Prime Minister Tony Abbott has sought to reinvigorate his party with an end-of-year cabinet shuffle.
Refugees to be Subjected to Inquisition
Minister for Immigration, Scott Morrison, has announced stricter criteria for refugees applying for asylum on the basis of fear of torture.
Should Politicians be Subject to Mean Testing?
Following the suggestion that people who receive government welfare payments should be subject to ongoing drug tests, there have now been calls for politicians’ salaries to be “mean tested”.
Manus Report Recommends Less Beating
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison yesterday publicised the findings of an independent report into the February 2014 violence on Manus Island, recommending that security personnel “should seek to reduce where possible the frequency and severity with which they beat asylum seekers.”