Tag: Federal Politics
Controversial deportation Direction 99 not a mistake, Labor frontbencher Murray Watt says
It was not a mistake for Immigration Minister Andrew Giles to issue…
Marles seeks to cool tensions with Beijing following ‘frank’ discussions with Chinese defence minister
Australia needs “the most productive relationship” with China, Defence Minister Richard Marles…
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus reveals new laws to target deepfake porn will be introduced to parliament
Creeps who use artificial intelligence to create and circulate deepfake pornographic images…
Matt Keogh defends Government’s decision to end live sheep exports after farmer convoy descends on Perth
Albanese Government frontbencher Matt Keogh has defended the decision to shut down…
‘Do they even exist?’: Minister’s drone surveillance claim questioned
The federal opposition is turning the screws on Immigration Minister Andrew Giles…
Defence Minister Richard Marles lays out demands to Beijing
Defence Minister Richard Marles is challenging Beijing to make clear that it…
Michelle Grattan: Religious hate Bill might’ve hit dead end after sparks flew
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus and his shadow, Michaelia Cash, are both volatile characters.…
‘Threat to democracy’: AFP boss Reece Kershaw warns on rising threats to MPs
Australian parliamentarians are facing a rising number of threats to their safety,…
AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw says 60 per cent of youth terror suspects charged with offences since July 2021
More than half of young people investigated by federal counter-terrorism police in…
Half of Direction 99 deportations revoked by Administrative Appeals Tribunal with more in the pipeline
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal used the controversial Ministerial Direction 99 to overturn…
Anthony Albanese assures Kiwi PM he will take a ‘common sense’ approach to migration reforms
Anthony Albanese has downplayed tensions with New Zealand’s prime minister who has…
AEC proposes to abolish federal Labor seat of Higgins
Labor’s inner-east Melbourne seat of Higgins is set to be abolished at…