Immigration

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA-NCA NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 01 2020.Alan Tudge during Question Time in the House of Representatives in Parliament House in Canberra.. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Minister to appeal asylum ruling

Alan Tudge has launched an appeal after a judge earlier ruled his detention of an asylum seeker was ‘criminal’ while he was acting Immigration Minister.

Politics

A pro-Beijing supporter holds China's national flag as he and others gather outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong on November 12, 2020, a day after the city's pro-Beijing authorities ousted four pro-democracy lawmakers. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

China accuses Australia of hypocrisy

Beijing’s mouthpiece has launched its latest assault on Canberra, this time over laws that could see Chinese human rights abusers banned from entry.

US Politics

(FILES) In this file photo US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after participating in a Thanksgiving teleconference with members of the United States Military, at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 26, 2020. - In the first TV interview since losing his re-election bid, President Donald Trump indicated on November 29, 2020 that he will never concede to Joe Biden and abandon his conspiracy theory about mass ballot fraud. "It's not like you're gonna change my mind. My mind will not change in six months," Trump told Fox News interviewer Maria Bartiromo. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

America ramps up moves against China

America has ramped up pressure on China by blocking crucial imports harvested with “slave labour” and bringing in tough new visa rules.

Politics

Federal member of Parliament Alan Tudge arrives at the 2017 Mid-Winter Ball in the company of Liberal staffer Rachelle Miller who he was having an affair with.

Ex-lover lashes minister’s ‘privacy’ demand

The Government claims the ABC breached a minister’s privacy in a story about his extra-marital affair. But the other woman is having none of it.

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Citrus Pruners and backpackers Lorenzo Neri (Italy, 27), Jules Gorny (France, 26) and Niccolo Cerutti (Italy, 27) are working at Lynbrook Citrus Farm north of Gayndah. Photo Lachie Millard

Call for ‘nation-shaping’ migrant overhaul

The nation’s immigration system should be overhauled to equip Australia for a post-COVID economy, says a woman touted as Labor’s future leader.

Politics

$CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 12: Minister for Cities Alan Tudge during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House on November 12, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. The Coalition has relied on One Nation and Centre Alliance to pass its $4bn recession-busting wage subsidy JobMaker for young workers fracturing with Labor over a COVID-19 emergency relief measure. JobMaker is estimated to create 450,000 jobs, with Labor insisting on a job security amendment that would prevent employers sacking existing workers in order to qualify for the scheme. (Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images)$

Minister’s late night Facebook apology

Immigration Minister Alan Tudge did a late night Facebook post where he apoligised for his affair with a staffer that ended his marriage.

Politics

Sex with minister got staffer ‘black-listed’

The Liberal Party has been accused of running a “fake redundancy” process to get rid of a staffer who had an affair with the Immigration Minister.

Politics

Minister Alan Tudge and staffer Rachelle Miller. Picture: Four Corners/ABC

Staffer reveals affair with minister

A former press secretary to a government minister has revealed details of their affair in the “highly sexualised” Canberra environment in a bombshell interview.

US Politics

View of a recently reinforced section of the US-Mexico border as seen from Tecate, Baja California State, Mexico, on October 7, 2020. - Indigenous communities who live along the Mexico/US border are struggling due to US President Donald Trump's reinforcement and expansion of the border wall and the environmental and cultural affectations caused by its construction. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP)

‘Not another foot’: border wall in doubt

It was one of Trump’s biggest election promises but Joe Biden pledged not “another foot” of the wall between the US and Mexico will be built.

National

Half of Aussies want immigration cut

Residents have roundly rejected the idea of a “big Australia”, with a new survey revealing what we really think about population growth.

NSW

NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley speaks during a NSW Disability Advocacy Alliance 'Stand by Me' campaign event at the NSW Parliament building in Sydney, Tuesday, April 10, 2018. (AAP Image/Erik Anderson) NO ARCHIVING

Foley on immigration: Hang on a minute

NSW Opposition leader Luke Foley has flagged a slowdown in immigration as Sydney speeds towards a population surge of more than a million people over 12 years.

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Folau could be banned from entering NZ: report

A FORMER New Zealand immigration minister says Wallabies superstar Israel Folau could be banned from entering the country because of his “bigotry against homosexuals,” according to a report.

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