Immigration
‘Cruel and unnecessary’: The decades-long wait for a visa for your mum
Vicky Heaton is one of almost 140,000 Australian residents waiting between 12 and 40 years to be reunited with their parents.
- by Michael Bachelard
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Boats, borders and bad guys: How a super department has come unstuck
A mounting litany of problems could mean the end of the Home Affairs experiment that began six years ago
- by Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie
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Police suspect banned Albanian politician is running an Australian crime clan
Intelligence files allege the politician may be a leading figure in a burgeoning criminal network in this country.
- by Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard
Home Affairs says Nauru detention scandal should be referred to police, NACC
Home Affairs said the responsibility rested with the companies engaged by the Commonwealth rather than the government itself.
- by Angus Thompson
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Please Explain: How millions of dollars in detention money went to Pacific politicians
Investigative journalists Nick McKenzie and Michael Bachelard discuss their investigation into the secret money trail beginning in Home Affairs coffers and ending with payments to bank accounts controlled by powerful Pacific Island politicians.
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Racism
I changed my name from Habib to get a job. Here’s why I changed it back
I’ve reclaimed my Arabic surname as a source of pride. But even now, sadly, names like mine create a glass ceiling in Australian workplaces.
- by Rashell Habib
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Albanian mafia linked to dead multimillionaire trucking boss
Troy Kellett died after falling from a stack of shipping containers at an Adelaide dock. Police are probing if he was there to help in a narcotics importation.
- by Nick McKenzie and Marta Pascual Juanola
‘Rome Process’: Georgia Meloni forges grand plan to tackle illegal migration
Participants from more than 20 countries agreed to make funding available to support development projects in what the Italian PM said would last for several years.
- by Angelo Amante and Keith Weir
Moral argument for the Voice needs factual back-up
The Voice is but another tiny step in the reconciliation process.
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Brought to Australia as a ‘student’, Henry was made into a slave
An unscrupulous employer engineered a path to this country for the young hopeful Chinese man, then put him to work for a pittance.
- by Michael Bachelard, Nick McKenzie and Amelia Ballinger
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Violent, organised and in Australia: Dangerous Albanian criminals make a mockery of migration system
Police and intelligence agencies are concerned that the organised crime gangs are exploiting weak immigration controls to run large operations in Australia.
- by Nick McKenzie, Michael Bachelard and Amelia Ballinger