Michael Koziol is the immigration and legal affairs reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based in Parliament House
Refugee lawyers furious as Immigration Minister announces a "non-negotiable" October 1 deadline for about 7500 asylum seekers to submit their claims for protection, or face deportation.
Senator blasts commentators for limiting freedom of 'those who do not conform to their views'.
Only 76 asylum seekers have left processing centre in past year, despite inducements.
Asylum seekers on Manus have been told to "consider their options".
'Some of the shots were fired through the compound and some of the bullets penetrated through the walls,' Manus Province police commissioner said.
Two refugees under Australia's care in Nauru are desperately seeking medical evacuations to Australia to escape a health regime that a government-contracted doctor on the island has admitted is "broken".
The Commonwealth public service is beginning a push toward gender-neutral bathrooms at its Canberra headquarters, to foster greater inclusiveness of transgender and intersex employees.
It was supposed to be a crucial pillar of the government's border protection policy: so why has the legislation disappeared?
A "cyber weapon" originally belonging to the US National Security Agency has caused devastation in the wrong hands.
"In this world, there are things that you'd like to go and there are things that you've got to do."
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