Ninette Simons News Today

Immigration Minister Andrew Giles says he will be updating a controversial ministerial direction that has allowed a number of migrants convicted of violent crimes to escape deportation. This is amid intense pressure from the Opposition for the minister to be sacked due to the directive which requires the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to consider a foreign national's ties to Australia when reviewing visa cancellation decisions.

Home affairs minister clarifies that panel created to manage release of people from indefinite immigration detention is ‘not a separate structure from government’

Deputy Opposition leader Sussan Ley unloaded on the Prime Minister on as fallout continues over the alleged home invasion in Perth on April 16.

Police have charged a 36-year-old man over his alleged involvement in the Girrawheen home invasion after his dramatic arrest on Sunday morning.

A former boxer believed to be the final outstanding person wanted over the alleged attack at Girrawheen in Perths north, has been charged with a string of offences.

One might imagine the conduct of non-citizen convicted criminals who have been freed from detention would be high on the list of topics over which the Immigration Minister might want to exercise personal oversight. Alas, in this instance, we're talking about the Andrew Giles

Spin, secrecy and passing the buck. These are the approaches Team Albanese is using rather than taking responsibility for improving the job of government, writes PETER VAN ONSELEN.

Ministers Clare O'Neil and Andrew Giles are dodging the spotlight shining on blunders over ex-detainees, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.

The Perth grandmother bashed in her own home, allegedly by a former detainee, has taken on the Immigration Minister Andrew Giles over the chain of events prior to the attack.

Ninette Simons, 73, tells immigration minister Andrew Giles she and 76-year-old husband Phillip feel they have been let down