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Coalition ‘subverted democracy’ with election-day statement on asylum boat, Labor says

Home affairs minister Clare O’Neil says former government’s pressuring of public servants to reveal boat arrival was ‘unprecedented’

The Guardian - AU

Karen Andrews defends election-day reveal of asylum seeker boat interception, government calls on Coalition to apologise

The former home affairs minister rejects claims her office pressured public servants to act politically on election day, but the current Minister says the former government should apologise.

ABC News

Officials resisted Morrison government's attempt to have them 'amplify' election day boat arrival

Federal public servants resisted the Morrison government’s attempt to have them amplify an election-day announcement that an asylum seeker boat had been intercepted, according to an inquiry into the incident.

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Albanese government restores abolished environment department but avoids major public service overhaul

The new government will also dilute the power of the massive Department of Home Affairs, but Anthony Albanese's initial shake-up is modest in scope.

ABC News

Scott Morrison’s staff urged border force to publicise Sri Lankan boat interception on election day

ABF officials made it clear publication of the interception could only proceed on the authority of the home affairs minister, Guardian Australia understands

The Guardian - AU

'Risks' in teen repatriation from Syria

The home affairs department secretary says the decision on whether an Australia boy is repatriated from a Syrian prison needs to be balanced against risks.

AAP

Home Affairs admits pandemic brief fault

Home affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo says a written submission about pandemic wargaming two years before COVID should have been provided to the minister.

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