The Latest Breaking News from the Department of Home Affairs

Anthony Albanese says opposition leader has ‘responsibility to explain what occurred on his watch’

Exclusive: Australian government is refusing to say how much it is giving Papua New Guinea under the agreement

Australians are begging the government to rescue their relatives from the Taliban as the processing of refugee applications grinds to a halt for thousands of at-risk Afghan asylum seekers.

New figures from the home affairs department show some people are waiting years for temporary visas to be processed

A new report recommends that asylum seekers on bridging visas must be allowed to work and for the government to allocate $300 million to fund costs of living.

Earlier this year, Sydney man Mohamed Barghachoun was on the brink of being deported back to Lebanon, leaving his wife and three children behind, after his visa was cancelled by the Department of Home Affairs.

This week, the High Court of Australia handed down a significant ruling in an immigration case that could affect hundreds of similar visa cases handled by the Department of Home Affairs.

Exclusive: Morrison government used risk assessment tool known as VERA-2R on 14 occasions after receiving independent report

Australia’s immigration policies allow for indefinite locked detention, including for children and families. Detention is mandatory for people arriving without a valid visa – all those who arrived by boat between 2009 and 2013 were held in Immigration Detention Centres in Australia, or in Australian-contracted detention in Nauru or Papua…