Immigration

The Border Force commissioner previously told parliament the final decision-making power over immigration detainee monitoring lies with the minister, despite the prime minister blaming the decision to remove Majid Jamshidi Doukoshkan's ankle bracelet on independent advice.

In a concrete jungle of high-rise rise apartments, there's a small patch of much-loved artificial grass, which has become a community hub in Western Sydney.

Children of asylum seekers who grew up in Australia are speaking out, fearing they will be forced back to countries they've never known under the government's proposed deportation bill. Immigration lawyers say they were failed by a "cruel" system and it is only about to get worse. 

The unspoken undercurrent of the week is that it's clear there are a lot of men feeling uncomfortable about this conversation. That doesn't make them bad men. It should be uncomfortable.

A Burundi-born man and former immigration detainee is in custody after being charged with breaching visa-mandated curfew conditions.

The Tamil family who fought a high-profile immigration battle to stay in the Queensland town of Biloela says if the federal government's proposed deportation changes were law during their saga, they would have been sent to jail.

Demand for Pacific Island seasonal workers is falling after a post-COVID boom in numbers, and some say one reason is changes requiring labourers receive at least 30 hours of work each week.

The federal opposition is accusing the government of being "missing in action" after an elderly Perth woman was allegedly attacked in a violent home invasion by an immigration detainee released after the NZYQ High Court ruling. 

How country-town carpenter and musician Billy Barker's "simple gesture" led to a group of Timorese meat workers performing at one of Australia's biggest music festivals just 12 months later.

The YIMBY movement argues fewer development restrictions and more construction will lower property prices. But two decades of intense densification across Australia's cities suggest it may not be the cure-all they hope for.

In 1954, a group of Greek merchant seamen deserted a cargo steamer in Port Pirie in a risky bid to start new lives in Australia. The legacy they created is "amazing".

Pacific Island nations are looking abroad for workers, and taking control of labour mobility schemes at home, as they look to address labour shortages hitting employers. But experts say it's too early to say whether they're succeeding.

ABF Commissioner Michael Outram has apologised to female staff in the marine unit, after a workplace review found sexual harassment and discrimination are so widespread, that "immediate intervention" is needed.

Locals are alarmed that a group of Chinese men dropped on a remote beach were able to enter an Australian air base undetected, given the ramping up of surveillance along the crocodile-infested coastline.

A social enterprise hopes to make money, but it makes a lot more than that for the people involved, and the sector is growing as governments and big business search for social impact.

An inspection report finds the Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre in Western Australia is "no longer fit for purpose" while raising serious concerns over safety conditions and the level of care for detainees and staff.

A landmark racial discrimination case comes as the country grapples with questions about race, immigration and what it means to be Japanese.

A bisexual Iranian man is refusing to be deported to his home country, saying it would amount to a death sentence.

An Australian High Court ruling has up-ended two decades of immigration policy and led to the release of almost 150 people into the community.

Lawyers for an Iranian man demanding to be released from detention have told the High Court their client would be prepared to be sent to anywhere other than Iran, even war-ravaged Gaza.

The return of international tourists to Australia appears to be stalling, with numbers almost 30 per cent down on 2019. So how do we get them back?

A High Court ruling late last year has seen political brawling over immigration detention reach levels not seen for the best part of a decade. This week another case makes its way to the court and the consequences could again be major.

A minor High Court correction to a landmark ruling embodies how the recent NZYQ saga has up-ended Australia's immigration detention system and shaken its political and legal institutions.

Restaurant owners may soon have to look locally for chefs if the federal government follows through on its 'skill-first' migration shake-up.

The Opposition Leader says there people who don't want to change for Australia, but want Australia to change for them.