Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews will on Wednesday release a ransomware plan that includes mandatory reporting requirements for companies with turnover of $10 million or more a year.
Offshore processing in Nauru will continue under a new agreement signed with that country last month.
Queensland Liberal senator Gerard Rennick is among those who want the ATO to request any companies whose revenue increased to repay their JobKeeper support.
The Digital Passenger Declaration will collect personal information including vaccination status before boarding and provide the authority for vaccinated Australians to travel.
Minister Karen Andrews will use a major speech to mark the 20-year anniversary of the September 11 attacks to warn that Australia will again need to contend with the “spectre of terrorism”.
Hundreds of couples are preparing to be reunited after the federal government allowed travel exemptions for people holding prospective marriage visas.
Dianne Jagelman is a Liberal Party supporter who has handed out election leaflets for Malcolm Turnbull. But after being barred from leaving Australia to visit family,she says she is “sick of the Prime Minister’s platitudes”.
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews made some changes to her initial proposal but stopped short of requiring a higher judge to approve warrants.
Brisbane woman Shaima’s mother,brother and sister-in-law have Australian visas but keep getting turned away from Kabul airport as time runs out and the situation turns dire.
A sudden rule change last week has caught out many Australians who ordinarily live overseas,contradicting assurances made by the Home Affairs Minister days ago.
Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews has promised Australians who live abroad that they will still be able to leave the country if they apply for an exemption.