The Latest Breaking News from Tony Burke

Weeks after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announced his support for mandatory minimum jail terms for antisemitic offences, the government has legislated such laws. Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke stated the federal parliament would now be “putting in place the toughest laws against hate speech that Australia has ever had”.

Australians from vulnerable communities could be disproportionately harmed by laws that introduce mandatory jail time for some terror offences, experts warn.

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Chinese AI platform DeepSeek has been banned from government use over security concerns, but experts say more must be done to protect Australians' information.

A federal candidate backed by The Muslim Vote is in negotiations with the Liberals, Greens and other independents to preference Labor last in a must-win seat.

AFP investigating if ‘criminals for hire’ have been behind at least some recent incidents across the nation

Racist graffiti has been found sprayed on a shop wall, drawing condemnation from the home affairs minister and community leaders.

As the scale and speed of violent extremist and terrorist threat grows, the federal government has released a new plan to address the changing environment.

The Israeli foreign affairs minister, Gideon Sa’ar, reportedly claimed Australia distanced itself from Israel in its ‘most difficult year’

Following weeks of intrigue about a possible deal, the remaining members of the Bali Nine have been released from prison in Indonesia and returned to Australia. The five Australians had served nearly 20 years of their life sentence for their involvement in a drug-smuggling operation.

Scott Rush, Matthew Norman, Si-Yi Chen, Martin Stephens and Michael Czugaj have returned from Indonesia, Anthony Albanese confirms