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Federal politicsCommentsTony Burke orders go slow on student visas

The Albanese Government is imposing a de facto cap on international students by slowing down visa processing despite Peter Dutton blocking legislation to formally limit the numbers coming to Australia.

Katina Curtis

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Less than one in 10 released detainees have ankle monitors

Less than one in 10 of the people released from immigration detention are being tracked with ankle monitors after a High Court ruling demolished the Government’s ability to keep tabs on non-citizens.

Katina Curtis

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Visa cancelled for desecrating Sikh holy book on TikTok

A Tiktok personality who desecrated a Sikh holy book will be deported from Australia after the Government cancelled his visa.

Katina Curtis

Federal PoliticsMinister’s big admission on detainee anklet bracelets

Immigration Minister Tony Burke admits not all the detainees previously fitted with ankle bracelets will be subject to the restriction under a new system to deal with the non-citizens

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Federal PoliticsCommentsHeated migration debate erupts as overseas students flood in

The Coalition and Labor have clashed over new figures revealing international students are flooding into Australia at record levels, threatening to make immigration a thorny election issue.

Nicola Smith

Federal PoliticsCommentsPremiumPoor legacy issue: Why Labor’s battling on immigration

The High Court threw the Albanese Government another curveball this week, almost a year to the day since its last. The political and legal shockwaves will be felt for years.

Katina Curtis

Federal politicsCommentsPM urges Opposition to back curfew, monitoring laws

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged the Coalition to back new laws allowing the Government to pay countries to take former immigration detainees and a workaround for the latest High Court ruling.

Katina Curtis

Federal politicsCommentsEmergency fix to monitor detainees after High Court loss

An emergency fix should make sure former immigration detainees are still subject to curfews and monitoring while satisfying the High Court but Tony Burke won’t say how many are being tracked now.

Katina Curtis

Federal politicsCommentsBorder Force officials insist patrol numbers back on track

Australian Border Force officials insist patrols of the northern waters are on track to increase despite falling in the last financial year.

Katina Curtis

Federal politicsPremiumForeign regimes will use gangs for ‘dirty work’: Border boss

Outgoing Border Force commissioner Michael Outram said Australia was still failing to grasp the threats to our border and warned a failure to spend now to protect it would cost much more in the long term.

Jake Dietsch

Federal politicsCommentsPremiumNearly 300 ghost colleges shut down or shown yellow card

Nearly 300 so-called ghost colleges have been shut down or put on notice amid a government crackdown on vocational providers offering international students visas but no education.

Katina Curtis

Federal politicsCommentsIllegal fishing surge behind ABF seizure of four more boats

Australian Border Force has confirmed it picked up four boats off WA’s Kimberley coast on Tuesday as part of a crackdown on illegal foreign fishing in Australian waters.

Katina Curtis

Federal PoliticsCommentsBorder protection picks up illegal fishing boats on WA coast

Border protection authorities have reportedly picked up several boats over the past 24 hours off WA’s northern coast.

Katina Curtis

Federal PoliticsCommentsMore detainees freed after High Court ruling

A total of 160 people have now been released from immigration detention as a result of the High Court’s ruling on the NZYQ case.

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Federal politicsCommentsPremiumVisas still being restored despite scramble to fix loophole

Visa cancellation decisions are still being overturned under Immigration Minister Andrew Giles’ controversial direction 99 — while he scrambles to issue new guidance.

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Federal politicsCommentsPremiumNo drones tracking detainees, Andrew Giles concedes

Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has been forced to concede he was wrong to say former detainees were being monitored with drones, blaming his assertion in an interview on his department’s information.

Katina Curtis

LaborCommentsStunning new gaffe from error-prone Immigration Minister

GAME OF DRONES: Last week Andrew Giles said drones were being used to monitor criminal non-citizens. Today he’s admitted that’s not true.

Sarah Blake

Federal politicsPremiumPolice opposed bail for alleged Girrawheen attacker

Police were originally against extending bail for Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan when he faced court for allegedly breaking his curfew but ended up deferring to prosecutors who said they would not oppose it.

Katina Curtis

Federal politicsCommentsBorder Force using drones to check homes of former detainees

Drones are being used to photograph and map the areas where former immigration detainees are living to make sure they are not near schools or other forbidden areas — but not tracking individuals.

Katina Curtis

Federal PoliticsVideoComments‘At your peril’: Morrison, NZ weigh into immigration saga

Scott Morrison has warned that governments fiddle with immigration laws “at your peril” as Andrew Giles races to alter a ministerial direction that led to a tribunal overturning visa cancellations for criminals

Katina Curtis

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New immigration directive coming but Giles can’t say when

Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has conceded the emergency laws passed last year do not allow Border Force to electronically monitor every person released from detention after a High Court ruling.

Katina Curtis and Dan Jervis-Bardy

Federal politicsCommentsFull scale of charges against released detainees revealed

Police have charged 29 of the non-citizens released from immigration detention after a High Court ruling with at least 69 State and Territory offences.

Katina Curtis

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Giles set to personally review criminal visa cancellations

Andrew Giles will personally review dozens of convicted criminals who had visa cancellations overturned by an administrative tribunal as the Opposition accused the Government of a ‘catastrophic mistake’.

Katina Curtis and Jessica Evensen

Federal PoliticsCommentsPremiumCoalition migration plan depends on getting people to leave

The Coalition will lean on students who have finished their courses and failed asylum seekers to leave the country as it seeks to cut migration numbers drastically.

Katina Curtis