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Minister Andrew Giles is resisting pressure to stand down, saying there's more work to be done, as the opposition accuses him of being "asleep at the wheel" over the detainee crisis.
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The Australian Government says it's confident it can manage the relationship with New Zealand, despite concerns raised over changes to Direction 99. The federal government is reforming the ministerial direction requiring the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to consider a person's ties to Australia when reviewing visa cancellations, after it was used to keep a convicted rapist in Australia.