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Immigration detainee forcibly sedated while deported

The forcible injecting of an immigration detainee with an antipsychotic drug as he was being deported has been slammed by a federal government watchdog.

Deportation bill 'constitutionally unsound': inquiry

Deportation bill 'constitutionally unsound': inquiry

A senate inquiry has been told more than 80,000 non-citizens could be removed from Australia under a Labor goverment bill.

Andrew Giles approved rule change that raised risk serious criminals might keep visas

Andrew Giles approved rule change that raised risk serious criminals might keep visas

Exclusive: former immigration minister raised threshold for ministerial reconsideration of character cancellations

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Hackers try to sting top mandarins at Home Affairs with fake emails impersonating officials

The Home Affairs deputy secretary said Australia needed ‘look at where the threats are materialising’.

'No change' in Nauru resettlement deal with New Zealand

New Zealand should still resettle 96 asylum-seekers detained in Nauru despite its reservations, Australian officials say.

Criminals facing deportation from Australia have had their visas restored. How did this happen and who is to blame?

The January 2023 direction set out new rules for visa cancellations. But the government says it is being interpreted by the AAT in a way that was not intended

The Guardian - AU

Labor reverses course on ministerial ruling that saw criminals given visas

PM seeks to minimise fallout from revelation that dozens of visas were restored to non-citizens with criminal convictions facing deportation

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Visa appeal tribunal told to go harder on criminals

Visa appeal tribunal told to go harder on criminals

An independent tribunal will be given a new direction after an initial order to consider someone's ties to Australia allowed a rapist to remain in the country.

Labor’s deportation bill could affect 375 children born in Australia, advocates warn

Labor’s deportation bill could affect 375 children born in Australia, advocates warn

Greens senator David Shoebridge says hundreds face ‘real threat’ of being separated from parents or sent overseas to ‘unknown future’

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s deportation bill could affect several thousand more people than first estimated, inquiry told

Labor’s deportation bill could affect several thousand more people than first estimated, inquiry told

Up to 5,000 non-citizens could receive orders to cooperate with removal from Australia, home affairs officials say

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The week in parliament: Albanese’s attempts to appease Dutton land Labor in a political quagmire of its own making

The week in parliament: Albanese’s attempts to appease Dutton land Labor in a political quagmire of its own making

Curtailing of parliamentary debate frustrates crossbench, terse words over bureaucrat’s tears, and unlikely bedfellows on excessive-deaths motion

The Guardian - AU

Senator quits party to sit as independent – as it happened

Senator quits party to sit as independent – as it happened

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Labor pushes ‘Trump-style’ deportation bill

Labor pushes ‘Trump-style’ deportation bill

A new deportation bill might bar citizens of entire countries from getting visas, YouTube blocks videos at the request of the Indian government, and Albanese announces cash for oz-made solar.

Labor’s deportation bill could be used to blacklist entire countries’ citizens from obtaining visas to Australia

Labor’s deportation bill could be used to blacklist entire countries’ citizens from obtaining visas to Australia

Greens attack legislation, now the subject of a Senate inquiry, as a ‘Trump-style travel ban’

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New Home Affairs head appointed after Pezzullo sacking

Stephanie Foster has been named as the new Home Affairs department secretary after former boss Mike Pezzullo was sacked.

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‘Unjust and cruel’ lack of clarity still hangs over 64 refugees exiled in PNG

Questions remain following whistleblower claims of corruption and nepotism in the Australian-sponsored program

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Everything you need to know from day one of Senate estimates

Pezzullo on full pay, Infrastructure dept's 'hotties list', and more.

Sidelined home affairs boss on full pay during probe

Sidelined home affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo remains on his full pay package of $915,000 while his conduct is being investigated following leaked texts.

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Nauru offshore processing to cost Australian taxpayers $485m despite only 22 asylum seekers remaining

Home affairs department officials dispute suggestions this year’s cost amounts to $22m a person

Parly staffers to log after-hours access

Federal government staffers who visit Parliament House after hours will be monitored in a new trial, with bosses able to opt out of receiving information.

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