The government has successfully fended off a major legal challenge that would have seen up to 200 more immigration detainees released into the community.
The encounter has strained efforts to stabilise relations with Beijing and comes as Australian officials prepare to host a visit by Chinese Premier Li Qiang.
The immigration minister has taken a veiled swipe at a government-appointed panel of experts who gave advice about a former detainee who is then alleged to have committed a violent assault.
Katy Gallagher has told former prime minister Julia Gillard she hit the “bottom of the bottom” after the tragic death of her fiance.
A former detainee accused of a violent assault was not required to wear an electronic ankle monitor and had been bailed by police and courts multiple times this year.
ABC footage shows the prime minister asking rally organiser Sarah Williams if she wanted him to speak just before his comments to the crowd prompted her furious outburst.
Mark Dreyfus said actions that need to be taken to address domestic violence have already been identified.
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel has uploaded an 11-minute statement to YouTube saying he is not opposed to the video of his stabbing remaining on social media.
Minister for Women Katy Gallagher says the much-delayed parliamentary standards commission could punish MPs,senators,staffers and others in the building for serious breaches such as sexual assault.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has accused Elon Musk of choosing “ego and showing violence” over common sense as the X owner argues taking the videos down globally is censorship.
‘Whatever,let the purge begin’. Some Coalition MPs think a new parliamentary watchdog would be used to pursue vendettas,but Lidia Thorpe says it should be a lot tougher.