The Latest Breaking News from the Department of Home Affairs

If you're a migrant wanting to stay in Australia, you might hear about "Tia". She operates in messaging apps and few have met her in person, though many have handed over tens of thousands of dollars in the hope of getting an Australian visa.

Yesterday, Stephen Mitchell was sentenced to more than 13 years in jail for a raft of child sex offences, which police had been investigating prior to his employment with the Department of Home Affairs.

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…

The Iraqi refugee’s visa was cancelled in 2019 but the Administrative Appeals Tribunal overturned the ruling in December

Assistant minister Ben Morton was sworn in to administer the Department of Home Affairs in 2021 without the appointment being publicly disclosed.

Former home affairs minister Karen Andrews says she was kept in the dark about another minister being sworn in to administer her department.