FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 6 - Caught on Camera

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 · Jan 29, 2024

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 · Jan 18, 2024

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 · Dec 14, 2023

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.

AAP · Nov 28, 2023

'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.

AAP · Nov 27, 2023

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.

The Conversation · Nov 27, 2023

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.

AAP · Nov 26, 2023

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

The Guardian - AU · Nov 23, 2023

'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 · Nov 22, 2023

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.

AAP · Nov 20, 2023