Companies will be required to report cyber ransom attacks
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Companies will be required to report cyber ransom attacks

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.

  • byAnthony Galloway

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PNG processing centre to close by end of year

PNG processing centre to close by end of year

Offshore processing in Nauru will continue under a new agreement signed with that country last month.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Liberal backbenchers want JobKeeper overpayments returned to public coffers
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Liberal backbenchers want JobKeeper overpayments returned to public coffers

Queensland Liberal senator Gerard Rennick is among those who want the ATO to request any companies whose revenue increased to repay their JobKeeper support.

  • byJennifer Duke
Digital border pass first step to allow vaccinated Australians to come and go

Digital border pass first step to allow vaccinated Australians to come and go

The Digital Passenger Declaration will collect personal information including vaccination status before boarding and provide the authority for vaccinated Australians to travel.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Terror threats on rise following Afghanistan,coronavirus shutdowns:Minister

Terror threats on rise following Afghanistan,coronavirus shutdowns:Minister

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”.

  • byRob Harris
Love wins after travel exemption rules changed for overseas betrothed

Love wins after travel exemption rules changed for overseas betrothed

Hundreds of couples are preparing to be reunited after the federal government allowed travel exemptions for people holding prospective marriage visas.

  • byKatina Curtis
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Grandmother with cancer barred from leaving Sydney to help London-based daughter

Grandmother with cancer barred from leaving Sydney to help London-based daughter

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”.

  • byJacqueline Maley
Police powers to hack and disrupt dark web pass Parliament

Police powers to hack and disrupt dark web pass Parliament

Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews made some changes to her initial proposal but stopped short of requiring a higher judge to approve warrants.

  • byKatina Curtis andAnthony Galloway
Afghans with Australian visas being turned away at ‘diabolical’ Kabul airport

Afghans with Australian visas being turned away at ‘diabolical’ Kabul airport

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.

  • byAnthony Galloway
Australians who live abroad denied permission to return overseas despite promises

Australians who live abroad denied permission to return overseas despite promises

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.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Government promises to let Australian citizens leave if they live abroad

Government promises to let Australian citizens leave if they live abroad

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.

  • byAnthony Galloway