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Outgoing Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews says she did not know text messages would be sent on election day about a boat interception in Australian waters.

MP who held ultra-marginal seat of Bass says party needs to abandon culture wars and return to basics

Scott Morrison has revealed an asylum seeker vessel on its way to Australia was turned back last week, while spruiking his national security credentials.

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