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Criminals tipped off after law enforcement staff shared photo of intercepted shipping container on WhatsApp

The 2020 blunder, whereby more than 400 Australian public servants received the photo, revealed in annual report of former corruption watchdog

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Stricter detention laws loom as sex offender arrested

Released immigration detainees who pose a serious risk to the community face being locked back up as new laws clear the Senate.

AAP

Serious offenders face return to detention in laws push

The worst offenders recently released from immigration detention could soon be locked up again with the government pushing for new laws to pass this week.

AAP

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Coalition plan to privatise visa processing to be subject of new inquiry

Announcement comes after revelation Infosys had 46 meetings with lobbyist Scott Briggs to discuss bid for IT work

The Guardian - AU

Freed detainee adapts to curfews, ankle bracelet life

A newly released stateless refugee is slowly rebuilding his life but with an ankle monitor and curfews, he feels held back from fully adjusting.

AAP

New Home Affairs head appointed after Pezzullo sacking

Stephanie Foster has been named as the new Home Affairs department secretary after former boss Mike Pezzullo was sacked.

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'This country failed them': calls for detention inquiry

Refugees, politicians and asylum seeker advocates are urging the Albanese government to establish a royal commission into immigration detention.

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Mike Pezzullo sacked after scathing findings accusing him of misusing his position

The government has sacked the secretary of the Home Affairs department, Mike Pezzullo, after an inquiry found he had breached the Public Service Code of Conduct.

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Strict new conditions for detainees pass lower house

Amendments to laws keeping tabs on people released from immigration detention have passed the House of Representatives.

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Clare O’Neil claims NZYQ could have been deported. Almost all the facts say otherwise

Home affairs minister’s explanation of how Labor has handled the high court decision defies everything we know about the case

The Guardian - AU

'Things are going to get worse': cyber shield unveiled

A cyber strategy focused on protecting small and medium businesses against an increasing number of attacks has been released by the federal government.

AAP

Stop making trouble over warship, China tells Australia

The prime minister is resisting opposition pressure to reveal if he raised an incident with a Chinese warship when he spoke to Xi Jinping on the weekend.

AAP

Small businesses to get free cyber education boost

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil has unveiled millions of dollars worth of new funding to help small businesses protect themselves from cyber attacks.

AAP

Terrorism protection laws floated for former detainees

Terrorism laws allowing authorities to keep dangerous people behind bars are being floated as a possible way to lock up freed immigration detainees.

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Revealed: Home Affairs paying to access controversial tool tracking mobile phone movements

Agency has had access to Locate X since at least 2021, documents show, amid questions about use of data that may contain people’s sensitive information

The Canberra Times

Everything you need to know from day one of Senate estimates

Pezzullo on full pay, Infrastructure dept's 'hotties list', and more.

The Conversation

Why the government's plan to overhaul the asylum system is a smart use of resources – and might just work

Immigration Minister Andrew Giles today announced significant changes aimed at restoring the integrity of Australia’s refugee protection system.

AAP

Neo-nazis and extremists a concern ahead of voice vote

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil says she is "really worried" about the risks neo-Nazi groups and extremists pose in the lead-up to the voice referendum.

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Visa exploitation review urges tougher penalties and a ban on temporary migrants in sex work. Would this solve the problem?

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil has railed against the exploitation of Australia’s migration system, saying it has been “used to perpetrate some of the worst crimes to humanity, sexual slavery and human trafficking”.

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Peter Dutton Called ‘A Great Fraud’ Who Ignored ‘Grotesque Abuses’ By The Home Affairs Minister

Peter Dutton has been called out in parliament as 'a great fraud' for his ignorance during his time as Home Affairs Minister.

The Canberra Times

Who is Mike Pezzullo and how did he end up here?

'Undone by a mobile phone' - the steps and side steps of an 'untouchable' public servant.

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South Africa’s Operation Dudula vigilantes usher in new wave of xenophobia

The vigilante group turned political party increases its xenophobic rhetoric amid rising unemployment in South Africa.

AAP

Powerful public servant's text scandal could harm trust

Hundreds of encrypted text messages exchanged between the Home Affairs secretary and a Liberal Party powerbroker have left integrity experts deeply concerned.

The Canberra Times

Pezzullo story points to serious systemic problems in APS

What does being impartial really mean? And what should it look like?

The Conversation

Pezzullo story points to serious systemic problems in the Australian Public Service

The revelations in the Nine newspapers that Mike Pezzullo, secretary of the powerful Home Affairs department, shared with Liberal Party powerbroker Scott Briggs are certainly extraordinary. But, just like the revelations about Robodebt from the royal commission, they must not be treated as an isolated case but as evidence of…

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