The Latest Breaking News from Karen Andrews

Queensland's losing LNP and Labor candidates in three inner-city Brisbane seats decline requests to speak to media, following a historic "greenslide" swing towards the Greens.

Outgoing home affairs minister Karen Andrews has warned Labor to keep watch after two asylum seeker boats on their way to Australia were turned back.

Liberal politicians begin jostling to replace outgoing Prime Minister Scott Morrison as party leader after Labor seizes government from the Coalition, with Peter Dutton the frontrunner.

McPherson MP Karen Andrews says community concerns about light rail stage 4, not an investment property she owns along the proposed route, are behind her opposition to the controversial project.

Home affairs minister says route chosen through Palm Beach is ‘not tenable’, prompting angry response from city’s mayor

Gold Coast MP Karen Andrews says she doesn't support a proposal to link light rail from Burleigh Heads to Coolangatta and has asked that "no federal funding be directed to this project as it stands".

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate has hit out at the LNP and Labor, saying the two parties are "taking Gold Coasters for granted" ahead of the federal election.

Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews dismisses demands from the Labor Party for an urgent intelligence briefing on the controversial security pact between China and Solomon Islands, after yesterday alleging the deal could have been timed to hurt the Coalition's electoral chances.

Marise Payne says other members of the ‘Pacific family’ share concerns but she rejects claims her government ‘dropped the ball’ in the region

Kristina Keneally says home affairs minister must clarify comments or brief Labor on intelligence reporting of foreign interference

A senior Australian minister is suggesting that China deliberately announced its security pact with the Solomon Islands during an election campaign to undermine her government’s chances of reelection