
Indigenous immigration detention up in air after court ruling
Home Affairs officials are examining claims 23 immigration detainees should be released because they are indigenous.
Home Affairs officials are examining claims 23 immigration detainees should be released because they are indigenous.
The information watchdog has launched an investigation into the Home Affairs department’s compliance with freedom of information laws.
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Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has rejected calls to drop legal action against journalists targeted in recent police raids.
Peter Dutton has stressed there’s nothing new about the idea that a journalist can go to jail for publishing top secret government documents, saying the suggestion there should be no penalty goes against “tradition”.