home affairs

Thursday, February 27

Home Affairs investigated over FOI failures

The information watchdog has launched an investigation into the Home Affairs department’s compliance with freedom of information laws.

Spying whistleblower "should go to jail": Home Affairs chief

Federal Labor is urging Home Affairs secretary Mike Pezzullo to show more respect for the media after he lashed out at the person behind a top-secret leak to a journalist, saying the whistleblower should go to jail.

Peter Dutton says it is against the law for journalists to have leaked secret documents. Photo: AAP/Dan Peled

Dutton rejects calls to drop media leaks cases

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has rejected calls to drop legal action against journalists targeted in recent police raids.

Dutton defends penalties for media over leaks

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”.