Month: September 2025
Legislation validates flawed decisions, cuts off appeals and gives government sweeping powers to deport people, campaigners claim
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The major parties have been accused of “stitching up” a deal to transform Nauru into Australia’s “dumping ground and penal colony” as parliament passed laws stripping basic legal rights from a group of noncitizens set to be deported.
The home affairs legislation passed the Senate on Thursday, following a snap three-hour parliamentary hearing the night before.
Liberal says she believes she doesn’t have ‘anything to apologise for’ and says broadcaster’s reporter ‘pushed the issue’
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Firebrand Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has blamed the ABC for her comments claiming Labor was bringing Indian migrants into Australia to boost its electoral chances, insisting she has nothing to apologise for.
The Northern Territory senator said on Wednesday sections of the Australian community were concerned at “the core number, or the type, of migrants that are coming in”.
