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So what is ‘competent English’?

Those wanting to become citizens will need language skills equivalent to TAFE entry requirements | LISTEN

Joe Kelly

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**FILE** A March 21, 2014 file image of Asylum seekers staring at media from behind a fence at the Manus Island detention centre, Papua New Guinea. The federal government wants to pass laws to make sure no asylum seekers who tried to come to Australia by boat, even those found to be refugees, can ever enter the country, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016. (AAP Image/Eoin Blackwell) NO ARCHIVING

‘Labor imposed Manus cost’

Peter Dutton says multimillion-dollar settlement to be paid to Manus detainees is ‘prudent’ outcome for taxpayers.

Pia Akerman

Tougher citizenship test at risk

The government’s tougher citizenship test is in doubt as Labor and Senate crossbenchers refuse to back the overhaul.

Linda Oppel (58, centre) with her daughter Vanessa (29) and sister Monica Overholzer at home in Clarkson (Perth WA). Linda is caught up in a federal government crackdown on remaining relative visas. Her only relative, except for her children and grandchild, is her sister Monica, an Australian citizen. But Linda's visa application has been refused by Immigration due to the fact that Linda was adopted when she and Monica lost their parents in a car accident at a young age back home in South Africa. Both Linda and her daughter Vanessa are now facing deportaition.PHOTO: MARIE NIRME

Minister gives hope to visa woman

Peter Dutton will decide within days whether to stop the planned deportation of a South African woman.

ANDREW BURRELL

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Linda Oppel (58) with her daughter Vanessa (29) at Quinns Beach in the northern suburbs of Perth. Linda is caught up in a federal government crackdown on remaining relative visas. Her only relative, except for her children and grandchild, is her sister Monica, an Australian citizen. But Linda's visa application has been refused by Immigration due to the fact that Linda was adopted when she and Monica lost their parents in a car accident at a young age back home in South Africa. Both Linda and her daughter Vanessa are now facing deportaition.PHOTO: MARIE NIRME

Dutton halts deportation

A 58-year-old has now had her deportation temporarily halted by Peter Dutton after an earlier ‘perverse’ legal ruling.

ANDREW BURRELL

New citizenship overrule powers

New citizenship laws will give Peter Dutton powers to override controversial AAT decisions granting criminals citizenship.

Rachel Baxendale

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Fairfax awkward guest of honour

Guess which table Immigration Minister Peter Dutton will be sitting on at this year’s Midwinter Ball in Canberra?

Will Glasgow and Christine Lacy

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Migrant riffraff make fools of us

Faceless umpires defy Minister Dutton, and so foreign criminals litter our streets.

Nick Cater

Cynical charade on house prices

Population tidal wave keeps supply well short of demand — it’s the great GDP con.

Strewth

Bugger the law

Ray Hadley offered pretty clear-cut advice to Peter Dutton.

James Jeffrey

TAKING ON TERROR

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton speaks during a press conference with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, April 20, 2017. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull insists citizenship must reflect Australian values as he unveiled tighter requirements for new applicants. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Aussie ISIS ‘deserve to be killed’

Peter Dutton has declared Australians fighting with Islamic State in the Middle East ‘deserve’ to be killed.

Rosie Lewis and ANDREW WHITE

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Question Time in the House of Representatives in Parliament House in Canberra. The Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton, during Question Time in the House of Representatives in Parliament House Canberra.Picture Gary Ramage

‘One down, many to go’ at ABC

PoliticsNow: Peter Dutton says there’s a “cultural problem’’ with Q&A, and calls for terror victims to be heard over academics.

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Press Conference with the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Crackdown on ‘fake refugees’

Peter Dutton has set an October deadline for 7500 boat arrivals who are yet to apply for refugee status.

Rachel Baxendale

The PM Malcolm Turnbull and Minister Dutton will do Politics in the Pub at the Eatons Hill Hotel. Pic Peter Wallis

Non-refugees to be sent home

Peter Dutton says any economic migrants on Manus Island will be forced to return to their country of origin.

PRIMROSE RIORDAN

Lawyers hit Dutton remarks

The Law Council has attacked Peter Dutton for jeopardising the independence of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

Joe Kelly

‘Thank God for Peter Dutton’

Tony Abbott has come out swinging after Dutton questioned the independence of a bureaucratic review board.

Push to rein in asylum appeals

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton says the cases of some asylum-seekers who are allowed to stay are ‘infuriating’.

Christmas Island? 100th boat. Refugees. Boatpeople. Asylum seekers.

‘You just shake your head’

Immigration Minister frustrated by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal overturning visas cancelled by his department.

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Dutton rejects Manus closure claims

Peter Dutton has rejected claims by The Guardian that the Manus Island detention centre will close by the end of June.

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Dutton rolls his eyes at Fairfax

And a former prime minister wasn’t crazy about Scott Morrison’s budget this week.

Dutton slams ‘obsessed’ Fairfax

Peter Dutton has attacked the Fairfax media organisation for its ‘political, ideological’ agenda.

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Treasurer Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton in Question Time in the House of Representatives Chamber, Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Dutton, Fairfax war of words

A war of words has broken out between Fairfax chief Greg Hywood and Peter Dutton after the minister’s earlier attack.

Time to turf out the goatherds

A serious cull of the occupations eligible for temporary visas was long overdue.

‘The ABC has lost the plot’

Immigration minister Peter Dutton is calling for the ABC to apologise after claiming an incident on Manus Island wasn’t true.

Simone Fox Koob

COMMENTRobert Gottliebsen

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull speaks during a press conference with Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Peter Dutton at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, April 20, 2017. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull insists citizenship must reflect Australian values as he unveiled tighter requirements for new applicants. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Nip devil in the 457 details

In order to avoid damaging our global reputation, it’s vital that we get the fine details of foreign work visas right.

Robert Gottliebsen

National Affairs

Dutton says follow the leader

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has fired a warning shot at Tony Abbott and government MPs to ‘respect the leader’.

Refugee swap still on

Peter Dutton says some asylum-seekers will miss out on the US swap.

Foreign Affairs

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 22: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, left, meets CEO of Westfield, Steven Lowy, while attending a business listening session with Australian and U.S. companieson April 22, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. Mr Pence will meet with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Opposition Leader Bill Shorten, and members of the US and Australian militaries during his two-day visit. It is the first time a US Vice President has come to Australia before a President in nearly 30 years. (Photo by Rick Rycroft-Pool/Getty Images)

Dutton ‘grateful’ to Pence

Vice-President Mike Pence’s visit to Sydney is being seen as a demonstration of Washington’s attitude to the alliance.