The Latest Breaking News from Home Affairs

A former judge has launched a preliminary inquiry into the Home Affairs Department not disclosing a key court document while Peter Dutton was minister.

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa’s multi-party cabinet of national unity has been sworn in. Much of the attention leading up to the announcement of ministerial portfolios focused on the acrimonious negotiations between the Democratic Alliance and the African National Congress over the allocation of these positions.

A review of the points test for migrants in Australia will be carried out as part of immigration system changes.

Former Home Affairs boss says he 'made mistakes' but is moving on.

The opaque risk rating system, used in Australian detention centres, is riddled with errors and effectively makes the company ‘judge, jury and executioner’, says one former detainee

A family's harrowing journey from war-torn Ukraine to Australia.

The prime minister has again gone on the offensive after Peter Dutton's latest attack on Labor's record on border security, accusing him of "making things up".

Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil says review shows offshore processing ‘used as a slush fund by suspected criminals’

Companies suspected of bribery, money laundering and drug smuggling were given lucrative contracts tied to Australia's offshore immigration detention regime.