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What is the strengthening character test bill and does Australia need it?

The Coalition wants to prevent ‘overseas criminals’ staying but Labor says the government already has power to do that

The Guardian - AU

Labor helps Coalition pass its visa cancellation character test bill in the lower house

Immigration minister Alex Hawke admits government is using bill as a ‘test for Labor’ as national security emerges as federal election issue

The Guardian - AU

Minister would consider Djokovic's return

Immigration Minister Alex Hawke, the man who had Novak Djokovic's Australian visa cancelled, says the door is not closed on the Serb's possible return.

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Parliament debates character test bill – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

With Australia reopening its borders to tourists, why are thousands of refugees still waiting for entry?

More than five months after Taliban forces overran Kabul, Immigration Minister Alex Hawke made a long-awaited announcement in January to resettle Afghan refugees. Over the next four years, Australia will offer 10,000 places to Afghans in humanitarian need and another 5,000 visas to Afghans reuniting with family in Australia.

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Speculation on Tudge’s future; integrity commission plans shelved – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

PM calls for strengthened visa powers

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says new visa laws, being introduced this week, are needed to boot out foreign criminals.

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‘Stroke of a pen’: Coalition urged to accept Afghan refugees in addition to existing intake

Immigration minister previously announced places for Afghan nationals within existing visa program in move critics call ‘mean and tricky’

The Guardian - AU

Government plans to send Hazara asylum seeker back to Afghanistan may face high court challenge

Immigration minister Alex Hawke argued the initial decision to send the asylum seeker back to Afghanistan should be upheld regardless of Taliban rule

The Guardian - AU

Leaking explosive text messages won’t solve the Liberals’ toxic internal dispute

Voters hate internal bickering. So dragging a wild factional brawl into the public domain is not a winning strategy

The Guardian - AU

NSW Liberals’ preselection battle: what is at stake and who will win?

With only weeks before the federal election campaign formally begins, the party faces a huge brawl over the delay in selecting candidates for crucial seats

The Guardian - AU

Biloela Tamil family wins challenge to decision barring them from reapplying for bridging visas

Immigration minister’s move to prevent three members of Murugappan family from reapplying for visas ruled ‘procedurally unfair’

The Guardian - AU

Tamil family visa process 'unfair': court

A federal court has ruled that the immigration minister's decision to prevent a Tamil family from applying for further bridging visas was procedurally unfair.

AAP

Will athletes like Kelly Slater be denied entry into Australia over vaccine comments, given reasons for Djokovic's deportation?

Could Immigration Minister Alex Hawke find it in the public interest to not let athletes such as 11-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater into Australia for the upcoming WSL events, given the reasoning behind Novak Djokovic's deportation and the top surfer's vaccine comments?

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Nation records highest death toll for the pandemic following grim two weeks of rising numbers – as it happened

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‘Stuck in limbo-land’: restrictions keep bridging visa holders trapped in, and out, of Australia

Unable to see their families for years, and with no end in sight, many are considering leaving Australia for good

The Independent UK

Judges didn't consider 'wisdom' of deporting Novak Djokovic

Three Australian Federal Court judges have revealed their reasons for backing a government order to deport tennis star Novak Djokovic, explaining they did not consider the “merits or wisdom of the decision.”

The Guardian - AU

‘Plainly open’ to Australian immigration minister to conclude Novak Djokovic was anti-vaccination: judges

Federal court reasons for allowing deportation include it was not irrational for Alex Hawke to be worried star’s presence ‘may lead to heightened community transmission’

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The reasons court ruled against Djokovic

Chief Justice James Allsop has published the Federal Court's reasons for rejecting Novak Djokovic's last-minute challenge to the cancellation of his visa.

The Guardian - AU

Australia records 77 deaths on deadliest day of pandemic; national medical stockpile activated – as it happened

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More tennis bans loom for Novak Djokovic – but he could return to Australia

Novak Djokovic's 2022 Open dreams have been dashed before they began, but the PM has opened the door to his future return to Australia.

The Independent UK

Australian PM and senior ministers give mixed messages over reason for Djokovic deportation

Scott Morrison says tennis star did not comply with entry rules at border — but his immigration minister said it was because Djokovic’s presence could stoke anti-vax sentiment

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