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German students to be deported after 'attention seeking' Sydney climate protest

The federal government cancels the visas of two German students who were arrested after blocking traffic at Port Botany, in Sydney's south, this morning.

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NSW Liberals to consider fresh preselection plan to avoid federal intervention

State executive set to weigh up push for fast-tracked plebiscites in challenged seats, including those of ministers Sussan Ley and Alex Hawke

The Guardian - AU

‘So angry’: Scott Morrison faces Liberal uprising over dumped election plan

NSW Liberals are on the brink of civil war as party bosses try to hurriedly revive a failed deal to end a long-running dispute over preselections.

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Supreme Court’s preselection ruling is a major blow to Scott Morrison and his NSW party-room allies

Some of Scott Morrison's closest party-room allies could face internal challenges for their seats after a High Court decision handed down Friday.

The New Daily

Court settles stoush between Liberal Party NSW and federal executives

The Supreme Court rules in favour of the NSW Liberal Party's executive, which is responsible for endorsing federal candidates, allowing its members to stay beyond a Monday deadline set by their federal counterparts.

ABC News

Reprieve for NSW Liberal party as court ruling provides a month to sort out preselections

State branch no longer has to rely on federal intervention – but that doesn’t mean the federal division has given up on influencing selections

The Guardian - AU

Court asked to rule in long-running Liberal Party power struggle over who gets to choose candidates in NSW seats

The Liberals at state and federal level are going head to head in court in a long-running battle over preselections – so what it's all about?

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Alex Hawke fails to appear in supreme court for NSW Liberal party preselection case

‘It’s an extraordinary state of affairs that a federal minister would not appear in court,’ senior party member says

The Guardian - AU

Sydney news: Glenmore Park home destroyed by fire after lightning strike, trains partially back

MORNING BRIEFING: A fire has ripped through a house in Sydney's west after it was struck by lightning during last night's storms.

ABC News

Scott Morrison’s preselection plan draws Liberal court challenge

A battle is headed for the NSW Supreme Court, as opposition grows to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s plea to save three MPs from preselection challenges.

The New Daily

NSW Liberals set to take federal minister to court in battle over who chooses election candidates

After months of frustration, an internal stoush as broken out into the open, with the Liberal Party of NSW taking a senior federal minister to court over what it says is an attempt to intervene in grassroots pre-selection processes.

ABC News

NSW Liberal party factional turmoil escalates to supreme court action

Member of state executive seeks to force party to follow constitution which calls for rank and file preselection ballots

The Guardian - AU

Scott Morrison’s pleas to save sitting MPs fails to win over Liberals

Mr Morrison and members of his centre-right faction have sought to have the executive of the NSW Liberal Party intervene to lock in federal preselections.

The New Daily

In key election battlegrounds, the Liberal party is nowhere to be seen

Factional warfare in Scott Morrison’s home state is giving the Coalition’s opponents a valuable head start when it comes to campaigning

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NSW Liberals reject another push to endorse sitting MPs as federal intervention considered

State party again refuses to endorse federal ministers Sussan Ley and Alex Hawke, as well as key moderate Trent Zimmerman

The New Daily

Coalition fails to justify deportation ‘test’ as Labor folds

The government is struggling to justify legislation empowering the Immigration Minister to deport people guilty of the most minor criminal offences.

The Guardian - AU

What is the strengthening character test bill and does Australia need it?

The Coalition wants to prevent ‘overseas criminals’ staying but Labor says the government already has power to do that

The Guardian - AU

Labor helps Coalition pass its visa cancellation character test bill in the lower house

Immigration minister Alex Hawke admits government is using bill as a ‘test for Labor’ as national security emerges as federal election issue

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AAP

Minister would consider Djokovic's return

Immigration Minister Alex Hawke, the man who had Novak Djokovic's Australian visa cancelled, says the door is not closed on the Serb's possible return.

The Guardian - AU

Parliament debates character test bill – as it happened

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The Conversation

With Australia reopening its borders to tourists, why are thousands of refugees still waiting for entry?

More than five months after Taliban forces overran Kabul, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke made a long-awaited announcement in January to resettle Afghan refugees. Over the next four years, Australia will offer 10,000 places to Afghans in humanitarian need and another 5,000 visas to Afghans reuniting with family in Australia.

The Guardian - AU

Speculation on Tudge’s future; integrity commission plans shelved – as it happened

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PM calls for strengthened visa powers

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says new visa laws, being introduced this week, are needed to boot out foreign criminals.

The Guardian - AU

‘Stroke of a pen’: Coalition urged to accept Afghan refugees in addition to existing intake

Immigration minister previously announced places for Afghan nationals within existing visa program in move critics call ‘mean and tricky’

The Guardian - AU

Government plans to send Hazara asylum seeker back to Afghanistan may face high court challenge

Immigration minister Alex Hawke argued the initial decision to send the asylum seeker back to Afghanistan should be upheld regardless of Taliban rule

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