Decade-long shortfall of tradies tipped to undermine nation’s housing push

Decade-long shortfall of tradies tipped to undermine nation’s housing push

Build Skills Australia warns the government’s ambitious housing target of 1.2 million homes over five years faces major challenges.

  • byOlivia Ireland

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Tony Burke’s new ‘super portfolio’:Immigration and home affairs shift hands in reshuffle

Tony Burke’s new ‘super portfolio’:Immigration and home affairs shift hands in reshuffle

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a revamped ministerial line-up to take to the next federal election.

  • byStephanie Peatling
Anthony Albanese to announce fresh faces in ministerial reshuffle to boost team for election battle

Anthony Albanese to announce fresh faces in ministerial reshuffle to boost team for election battle

A new ministerial line up will be announced on Sunday as the government seeks to build momentum against the Coalition.

  • byStephanie Peatling
O’Neil set to be shoved as Albanese executes cabinet ‘refresh’

O’Neil set to be shoved as Albanese executes cabinet ‘refresh’

Rumours have swirled for months that the immigration minister would be shifted into a new portfolio as political pressure intensified on the government over its handling of last year’s High Court decision.

  • byPaul Sakkal
O’Connor,Burney confirm retirements as MPs jostle for promotion

O’Connor,Burney confirm retirements as MPs jostle for promotion

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the resignations will allow him to refresh his ministry after two years with an unchanged team.

  • byJames Massola andPaul Sakkal
Rethink urged on ‘outdated’ treatment of migrants with disabilities

Rethink urged on ‘outdated’ treatment of migrants with disabilities

A controversial migration exemption from the Disability Discrimination Act allows the government to order the removal of migrants with long-term health conditions and their families.

  • byAngus Thompson
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Luca is a teacher in a skills crisis,but his HIV means he’s not allowed to stay

Luca is a teacher in a skills crisis,but his HIV means he’s not allowed to stay

The Italian national has the skills the country needs,but he says he has been barred from permanent residency by a discriminatory policy.

  • byAngus Thompson
‘Radio silence’:Pressure on Giles continues with Labor’s deportation bill lost at sea

‘Radio silence’:Pressure on Giles continues with Labor’s deportation bill lost at sea

The Coalition is accusing the immigration minister of “gross incompetence” as the government quietly backs away from a bill it tried to ram through parliament earlier this year.

  • byAngus Thompson
Disabled teen’s family face deportation while criminals allowed to stay
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Disabled teen’s family face deportation while criminals allowed to stay

Lily Lumintang,whose 13-year-old son has a disability,says a decision to deny her bid to remain in Australia is unfair.

  • byAngus Thompson
When the PM is snookered,he goes from statesman to scrapper. Just ask Jodie

When the PM is snookered,he goes from statesman to scrapper. Just ask Jodie

One of the benefits of life in The Lodge is a full-size snooker table. Anthony Albanese’s fiancee Jodie Haydon has found it to be revealing.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Question hangs over new direction of troubled immigration portfolio
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Immigration

Question hangs over new direction of troubled immigration portfolio

Will the Albanese government’s belated rethink of its ill-thought-through direction to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on visa applications from convicted criminals convince Australians they are safe?

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