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22:00 Albanese, Dutton return to campaign trail after pause to mark Pope’s death

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton return to full campaigning for the May 3 election, after pausing on Tuesday morning to mark the death of Pope Francis.

12/12 Vow to reverse controversial Aus Day rule

A senior Liberal MP has pledged to force local councils into holding citizenship ceremonies on Australia Day, overturning Labor-era reforms which allow for a three-day buffer on either side of January 26.

03/12 Fury over missing jobs in priority visa list

A key building industry group says they are “dismayed” after key construction workers were left off a revamped list detailing skilled migrants who can access visas, saying the oversight will only inflame Australia’s housing crisis and labour shortage.

24/07 Australian politics are less extreme than the US — but Albanese and Dutton can't ignore the parallels

The two sides of politics in Australia will slug it out over inflation, immigration and energy between now and the election — and both will be closely watching how these issues play out in the US.

11/07 Former immigration detainee allegedly breached conditions not to go near schools or childcare centres eight times

A man released by the High Court following the NZYQ decision has been charged with breaching his visa conditions by visiting within 200 metres of a school or childcare centre on eight separate occasions.

06/06 Australian mum pleads for compassion as fiance stranded in Bangkok after trying to qualify for Olympics

The family live in Wagga Wagga with their 14-month-old son but are still waiting for a partner visa to be approved. 

04/05 Pressure mounts on government over detainee handling

The Opposition has turned up the pressure on Immigration Minister Andrew Giles over the management of ex-detainees and the decision to not place ankle monitoring requirements on a man who is alleged to have attacked a Perth grandmother.

03/05 ‘Surely that’s a failure?’: Nat confronts Albo

Anthony Albanese has conceded a board set up to manage ex-detainees released by the High Court made the “wrong decision” in not recommending an ankle bracelet for a man who allegedly attacked a Perth grandmother.

09/04 Anthony Albanese urged to steal New Zealand’s plan to get on top of surging immigration

Australia is being urged to follow the lead of New Zealand in dramatically slashing the country’s migrant intake and tightening rules surrounding sought-after visas.

27/03 Claim detainee details being ‘covered up’

Senior public servants have been accused of attempting to “cover up and protect the government’s interests” in a fiery late night senate hearing.

27/03 Hardworking family stripped of work rights

The Department of Home Affairs is under pressure to reverse a decision to strip a hardworking family of asylum seekers of their rights to work.

18/03 Fears more ‘hardened crims’ to be released

Hundreds more “hardened criminals” could be released into the community as new legal challenges rewrite immigration detention, the Coalition claims.

15/03 Next move in High Court detainees battle

Dozens of lawyers have been brought on board to help the government sift through hundreds of thousands of documents in a bid to redetain some non-citizens released from indefinite detention after last year’s landmark High Court case.

19/02 Hadley’s foul-mouthed rant at Albo

2GB stalwart Ray Hadley had to be censored on his own program after lambasting Anthony Albanese and other ministers in a fiery rant.

12/02 Senator announces shock resignation

Liberal senator Linda Reynolds will retire from federal parliament. The Western Australian senator, who served as defence minister from 2019 to 2021, announced she would not seek pre-selection for the next election due in 2025.

12/02 Shock number of crims released after ruling

Seven murderers, 37 sex offenders and 72 violent criminals were released from immigration detention following last year’s landmark NZYQ High Court ruling.

11/02 A massive fire left 7,000 people, including thousands of children, homeless. Australia didn't seem to notice

In the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, more than 1 million people are living in worsening conditions. However, the world wasn't watching when tragedy unfolded.

09/01 Labor on blast over ‘Aussie values’

Would-be Australians are increasingly struggling to pass citizenship tests, prompting the Coalition to put the government on notice for “not investing” in Australian values.

22/12 ‘Not China’: New group coming to Aus by 2050

There are calls for Australia to capitalise on an emerging group of international university of students, as a new report identifies Africa as a major source of students over the next 30 years.

06/12 ‘Gutless’: Tough detainee laws passed

The federal government will re-detain the “worst of the worst” among former immigration detainees after it passed its new preventative detention laws during a heated late-night debate.

05/12 Albo’s detainee headache almost over

A political headache over the detention of non-citizens is one step closer to being resolved after the Senate pushed through new laws earlier than expected.

04/12 ‘No logic’: MP explodes over High Court arrests

Federal Labor MP Bill Shorten has ramped up pressure on the Coalition to pass Labor’s preventive detention laws as calls for the Immigration Minister to resign grow amid revelations that two former detainees were arrested just weeks after being released by the High Court.

04/12 Albo in tears after Labor MP’s shock death

Anthony Albanese has announced Labor MP Peta Murphy has died after a lengthy battle with cancer, aged 50.

04/12 How will the new 'preventative detention' regime for released immigration detainees work?

For weeks now the federal government has been wrestling with what to do about scores of immigration detainees it was forced into releasing. So what's the proposed preventative detention regime?

04/12 Last ditch plan to lock up crims

Convicted criminals released in the wake of the NZYQ ruling could be sent to prison for rolling three-year stints under new laws the federal government wants to push through this week.

30/11 ‘Crossed the line’: Dutton slams Labor

Peter Dutton has slammed Labor for labelling him a “paedophile protector” as he warned that the government’s recent bungling on immigration could unravel a longstanding precedent.

28/11 Major update after refugees released

Australia’s highest court has delivered its reasons for ordering the release of hundreds of people being held indefinitely in immigration detention – some of them foreign criminals – after it found the scheme was “unlawful”.

28/11 Detainees released from immigration detention without ankle monitoring devices

The federal government is refusing to say why it opted against imposing ankle monitoring bracelets on three of the people released into the community following a landmark High Court ruling.

25/11 “Not a bad person”: Killer’s desperate plea to stay in Australia

A Malaysian man convicted of the brutal slaying of a “politically linked” pregnant model has pleaded with authorities to let him stay in Australia.

20/11 Aussie housing turned into ‘misery machine’

A leading economist has branded Australian housing a “misery machine” while reiterating calls for cuts to immigration until construction can catch up with demand.

18/11 Released migrants to wear ankle monitor

A group of immigrants, released from detention in Australia following a landmark High Court ruling, will be fitted with electronic ankle monitors today as part of their strict visa conditions.

17/11 Details of freed criminals revealed

Almost a third of the 92 detainees released following a landmark High Court judgment that found indefinite immigration detention was unlawful have committed “very serious” crimes against women or children, or high-level violent crimes.

16/11 Tough visa rules pass parliament

New laws imposing mandatory curfews and electronic monitoring on people released from immigration detention have passed parliament.

16/11 Emergency push to deal with criminals

The federal government has sought to rush a raft of new measures through parliament after dozens of detainees – including convicted criminals – were released over the past week.

15/11 Radical move as child rapists, killers released

Electronic ankle monitors and strict curfews will be slapped on murderers and child rapists released from immigration detention by the High Court.

15/11 ‘Urgent’: New visa laws to hit Australia

Tough new laws will permit the use of electronic monitoring ankle bracelets, strict curfews and threat of jail time as part of the federal government’s “urgent” response to the release of dozens of asylum seekers last week.

15/11 Anthony Albanese missing in action after 83 criminals released

Anthony Albanese is under fire for being “missing in action” over the fallout from the release of 83 criminals into the community after a High Court decision.

14/11 Top economist’s shock migration backflip

A leading economist has weighed into the increasingly heated debate over Australia’s housing crisis, calling for a slowdown in immigration to allow time for supply to catch up with demand.

14/11 Foreign Paedophiles, murderers and criminals released

A paedophile who raped a 10-year-old boy, a hit man who blew up a pregnant woman with explosives and a sex predator who attacked elderly women are among the foreign criminals released into the community following a landmark High Court decision.

12/11 Dozens of asylum seekers released

Eighty people have been released from immigration detention after the High Court last week determined dozens of asylum seekers were being held unlawfully.

15/10 Surprising area that voted Yes

One state has emerged as a bastion of Yes support in a country that swung overwhelmingly towards No in the Voice to parliament referendum.

10/09 Asylum seeker completes 1,000km walk to Sydney to raise awareness for families in limbo

Neil Para and his family feel strongly embedded within the Ballarat community, but fear they could be deported at any moment after living without a visa for more than nine years.

25/08 'Home is here': Celebrated restaurant owning-family facing deportation after 'bad migration advice'

The Tran family have worked hard to build their lives in Australia — running and owning an award-winning restaurant — but they say after receiving incorrect migration advice, they could lose it all.

16/08 Couple’s desperate plea to stay in Australia

An expectant couple who have called Australia home for more than a decade say they have been left “living in limbo for years” with no answer about their future in the country.

11/08 Government lifts humanitarian intake cap to 20,000 visas

The federal government will raise the number of places in Australia's humanitarian visa program to 20,000 from its previous cap of 17,875. The move returns the cap to the level set by Labor when it was last in power.

01/08 Tragic reason worker forced to live in shipping containers

The federal government has been called to amend a bill to ensure vulnerable migrant workers will not face deportation for reporting employer exploitation.

07/07 ‘Coward’: Trump Jr slams Aussie government

Donald Trump Junior has broken his silence following comments made by federal Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil, who suggested the businessman’s Australian tour was postponed due to him not selling enough tickets.

05/06 ‘National shame’: Major change for workers

Australian employers have been warned they face a two-year prison sentence if migrant workers are exploited under a fresh government crackdown.

20/04 Heartwarming detail in man’s visa battle

A deaf migrant has been granted a permanent visa at the 11th hour after he was nearly deported from Australia and separated from his family over the failure of a migration agent.

15/03 Fruit picker’s insane savings sparks debate

A French backpacker, who claims he has saved $15,000 in three months working on a farm in Western Australia, has asked the controversial question: “How can you be poor in Australia?”

08/03 Byron Bay Brit can stay in Australia, for now

A woman who was staring down the barrel of deportation this week can stay in Australia for another three months.

07/03 Family set to be booted out of the country over son's disability

Aneesh Kollikkara and Krishna Aneesh, who made a home in south Perth with their two children are devastated to be facing deportation after their permanent residency application was denied.

04/03 “Taxpayer burden”: Family faces deportation over disabled son

A young family from India is facing deportation all because they have a child with down syndrome who has been denied permanent residency.

01/03 ‘Legally barred’: Brit fighting cancelled visa

A British woman who has lived in Australia for the past 11 years has launched a petition urging the federal Immigration Minister to allow her to stay in the country after her visa was cancelled.

01/03 ‘Legally barred’: Brit fighting cancelled visa

A British woman who has lived in Australia for the past 11 years has launched a petition urging the federal Immigration Minister to allow her to stay in the country after her visa was cancelled.

01/03 Tears after $150k fight to stay in Australia

A South Australian family have been saved from deportation after a lengthy immigration saga.

13/02 Question that sparked Albo’s blow-up

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has sensationally hit out after the opposition accused him of pork-barrelling over mobile coverage in regional parts of the country.

13/02 Asylum boats question Albo won’t answer

Anthony Albanese has pledged to be “tough on borders, not weak on humanity” but refused to say whether the government was officially warned against ending the use of temporary protection visas

12/02 19k refugees to be given permanent residency

An estimated 19,000 refugees on temporary visas will be able to apply for a newly created permanent residency visa from Tuesday, fulfilling a long-awaited election promise made by Anthony Albanese in 2022.

22/01 PM joins Lunar New Year festivities

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has joined thousands of revellers across the country ushering in the Lunar New Year.