November
Dutton vows ‘deeper cuts’ to student enrolments, migration numbers
The opposition leader says Labor’s management of migration has been an “onshore disaster”, but he has declined to detail the Coalition’s policy.
- Tom McIlroy and Julie Hare
May
Sunak stumbles on Rwanda migrant plan as campaign kicks off
The prime minister conceded he cannot introduce promised signature policies on deporting asylum seekers before the July 4 election, as campaigning got under way.
- Michael Holden and Andrew MacAskill
April
Ryanair CEO would ‘happily’ offer flights deporting people to Rwanda
Michael O’Leary shrugged off warnings from the United Nations, which said airlines facilitating the removals could be complicit in violating international law.
- Kate Duffy and Charlotte Ryan
February
Dutton aiding people smugglers with overblown claims: PM
Anthony Albanese has accused Peter Dutton of acting as a cheer squad for people smugglers by over-egging the seriousness of the latest arrival.
- Phillip Coorey
Boat arrivals who reached WA taken to Nauru
Andrew Hastie said the government was “soft and weak” on national security as the opposition doubled down on its attacks over the boat arrival.
- Tom McIlroy and Maxim Shanahan
Knocked-back students use appeals, asylum to stay
Slower processing times and higher rejection rates have experts concerned that appeal pathways could get flooded.
- Julie Hare
December 2023
EU, France deliver migration crackdowns as populists surge
A “breakthrough” deal could end years of infighting over illegal immigrants. Emmanuel Macron needed a key rival’s support for his tough reforms.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Rolling three-year prison sentences for high risk non-citizens
The bill will face a stoush in the Senate as the Coalition says it does not go far enough and the Greens have labelled it ‘knee-jerk hysteria policymaking’.
- Ronald Mizen
November 2023
Boat row compounds Labor’s immigration woes
The Albanese government has accused Peter Dutton of weaponising national security after the first asylum seeker boat in nine years reached the Australian mainland.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
Dozens of immigration detainees to be freed after High Court ruling
The judgment on the case of a Rohingya man originally jailed for child sex offences ends the government’s ability to indefinitely hold immigration detainees.
- Andrew Tillett
August 2023
Corporate Travel faces fallout over UK refugee barge
Fund managers are sticking with the company, but the Bibby Stockholm barge has sparked concerns from some investors, who fear it is a high-risk, high-profile job that will backfire.
- Liam Walsh and Ayesha de Kretser
AFP gave ‘wrong’ information on Dutton briefing
A top Federal Police officer says “tighter language” should have been used in a written response on what Peter Dutton was told about a foreign bribery investigation.
- Andrew Tillett and Neil Chenoweth
July 2023
Probe ordered into offshore detention contracts
Former security mandarin Dennis Richardson will scrutinise contracts to operate offshore asylum seeker detention camps after claims of suspect payments.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
Dutton pressed to explain why bribery suspect was given detention deal
Anthony Albanese says Peter Dutton has to address “serious allegations” after police briefed him about a bribery investigation into a detention centre provider.
- Andrew Tillett
April 2023
Why it will take more than €1 villas to solve a population crisis
Europe and the UK are struggling to balance declining birthrates, shrinking populations, jobs shortages and a surge in illegal immigration.
- Hans van Leeuwen
March 2023
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Letters: Polluters need to pivot at once
The big emitters, safeguard mechanism and Peter Dutton; BHP and company tax; Albanese government’s trajectory; defence spending; offshore detention; robo-debt.
February 2023
Labor ‘opens door to people smugglers’: Coalition
The federal opposition has seized on revelations extra military ships and aircraft have been deployed to carry out patrols of the northern approaches to Australia.
- Andrew Tillett
July 2022
Coalition should apologise over boat saga: O’Neil
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil says the federal opposition should hang their head in shame’ after an inquiry found public servants were pressured to reveal an asylum seeker boat arrival on election day.
- Finbar O'Mallon
Morrison blamed for election day asylum seeker stunt
The former Morrison government instructed Home Affairs to publicise the interception of an asylum seeker boat on election day for political purposes.
- Phillip Coorey
May 2022
Legal limbo drags on despite plans for Biloela return
The Murugappan family are free to return to their home of Biloela in Central Queensland, but their lawyer says they are not out of legal limbo yet.
- Georgie Moore