Trump tweets he will study 'dumb' refugee deal with Australia
President Donald Trump has thrown the US-Australia refugee deal into grave doubt with a single post on Twitter.
Tom McIlroy is a political reporter for Fairfax Media in the federal press gallery at Parliament House.
President Donald Trump has thrown the US-Australia refugee deal into grave doubt with a single post on Twitter.
The reporter who broke the explosive account of Donald Trump's combative phone call with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the new president will look to get out of a refugee resettlement deal signed by the Obama administration.Â
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has dismissed the body established by Tony Abbott to advise on indigenous issues, preparing to appoint new members and replace outspoken chair Warren Mundine.
The Greens received more than $1 million from two big donors last financial year, helping bankroll the party's campaign for the July 2 federal election.
The White House appears to be backing away from a commitment to honour a deal struck by the Obama administration to take more than a thousand refugees from Australia's offshore detention centres.
"It's not my job as Prime Minister of Australia to run a commentary on the domestic policies of other countries".
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says the Turnbull government will support Donald Trump's administration on "strong immigration and border protection policies", as the leaders of the United Kingdom and Germany criticise an executive order banning entry to the United States for refugees and citizens from a range of majority Muslim countries.Â
A leading refugee advocate has called on the Turnbull government to begin negotiations to resettle people held on Manus Island and Nauru in Canada.
Alan Mackay-Sim helped achieve a feat described as "more impressive than man walking on the moon".
The death of Vicki Jellie's husband led her on a journey that has seen the fundraiser named Australia's Local Hero for 2017.
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