Immigration
NZ’s anti-woke warrior Winston Peters is the Trump of the south
Once described as like “the drunk uncle at the wedding”, NZ’s deputy prime minister has proved the wiliest political survivor in the Pacific.
- by Matthew Knott
Latest
Australia quietly ditches $4.6b detention contract with scandal-plagued Serco
The British multinational will no longer run immigration detention centres, ending a partnership that has been riddled with claims of violence, drug trade, neglect and understaffing.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Trump poised to tap far-right figure for immigration crackdown
The president-elect has already named one key figure in what promises to be a signature feature of Trump’s second term: deporting undocumented migrants.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion
US Votes 2024
How the deluded Democrats were trumped. It’s the democracy, stupid
It turns out that Democrat voters’ definition of the threat to democracy was completely different to Republicans’. But voters preferred Trump’s version.
- by Peter Hartcher
Trump day one: Drills, pardons and a certain ‘schedule F’
According to his own statements, the new US president has a lot to do on his first day back in the White House.
- by Colleen Long and Dan Merica
Exclusive
Victorian Parliament
Victoria lobbied for rule change to raise working visa cut-off age to 50
Victoria privately pressed the Albanese government to expand visa requirements to attract more overseas workers to fill critical gaps in the tourism industry.
- by Annika Smethurst
Mexico’s migrant caravan shrinks to half its size after Trump victory
After hearing that Donald Trump had won the presidency again, many of those in the caravan felt less hopeful about their chance at a new life in the US.
- by Daniel Becerril and Lizbeth Diaz
Labor wants Australia to pay countries to take former detainees
The proposed laws come as former immigration detainees are told they are freed from curfews and electronic monitoring after a High Court challenge.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Labor back to drawing board on ankle bracelet laws after High Court defeat
The High Court ruled that forcing former immigration detainees to wear ankle bracelets and live under curfews is unlawful, in a massive blow to the Albanese government that Tony Burke vowed to counter with new laws.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
Government to miss immigration targets again as Kiwis flock to Australia
Treasury boss Steven Kennedy has revealed net overseas migration will miss the government’s own forecasts, heaping pressure on the Albanese government.
- by Shane Wright and Natassia Chrysanthos
‘Everything else disappears’: How music brings relief in detention centres
Philip Feinstein, 76, collects donated instruments to deliver to those waiting in immigration detention.
- by Penry Buckley