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Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke (pictured) has dubbed the new crackdown effort to be an ‘innovative model’.

Federal PoliticsPremiumFresh crackdown on illegal tobacco targets middlemen

The Federal Government has announced a fresh national crackdown on illegal tobacco aimed at disrupting mid-level criminals and enablers of the trade.

Katina Curtis

Minister Tony Burke says AUKUS will increase immigration pressure.

Federal PoliticsAUKUS jobs boom to force visa overhaul

An AUKUS-driven increase in demand for workers in Western Australia and South Australia has prompted Tony Burke to look at overhauling a visa system that State governments complain about every year.

Katina Curtis

The Australian Defence Force has begun discussions with the US military about providing possible support to a future “international stabilisation force” in Gaza as part of President Donald Trump’s peace plan

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ADF preparing to get Aussie boots on ground in Middle East

The Australian Defence Force has begun discussions with the US military about providing personnel to a future ‘international stabilisation force’ in the Middle East as part of Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan

Andrew Greene and Katina Curtis

A Bitcoin automated teller machine (ATM) at a gas station in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023.

Federal PoliticsCrackdown on crypto ATMs to tackle scams, money laundering

Crypto ATMs could be banned under new powers to help the government’s financial crime watchdog crack down on scammers and money laundering.

Katina Curtis

Tony Burke has resisted pressure to lower migration levels in Australia.

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Burke resists calls to decrease migration as target revealed

The Albanese Government has resisted pressure to decrease migration levels amid heightened scrutiny following rallies involving neo-nazis across the country at the weekend.

Katina Curtis

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has conceded the incredibly high threshold on a preventative detention regime for criminal former immigration detainees means it’s possible none will ever be locked up under it.

Federal PoliticsMigrant detention law failed, ‘thresholds too high’: Burke

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has conceded the incredibly high threshold on a preventative detention regime for criminal former immigration detainees means it’s possible none will ever be locked up under it.

Katina Curtis

Workplace Minister Tony Burke is expected to claim victory over his IR overhaul on Thursday. NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

FEDERAL POLITICSPremiumBurke defends $57k spend on trip as being within ‘the rules’

Employment Relations Minister Tony Burke is defending his exorbitant US travel expenses as being within ‘the rules’ of the Department as he faces questions over the $57,000 spending spree.

Kimberley Caines

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke and inset, AREEA boss Steve Knott.

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REVEALED: Behind secret IR deal that divided mining sector

A tranche of letters and emails reveal how a peak mining group broke ranks to negotiate a secret industrial relations deal with the Albanese Government.

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Minister for Employment Tony Burke during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, July 31, 2023. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

‘Not impressed’ PremiumPort chaos prompts blistering ministerial attack on DP World

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke has launched a scathing attack on DP World as he slapped down the stevedore giant’s call for him to intervene in the dispute disrupting four of Australia’s biggest ports.

Dan Jervis-Bardy

Portraits of Elvis, Marilyn Monroe and several cans of soup are among 53 works by pop art master Andy Warhol on exclusive loan to the Wanneroo Regional Gallery from the National Gallery of Australia.

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Just dandy: Warhol works are headed to Wanneroo

Portraits of Elvis, Marilyn Monroe and several cans of soup are among 53 works by pop art master Andy Warhol on exclusive loan to the Wanneroo Regional Gallery from the National Gallery of Australia.

Katina Curtis

Big businesses and miners have lashed out at crossbenchers and the Government for a ‘sneaky’ deal that has led to the surprise passage of changes in industrial relations.

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‘ECONOMIC VANDALISM’: IR deal a ‘complete breach of trust’

Big businesses and miners have lashed out at crossbenchers and the Government for a ‘sneaky’ deal that has led to the surprise passage of changes in industrial relations.

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Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke.

Not convincedPremiumStop ‘tinkering’ with IR legislation and make total overhaul

Major employer groups have banded together to call on the Federal Government to dump or delay its industrial relations changes, not satisfied with the concessions made so far.

Katina Curtis

Ai Group chief executive Innes Willox says the system is already overly complex and is hampering productivity and wages.

‘Overly complex’ PremiumBig business accuses IR agenda of being ‘anti-productivity’

Big business has accused the Government’s industrial relations agenda of being ‘anti-productivity’, saying the nation needs the system to be simplified not made even more complex.

Katina Curtis

Early childcare teacher Karly Elliott and assistant director Treena Parridge with four-year-olds Lachlan Kmiecik, Mason Ullianich and Axel Roca in Guildford.

‘Change the landscape’PremiumChildcare sector gets moving on multi-employer pay deal

Staff working for 65 childcare employers across the country — including the nation’s largest private provider — are seeking to strike a new joint agreement with a hefty increase in pay.

Katina Curtis

Patrick Gorman is taking on an additional role.

Doubling upPremiumPerth MP Gorman adds public service to ministerial roles

Patrick Gorman will take on an extra ministerial responsibility for the public service in a light-touch reshuffle aimed at easing the load of the Cabinet ministers who run the parliamentary chambers.

Katina Curtis

Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke described the changes as “sensible improvements to the practical application of the Bill”.

‘sensible improvements’ PremiumCompromise on IR law change fails to win over crossbench

The Government has made key concessions to its industrial relations changes but is yet to win over the crossbench support it needs to get the bills through the Senate.

Katina Curtis

Tony Burke has defended Labor’s policy on Israel-Palestine after comments from some of his Labor colleagues sparked national controversy.

Holding toughVideoTony Burke defends Labor’s policy on Israel-Palestine

The Federal MP spoke after some of his Labor colleagues sparked national controversy with comments labelled “anti-Semitic”.

Joanna Delalande