‘We’ll fight tooth and nail’
Matt Canavan says voters endorsed the Coalition’s border policies but Labor warns the PM can’t “simply ignore” the Phelps’s bill if it passes.
Immigration
McGowan could back PM
Independent MP Cathy McGowan has left the door open to supporting the government’s changes to offshore processing.
Morrison’s gambit on asylum-seekers will test his message
The prime minister has gambled that it is politically safer to offer concessions than it is to face defeat in parliament.
PM gives in on refugee medivacs PM bows to pressure over refugee medical transfers
Scott Morrison has bowed to demands for an independent medical review panel to vet asylum-seeker transfers.
We’ve got the balance right: PM
Scott Morrison warns any changes to offshore detention would see boats restart, amid a push to put medical transfers in doctors’ hands.
Labor ‘to end offshore process’
Scott Morrison says Labor wants to “abolish offshore processing as we know it” by voting for doctors to approve asylum seekers transfer.
Turnback critic ‘not dealing in real world’
Peter Dutton has lashed the UNHCR for calling Australia’s boat turnbacks dangerous and ineffective.
Citizenship rules plan sparks frenzy
Citizenship applications have skyrocketed after the government unsuccessfully sought to tighten eligibility rules.
Shorten, Dutton clash on borders
Bill Shorten has delivered an extraordinary attack on Peter Dutton, as Labor’s border policy comes under intense scrutiny.
Gate to residency through jobs-rich pastures
A novel pathway for potential migrants to work in rural Australia was opened this week by the federal government.
Protect our faith, multicultural voters warn
Bill Shorten is on a ‘collision course’ with multicultural communities unless he embraces stronger faith-based protections.
‘You can’t just stop the boats’
Peter Dutton says Labor is trying to undermine the “three pillars” of the government’s border protection policy.
Warning over medical transfers
Peter Dutton says Labor’s bill could lead to unidentified asylum seekers arriving as he takes the fight to Bill Shorten on borders.
‘Smuggler risks in asylum debate’
The outgoing boss of Operation Sovereign Borders has warned that people-smugglers will be watching the refugee debate.
The promise Shorten must make
Bill Shorten must vow not to change any element of the Coalition’s border policy, or risk repeating past trauma if elected.
Planning overhaul ‘vital’
Poor planning has resulted in essential infrastructure and services such as public transport and hospitals failing to keep up, a report finds.
Labor’s asylum vow: you can stay
More than 10,000 asylum-seekers would be given permanent protection and a pathway to citizenship under Labor.
‘No idea what he’s doing’
Bill Shorten “doesn’t understand what’s he doing” by supporting medical evacuations of sick adults from Nauru, PM says.
Labor back door to restart boats
Home Affairs Minister accuses ALP of supporting a policy that will end offshore detention of asylum seekers by stealth.
How your state will grow
Updated projections by the Australian Bureau of Statistics today give us a glimpse of the nation’s future.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/topics/immigration/page/20