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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

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Good morning, early birds. Immigration Minister Alex Hawke will head to the Supreme Court after the NSW Liberals launched a legal challenge to stop its federal counterpart from intervening, and a limited number of Sydney trains will run this morning after they all ground to a stop yesterday. It’s the…

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

The Guardian - AU

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 Guardian - AU

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.

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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

The Guardian - AU

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.

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Parliament debates character test bill – as it happened

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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.

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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.

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‘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’

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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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What’s happening in NSW? The Liberals’ factional civil war explained

The battle lines have been drawn — not that anyone’s taking any notice — but the ‘premier state’ is having skirmishes in its ranks on the frontline.

The Guardian - AU

Leaking explosive text messages won’t solve the Liberals’ toxic internal dispute

Voters hate internal bickering. So dragging a wild factional brawl into the public domain is not a winning strategy

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NSW Liberals’ preselection battle: what is at stake and who will win?

With only weeks before the federal election campaign formally begins, the party faces a huge brawl over the delay in selecting candidates for crucial seats

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Biloela Tamil family wins challenge to decision barring them from reapplying for bridging visas

Immigration minister’s move to prevent three members of Murugappan family from reapplying for visas ruled ‘procedurally unfair’

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Tamil family visa process 'unfair': court

A federal court has ruled that the immigration minister's decision to prevent a Tamil family from applying for further bridging visas was procedurally unfair.

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Will athletes like Kelly Slater be denied entry into Australia over vaccine comments, given reasons for Djokovic's deportation?

Could Immigration Minister Alex Hawke find it in the public interest to not let athletes such as 11-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater into Australia for the upcoming WSL events, given the reasoning behind Novak Djokovic's deportation and the top surfer's vaccine comments?

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