Coalition wanted bombshell to sink medivac changes
Government MPs hoped bombshell legal advice would sink changes to the medivac bill on constitutional grounds.
Immigration
Australia a ‘giant baby’: Huang
Banned Chinese businessman Huang Xiangmo has described Australia as being like a ‘giant baby’.
Banishing terrorists the next test
Labor’s national security credentials will be tested further over proposed new laws to make it easier to strip dual-national terrorists of citizenship.
I’m here, Husar assures MPs
Emma Husar arrives at parliament following fears she wouldn’t vote on the medivacs bill today, causing a major upset for Bill Shorten.
Shorten in backdown on borders
Bill Shorten secures support from Labor caucus for a retreat on the refugee medivac bill reopening factional splits on border protection.
Nauru ‘worse than Auschwitz’
An AMA doctor has compared Nauru to the Holocaust, because Jews about to be gassed by Nazis “found relief knowing what was happening”.
Danger of politics over policy
Labor’s appeal to “compassionate vote” on border protection has made its own fraught policy on asylum seekers the issue.
Labor risks ‘wrath of branches’
Frontbencher Terri Butler warns of serious consequences if Labor walks away from the Kerryn Phelps-inspired bill.
‘Law to end offshore detention’
Opposition Leader under pressure over medivac bill as Minister says next asylum boat to arrive will be down to ‘Shorten’s law’.
Carr blasts ‘flimsy’ ban on Huang
Former foreign minister Bob Carr says the reasons for cancelling Huang Xiangmo’s visa are ‘flimsy’ and ‘loose’.
Taxpayers’ $1.4bn medivac hit
Taxpayers face a bill of at least $1.4bn to reopen the Christmas Island detention centre under a Labor-backed plan.
States cautious as Frydenberg embraces immigration
Josh Frydenberg has argued for the need to maintain a strong immigration intake to safeguard the nation’s economy.
Shorten mulls medivac backdown
The Opposition Leader has flagged a possible compromise with the Coalition over Kerryn Phelps’ offshore processing bill.
Medivac bill ‘hands control over to doctors’
The federal government has been advised a refugee medivac bill would limit ministerial discretion over who enters Australia.
Chinese centre ‘under review’
Western Sydney University is ‘reviewing the governance arrangements’ of a centre funded by billionaire Huang Xiangmo.
Dutton warns Labor on doctors
Peter Dutton says Bob Brown and Richard Di Natale could have the final say on Manus Island transfers under Phelps’ plan.
PM offers Sharkie an asylum briefing
Key crossbencher Rebekha Sharkie will meet with the PM after being offered a briefing on legislation to medivac asylum-seekers.
Phelps bill ‘a security risk’
Agencies are understood to have warned that offshore processing of asylum-seekers would be dismantled under a medivac law.
Firm distances itself from banned Chinese tycoon
The Australian government has confirmed that billionaire political donor Huang Xiangmo has had his permanent residency cancelled.
Sharkie, PM to discuss asylum
Rebekha Sharkie will meet Scott Morrison within days after accepting an offer from the Prime Minister’s office for a “briefing” on the contentious legislation.
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