The Sydney Morning Herald logo
The Sydney Morning Herald logo

Tony Burke

Advertisement
Jonno Duniam has announce he will not recontest the next election.

‘I’ve had enough’: Duniam shares the moment he knew his political career was over

The Tasmanian senator gave a parting warning to his colleagues, as he announced his plan to step away from politics to spend more time with his family.

  • Brittany Busch

Latest

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke on Tuesday.

Labor counters Chinese threats to sea cables, as it creates hacking ‘human firewall’

Office workers who fall for hacking attempts are to blame for nearly two-thirds of all successful online attacks, which cost the economy $25 billion per year.

  • Paul Sakkal
The High Court ruled indefinite immigration detention was unlawful in 2023.

Home Affairs could pay out tens of millions to former detainees, criminals, after High Court ruling

The judgment could pave the way for more cases against the government.

  • Brittany Busch
A BYD electric car on display at the Essen Motor Show in Essen, Germany.

‘Should set off alarm bells’: Call for probe into politicians’ use of Chinese EVs

ASIO told politicians not to have sensitive conversations while n taxpayer-funded vehicles, which a Liberal senator says are “rolling Chinese data centres”.

  • Matthew Knott
Islamic State-linked woman Kirsty Rosse-Emile gets into a car after arriving at Melbourne Airport this evening.

Photographer shoved as ‘ISIS brides’ escorted from airports without arrest

None of the women returning have been arrested, but government sources have told this masthead some women may be charged in coming days.

  • Michael Bachelard, Mostafa Rachwani and Angus Delaney
Doctors say the shrapnel in the head of Hodan Abby’s five-year-old daughter needs to be removed.

‘ISIS bride’ barred from returning to Australia fled to Syria as teen to join jihadis

The identity of the woman who has been barred from returning can now be revealed. Her daughter, who is also now stuck in Syria, has serious medical issues caused by shrapnel wounds she suffered as a baby.

  • Michael Bachelard and Brittany Busch
Advertisement
All of the ISIS brides have now left the al-Roj camp in Syria, but one will not be permitted to come to Australia.

ISIS bride will be stranded in Syria on Australian government’s orders

The remaining Australian women linked to Islamic State have left the al-Roj camp in Syria, but the Australian government refuses to let one of them back into the country.

  • Michael Bachelard
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has defended his “mass migration” rhetoric, insisting he is blaming the government, not migrant communities.

Taylor’s ‘historic’ migration cut could amount to just 5 per cent

Labor’s housing and migration projections nearly converge by 2028, posing a challenge to the opposition leader’s vow to slash migration.

  • Brittany Busch
Amar Singh, founder of the charity Turbans 4 Australia, is among those to criticise the measures announced by Opposition Leader Angus Taylor.

‘It’s really hurting’: Multicultural leaders decry Coalition migration policy

Leaders from the Indian, Chinese and Lebanese diasporas have sounded the alarm over Angus Taylor’s new policy, describing it as a threat to social cohesion.

  • Nick Newling
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke.

Burke uses Bondi powers to outlaw neo-Nazi hate group

Joining or providing support to far-right group White Australia, previously known as the National Socialist Network, will be punishable by up to 15 years in jail.

  • Matthew Knott, Nick Newling and Sherryn Groch