Australian court curtails government's citizenship powers Australia’s highest court landmark ruling Wednesday will curtail how governments can deal with extremists The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2022
Court rules minister can’t strip dual nationals of Australian citizenship for suspected terrorism High court found in favour of Turkish citizen whose Australian citizenship was cancelled over Asio finding he joined Islamic State The Guardian - AU · Jun 8, 2022
Albanese government promises national corruption watchdog will have power to investigate pork-barrelling Attorney general Mark Dreyfus says ‘serious and systemic’ past corruption allegations would be part of new commission’s remit The Guardian - AU · Jun 8, 2022
Attorney-General wants federal integrity commission up and running by mid-2023 Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus wants a federal corruption watchdog up and running by mid-2023, if legislation can be passed this year. ABC News · Jun 7, 2022
Corruption watchdog to probe grants Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says the national integrity commission should have scope to probe pork barrelling. AAP · Jun 7, 2022
Peter Dutton is consciously uncoupling himself and the Liberals from Morrison’s integrity commission car crash Could the 47th parliament come together and leave a multi-partisan legacy or is the new Liberal leader setting up a wedge with Labor? The Guardian - AU · Jun 3, 2022
Crossbenchers urge new attorney general to end prosecution of Bernard Collaery Greens and independents back calls for Mark Dreyfuss to withdraw commonwealth consent to all charges in Timor-Leste bugging case The Guardian - AU · Jun 2, 2022
Gerard Brennan, former High Court Chief Justice who wrote lead judgement on Mabo decision, dies age 94 Sir Gerard served on the High Court for 17 years and played a significant role in shaping Australia's legal system, including writing the lead judgement on the Mabo decision. ABC News · Jun 2, 2022
Labor’s full cabinet has finally been sworn in. Here’s a who’s who of new ministers Although Labor hasn't been in government since 2013, almost half of the new cabinet have past experience as government ministers. The New Daily · Jun 1, 2022
Who's in the new Labor government cabinet? Who got what role on the frontbench? Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled his new cabinet, with election losses and cabinet shake-ups seeing some new faces enter the fold. Here's who got what position. ABC News · May 31, 2022
October trial date set for Bernard Collaery nearly four years after charges laid Lawyers hope to appeal against decision to block access to documents about Timor-Leste espionage operation The Guardian - AU · May 26, 2022
Mark Dreyfus flags Bernard Collaery case as priority if appointed attorney general Labor MP says he would ‘seek an early briefing’ on prosecution of Collaery after criticising commonwealth’s handling The Guardian - AU · May 23, 2022
Ukraine president addresses parliament; Putin a ‘war criminal’, PM says – as it happened Follow all the day’s news The Guardian - AU · Mar 31, 2022
‘They all play hard’: what happened when Kimberley Kitching came to Canberra? After a six-year upper-house career, the Labor senator’s sudden death has prompted an outpouring of grief – and recrimination The Guardian - AU · Mar 25, 2022
ABC News · Mar 16, 2022 Tanya Plibersek says a Muslim woman on a train in Sydney has no protection under the law if someone yells at her for wearing a hijab. Is that correct? Shadow Minister for Education and Women, Tanya Plibersek, says a Muslim woman on a train in Sydney would have no protection under the law if someone yelled at her for wearing a hijab. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 9, 2022 Anthony Albanese warns religious discrimination bill could ‘drive us apart’ as Labor pushes for amendments Opposition confident it can make changes in Senate to neuter controversial statement of belief clause