Labor to investigate asylum seeker boat arrival as frontbench takes shape

Labor to investigate asylum seeker boat arrival as frontbench takes shape

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.

  • byAnthony Galloway andJames Massola

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Asylum seeker boat stopped off Christmas Island as Morrison trumpets border security on election day

Asylum seeker boat stopped off Christmas Island as Morrison trumpets border security on election day

The Coalition has been repeatedly trying to insert border security into the election campaign.

  • byAnthony Galloway
‘Disgrace’:Judge chastises ASIO’s ‘unacceptable’ conduct over Benbrika trial

‘Disgrace’:Judge chastises ASIO’s ‘unacceptable’ conduct over Benbrika trial

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.

  • byDavid Estcourt
Closed borders,locked out citizens:A new take on ‘national interest’
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Opinion

Closed borders,locked out citizens:A new take on ‘national interest’

The pandemic has exposed a hard truth:to be safe,Australians were prepared to restrict their fellow citizens.

  • byWaleed Aly
‘Heartless and impersonal’:The hard lesson of Fortress Australia

‘Heartless and impersonal’:The hard lesson of Fortress Australia

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?

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Tourism chief fires warning as international border reopening date unveiled

Tourism chief fires warning as international border reopening date unveiled

“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.

  • byMichael Koziol
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‘Limbo’:What’s happening to refugees still in immigration detention?
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‘Limbo’:What’s happening to refugees still in immigration detention?

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?

  • bySherryn Groch
Australia finds unlikely ally in Djokovic stoush

Australia finds unlikely ally in Djokovic stoush

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.

  • byChip Le Grand
Barnaby Joyce:‘We’ve got anti-vaxxer MPs,but what can you do?’

Barnaby Joyce:‘We’ve got anti-vaxxer MPs,but what can you do?’

Senior ministers faced accusations of hypocrisy for their hard line against Novak Djokovic while government MPs continue to spread anti-vaccination messages.

  • byMichael Koziol
Comcare investigating Border Force amid marine unit COVID-19 outbreak

Comcare investigating Border Force amid marine unit COVID-19 outbreak

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.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Djokovic:A Kafkaesque border shambles missing only the dictation test
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Opinion

Djokovic:A Kafkaesque border shambles missing only the dictation test

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.

  • byTony Wright