The government has finally found an issue it can cast in terms of “national security” on which it can get a fight with Labor. Bill Shorten usually sticks leech-like to bipartisanship on anything with even…
It’s not clear how proposed extensive powers for the immigration minister strengthen the integrity of Australian citizenship.
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The case provided a platform to lay bare the ugly reality of conditions in detention, and the role of the Commonwealth and its contractors in producing and sustaining those conditions over many years.
Both the government and the opposition will warn about terrorists exploiting cyberspace.
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In a security update on the threats facing Australia at home and abroad, Malcolm Turnbull will say that an ‘online civil society is as achievable as an offline one’.
ASIO head Duncan Lewis set off a new round of debate when he told Pauline Hanson there was no link between terrorism and refugees.
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In an uncertain world, we have to accept and deal with modest dangers for the sake of the wider good, which includes fulfilling the obligations of a rich and privileged country.
Malcolm Turnbull’s protector on the conservative flank of the party, Peter Dutton, is the target of a new GetUp campaign.
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The government’s crackdown on so-called ‘fake refugees’ imposes undue stress on an already extremely vulnerable community.
Peter Dutton is a former policeman, which is just one reason why he should be held to the highest standards of accuracy in making a claim.
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Peter Dutton has put his credibility in the frame by sticking to his claim about the role of an incident involving a young boy in triggering the Manus Island disturbance that saw Papua New Guinea defence…
A cohesive multicultural society such as Australia requires a core level of integration among its members.
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Peter Dutton has advised Alan Joyce and other business executives who have written to Malcolm Turnbull urging action on same-sex marriage to “stick to their knitting”. It’s advice some in the government…
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton’s explicit linking of the arrangements to send Australia’s offshore refugees to the US and to accept some from Costa Rica presents not just an immediate credibility problem…
Malcolm Turnbull looked as though he was on the podium reluctantly at Monday’s press conference in Canberra.
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There were several takeouts from Malcolm Turnbull’s rather odd Monday news conference, which followed his Sunday telephone conversation with Donald Trump.
Peter Dutton says he would like to see criteria tightened to deny citizenship to those who have not integrated into Australia.
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Australia was designed at Federation to ensure nationals of British descent would be able to create a society populated by individuals as much like themselves as possible.
Many people detained on Nauru and Manus Island have suffered excruciating despair and hopelessness.
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Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink. Read between the lines. I am deliberately adding fuel to the anti-immigration, anti-refugee “movement”. How else can you interpret Immigration Minister Peter Dutton’s recent sustained…