Tony Burke

The Albanese Government will on Friday warn lawyers, registered migration agents and unregistered operators against continued exploitation of vulnerable migrants and undermining confidence in the visa system

The federal government’s move to reopen detention centres for visa overstayers, overseen by compliance officers, has drawn comparison from the Greens and advocates to Donald Trump’s sweeping immigration crackdown in the United States

New migration rules restrict partners and children as Canberra targets ‘visa hopping’

Hanson will attempt to overturn the federal court's ruling that she breached racial discrimination laws

New laws introducing gun buyback programmes and tighter checks for arms licences were enacted in January this year

Fatemeh Pasandideh and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh, who were granted Australian citizenship at a ceremony on Wednesday overseen by Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke, were members of a group of seven from Iran’s delegation who asked for protection from the host country following the high-profile protest during the Women’s Asian Cup in March

Pickering, a former federal Senate candidate for One Nation and the party’s state president, will run for the ultra-marginal seat of Pakenham

She is the last of a group of Australian women and children who sought to return home from a refugee camp in northern Syria, years after traveling to the Middle East with husbands and fathers who were fighting with the Islamic State terror group

Liberal frontbencher Jonno Duniam will quit politics before the end of the year, in another major blow to the struggling Coalition which is experiencing its lowest levels of popularity in decades

Local media reported two women and seven children landed in Melbourne on Tuesday afternoon via Doha

That same month, the group lodged an application with the Australian Electoral Commission to register as a political party

Australia identified a neo-Nazi network as the second organization being banned under its new law criminalizing hate groups and support for them

Australia arrests man accused of helping Isis develop long-range missiles

Four women and nine children linked to Islamic State fighters are bound to arrive in Australia from Syria on Thursday, after Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke on Wednesday confirmed they had acquired plane tickets

Fatemeh Pasandideh ​and Atefeh Ramezanisadeh released a joint statement thanking the Australian government for its support and providing them with "safe haven."

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke laid into Liberal leader Angus Taylor on Wednesday, accusing him of being the first senior Australian politician to call migrants from democratic countries more worthy than others

This is the first major ideological marker of his leadership, and he has chosen to plant it on terrain long seen as politically potent and dangerous: immigration, national identity and social cohesion

It does not apply to citizens of any other country and will remain in force for up to six months after which the minister must reapply to extend the measure

The conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran stretched into its 27th day Thursday with Iranian officials firmly rejecting U.S. overtures for negotiations while President Donald Trump touted a 15-point peace proposal and warned of escalated strikes if Tehran does not accept what Washington calls military defeat

Video images showed protesters interrupting proceedings about 15 minutes after Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke joined worshippers at Lakemba Mosque in western Sydney to mark the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan

However, five of those seven individuals have now withdrawn their claims for asylum after reportedly facing threats and intimidation, with captain Zahra Ghanbari the latest to do so on Monday

He described the regime’s violent crackdown on anti-regime protestors that began in December 2025, during which thousands of protestors were killed by regime forces

In the sun-scorched waters of the Persian Gulf, a tiny speck of coral and limestone — just eight square miles in size — is the most dangerous piece of real estate on Earth right now

The team drew international attention when they refused to sing the Iranian national anthem during an AFC Women’s Asian Cup tournament match on 2 March, just days after US-Israeli strikes killed Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

The lack of interest from Washington and Tehran suggests both sides are digging in for an extended conflict, even as the widening war inflicts civilian casualties and Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz sends oil prices soaring

Relentless attacks on tankers in the Persian Gulf have caused oil prices to skyrocket above $100 a barrel as Tehran attempts to block passage through the critical waterway

Iranian explosive-laden boats appear to have attacked two fuel tankers in Iraqi waters

Iran’s new supreme leader delivered a forceful message in his first public statement since succeeding his slain father, as the Israeli military bombarded Tehran and the Lebanese capital with strikes

Iranian explosive-laden boats appear to have attacked two fuel tankers in Iraqi waters

News that some members of the Iranian soccer team have defected after the Lionesses were knocked out of the Women’s Asian Cup in Australia this week should come as no surprise

Assessments indicate Iranian leadership remains intact despite weeks of U.S.-Israeli strikes and the killing of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and dozens of senior officials

IDF launches wide-scale strikes on Hezbollah targets across Lebanon, destroying launchers and terror sites and eliminating terrorists preparing attacks

One player and one support member sought sanctuary joining five other players who had already claimed asylum before the side flew out of Sydney to Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday evening in emotional scenes

Protesters blocked a bus carrying Iran’s women’s football team outside a hotel in Australia after five players slipped away to seek asylum duing the Women’s Asian Cup

After eight months and 252 games, Bigger Cup has finally reached the bare-knuckle stage of this bizarrely elongated competition

The bill itself does not specifically name a country, but a briefing document circulated to MPs and senators references the situation in the Middle East

The Albanese government is refusing to assist their repatriation and has expressed “contempt” for the women, while conceding it has few options to prevent the Australian citizens from returning home

Staying with the opposition leader, Taylor accused Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke of being “hopelessly conflicted” on the issue of a cohort of 34 IS brides and their children seeking passage home to Australia

The new laws, proposed by Opposition Leader Angus Taylor earlier this week, follow news that a cohort of 34 Australian IS brides and their children attempted to leave a detainment camp in Syria and return home to Australia, but were turned back during their journey

The TV journalist is due to appear at two events in Sydney and Melbourne in March, supported by the Australian Jewish Association (AJA) and other groups, alongside the former Israeli president Reuven Rivlin

The home affairs minister, who represents a south-western Sydney electorate with a high Muslim population, also warned Pauline Hanson’s recent derogatory comments against Muslims in Australia could incite violence

Residents of one of Australia's most Muslim suburbs — which Pauline Hanson sensationally claimed 'people can't go to' without feeling unsafe — are divided over the imminent return from Syria up to 34 ISIS brides and children

America’s Kurdish allies oversaw two dozen sites holding thousands of members of the terrorist group and their families

Michaelia Cash has slammed Anthony Albanese and his ministers as disingenuous about their stance on ISIS brides and their children returning to Australia

Landmark hate speech laws passes Australian parliament after deadly Bondi terror attack

Sajid Akram and his son Naveed allegedly attacked a Jewish Hanukkah celebration in the nation’s worst mass shooting in nearly three decades

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese opened the special sitting with a minute's silence before reading the names of the 15 people who were killed — prompting Labor MP Ali France to wipe away tears

There were more than 4 million guns in Australia in 2025, more than at the time of a 1996 shooting that killed 35 and prompted a gun buy-back scheme