Labor members are questioning the timing of Australian Border Force’s interception of a Sri Lankan boat on election day,which led to the Liberal Party immediately texting millions of voters.
The Coalition has been repeatedly trying to insert border security into the election campaign.
A Victorian Supreme Court judge has labelled the conduct of ASIO,Australia’s national security agency,‘a disgrace’ for missing deadlines and disregarding court orders over the ongoing detention of terror cell leader Abdul Nacer Benbrika.
The pandemic has exposed a hard truth:to be safe,Australians were prepared to restrict their fellow citizens.
The international border is reopening after slamming shut nearly two years ago in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. What did it achieve and at what cost?
“We are in very real danger of losing our market share globally if we don’t do this properly,” said Tourism Australia boss Phillipa Harrison.
Novak Djokovic’s sudden arrival at Melbourne’s Park Hotel threw a spotlight on the refugees still held in detention around Australia. How does the system work today? And how does our hard border stack up internationally?
The lesson from the Djokovic fiasco to all sports governing bodies is that,when it comes to preserving the social licence of your sport,even the biggest name athlete is only as good as their last jab.
Senior ministers faced accusations of hypocrisy for their hard line against Novak Djokovic while government MPs continue to spread anti-vaccination messages.
The inquiry into Border Force’s COVID-19 protocols was launched after a number of officials in the marine unit tested positive for COVID-19.
There was a time when the Australia’s border force could have subjected Novak Djokovic to a dictation test in,say,Gaelic. It got egg on its face,anyway.