Christine Nixon
Opinion
Immigration
Four reasons why the prime minister won’t sack Andrew Giles
The Coalition has dominated the debate on the release of criminals from immigration detention, yet Anthony Albanese won’t sack his minister. To fix the politics, Labor needs to fix the policy.
- by David Crowe
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Domestic violence
Dozens of men have five or more domestic violence victims. We must shine a spotlight in their faces
All too often perpetrators are cast in the shadows in responses to family violence. A particular cohort of men are high-harm, high-risk, serial offenders. They must be priority targets.
- by Kate Fitz-Gibbon and Christine Nixon
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Home Truths
‘Millions on planes’: Boat focus blinded Home Affairs to real abuses, says Nixon
Former top cop Christine Nixon reveals that, as rorters and criminals flooded the visa system, the authorities went missing.
- by Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard
Labor takes on Dutton with plan to stem false asylum seeker claims
Asylum seekers will face a stronger regime to decide their claims to stay in Australia amid concerns some migrants are working for up to 11 years while waiting for their cases to be decided.
- by David Crowe
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Immigration
$50 million pledged to crack down on visa fraud
The federal government will spend $50 million on tougher compliance and permanent investigation teams to stamp out criminal exploitation of migration.
- by David Crowe
‘Party’s over for rorters’: Government cracks down on visa scams
Private colleges will be banned from paying commissions to education agents who poach students from rival institutions in a sweeping crackdown on visa rorting.
- by Matthew Knott
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Home Truths
Albanian mafia linked to dead multimillionaire trucking boss
Troy Kellett died after falling from a stack of shipping containers at an Adelaide dock. Police are probing if he was there to help in a narcotics importation.
- by Nick McKenzie and Marta Pascual Juanola
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Trafficked
Fake schools, fake students: Criminals make mockery of education visas
A secret review of the immigration system shows how some criminal syndicates own every step of the chain to game the education visa process and gain access to the country.
- by Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard
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Trafficked
‘Grotesque abuses’: Secret review of migration system scathing of failures
Poor management of the nation’s already inadequate immigration and visa laws and a focus on stopping boat arrivals has allowed organised crime syndicates to flourish.
- by Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard
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Trafficked
‘Tough as nails’: Former top cop to helm sex, drug trafficking inquiry
Traffickers and people exploiting foreign workers have been rorting Australia’s migration system to ply their trades. Now former chief commissioner Christine Nixon will conduct an inquiry.
- by Nick McKenzie
Opinion
Radio
The hashtag that shook the foundations of Alan Jones' power
Facebook, Twitter, memes and hashtags formed the basis of a campaign that seriously weakened the broadcaster.
- by Jenna Price
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