data reveals Greens call for greater transparency around exports to Israel, as Anthony Albanese meets relatives of Israelis taken hostage by Hamas on 7 October
The Guardian - AU · Nov 21, 2023 Labor and Coalition team up to retrospectively authorise ‘unlawful’ use of material gathered by Australian agency Bill authorises previous uses of coercive powers, removing legal question mark that had dogged Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission