Andrew Giles

A political headache over the detention of non-citizens is one step closer to being resolved after the Senate pushed through new laws earlier than expected. The tough laws would hand courts the power to re-detain the worst offenders…

Transport Minister Catherine King has axed 50 infrastructure projects and blamed the Coalition for “economic vandalism”, in a major move set to alienate states and territories. Ms King on Thursday announced a list of major rail and road…

A deaf migrant has been granted a permanent visa at the 11th hour after he was nearly deported from Australia and separated from his family over the failure of a migration agent.Mohamed Barghachoun was facing looming deportation after a…

More Australian companies have green lit policies which mean employees can choose to work on Australia Day public holiday.Staff at Telstra and Woodside Energy can now choose whether to take January 26 as a public holiday, or choose to work…

Australia’s permanent migration intake will be increased by 35,000 places and visa processing times will be turbocharged with $36.1 million to fund hundreds of extra staff in Tuesday’s federal budget.The increase will bring the permanent…