Home affairs secretary Stephanie Foster denies she was bullied by minister Federal Foster said verbal abuse claims were ‘utterly baseless’ during an estimates hearing on Wednesday night.
Home Affairs to name and shame businesses exploiting migrant workers March 14, 2024 By Dan Holmes Federal Recent Industrial Relations reforms have granted new powers to address recommendations of the Migrant Workers Taskforce.
Bushmasters drive an upgrade to Fiji-Australia ties as Pacific visa scheme gets green light October 18, 2023 By Dominic Giannini and Kat Wong Community & Social Australia will supply Fiji with an extra 14 Bushmaster military vehicles and the Pacific visa scheme legislation has passed the senate.
‘Unacceptable’ delays over visa decision-making need urgent attention, experts say October 5, 2023 By Melissa Coade Community & Social Improvements to Australia’s onshore protection visa assessment process have been welcomed by advocates like the Refugee Council of Australia.
Migration system enabled worst crimes known to humanity October 4, 2023 By Kat Wong Federal Criminal syndicates have exploited the Australian visa system for human trafficking and other illegal activities, an immigration review by former Victoria Police commissioner Christine Nixon has found.
Premium Columnists Budget field crowded as Labor reshapes the nation May 4, 2023 By Verona Burgess Editors' Picks Immigration reform is too expensive and complex for Tuesday’s Budget. But the government should get started on it whilst the going’s good.
Building a better migration system calls for revised approach to population growth in regional Australia April 28, 2023 By Melissa Coade Economy & Industry Clare O’Neil is considering more power-sharing between federal, state and territory governments in Australia’s migration policy overhaul.
Despite expanded visa policy, some will be denied essential services February 15, 2023 By Melissa Coade Federal The peak representative group for lawyers says there are gaps in the support available to the TPV group of approximately 19,000 people.
Minister makes call permitting council citizenship ceremonies beyond Australia Day December 20, 2022 By Melissa Coade Federal Andrew Giles has declared that Australian citizenship ceremonies can be pencilled in ‘on or around’ January 26.
Australia pledges aid relief for more than 14 million facing hardship in Myanmar November 11, 2022 By Melissa Coade Federal Penny Wong has announced a $135 million aid package for displaced people escaping Myanmar into Bangladesh.
Premium Columnists Jobs & Skills Summit outcomes mean heavy lifting for Home Affairs September 5, 2022 By Abul Rizvi Community & Social For the bureaucrats responsible for delivering on some of the big agenda items of last week’s Jobs & Skills summit, few will be as busy as Home Affairs.
Premium Insights and analysis Critical thinking time for Home Affairs and Industry portfolios August 24, 2022 By Julian Bajkowski Communications & Technology Home affairs minister Clare O’Neill and industry minister Ed Husic reveal details of reviews and stakeholder and industry re-engagement ahead of the jobs summit.
Home Affairs told to allocate staff to clear visa backlog July 27, 2022 By Anna Macdonald Federal Minister for immigration, citizenship and multicultural affairs Andrew Giles cautioned the backlog would not be cleared overnight.
ANAO: Infrastructure department’s approach to choosing projects for $660m car park fund ‘not appropriate’ June 29, 2021 By Shannon Jenkins Federal ANAO found Infrastructure’s administration of the car park projects ‘was not designed to be open or transparent’ nor was it ‘demonstrated that projects were selected on merit’.
Home Affairs used Google Translate for COVID-19 advice to multicultural communities November 20, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social Public servants from the Department of Home Affairs used Google Translate rather than official translators to communicate with multicultural communities at the beginning of the pandemic, the ABC has revealed.