A last minute injunction to stop deportation has been granted to a Tamil family seeking asylum in Australia after living in the country for several years. Their fate will now be decided by an urgent c…
Peter Dutton has accused women of making false rape and abortion claims to get to Australia. It’s unforgivable
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton laid down some staggering accusations yesterday when he claimed that a number of women seeking asylum in Australia were fabricating rape allegations and abortion wis…
‘There’s a lot of reflection to be done’: Mehreen Faruqi calls on politicians to end war of division
She’s Australia’s first ever, and currently only Muslim Senator, and yet Mehreen Faruqi’s opinion on the Christchurch massacre is merely “attention seeking”, suggested Li…
The 10 most unwanted ‘hard right’ politicians in Australia: GetUp Survey
Peter Dutton leads the list of unwanted “hard right” politicians, followed by Tony Abbott, according to a poll by GetUp last week. The activist group put out the call to supporters to list…
Government announces plans to relocate children off Nauru by end of year
The power of a collective social resolve has never been more apparent. This morning, the government announced long-awaited plans to relocate asylum seeker children and their families from detention ce…
My wife works but she’s a great mother: Peter Dutton’s au pair comments are so wrong
Let’s be clear, there are many reason for the growing market for au pairs in Australia, including a lack of affordable and flexible childcare options and an increase in women’s workforce p…
Children self harm on Nauru as NZ urges Australia to reconsider resettlement offer
While Australians wake up to yet another self-interested leadership coup ignited by Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton, children on Nauru are committing despairing acts of self harm with little to no …
Bushfires and drought, but Canberra just had another (failed) leadership spill
It was on, again. For the umpteenth time in Australia. The top job in Australia was contested, behind closed doors this morning. While you were busy starting your work day, leaving the school pick-up …
Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Dutton & the desperate state of affairs in Canberra
No, you’re not imagining things nor is it merely a bad dream. There are leadership rumbles in Canberra again – triggered ostensibly by climate policy – and Peter Dutton is being moot…
Note to Peter Dutton: Most of us support the “PC agenda” of Australian business
As Home Affairs Minister, you’d assume Peter Dutton had a lot on his plate. You’d assume that matters of national security, counter-terrorism, immigration and border protection would be co…