Clare O'Neil

More than a year after Labor gave a direction on appealing visa cancellations, some ministers are blaming the department handling them.

AFP officers were accused of ‘enticing’ the boy and encouraging his fixation with Islamic State, but the minister says radicalisation is happening earlier.

The Labor government will scrap a rule that automatically fails a potential international student if they express intention to settle down in Australia.

Cyber security experts said there was no evidence that identification documents was stolen from St Vincent’s database.

‘It has been obvious for years that this visa is not delivering what our country and economy need from a migration system,’ Home Affairs Minister said.

The government want to reduce the number of temporary visa holders prolonging their stay in the country without a clear pathway to permanent residence.

Police arrested the 39-year-old Sudanese man after they discovered a decade-old warrant for his return to prison, which previously went under the radar.

Home Affairs Minister Clare O'Neil is vowing to introduce legislation, amid pressure from the Opposition.

This legal challenge follows one made just last week.

This will include ensuring the released detainees are abiding by curfews, wearing monitors, and complying with visa conditions.

Among them was a Malaysian body guard who received a death penalty sentence for killing a pregnant woman and dismembering her body.

46 Australians are now trapped in Gaza.

Governments may increase their espionage efforts in China in response to weakening transparency from the CCP leadership, an Australian defence expert said.