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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. While it hoped no one was looking last Monday night, the Morrison government whipped a 2019 bill out of its back pocket. Aimed at effectively abolishing the standalone Family Court, the government then placed it on the Senate agenda for debate Tuesday morning, without any prior warning. Passed in the Senate on 17 February 2021, the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2019, an...

The sweeping nature of the proposed Xinjiang ban goes beyond actions announced by the US and other western countries to date.

The small increase announced for the JobSeeker rate has met fierce criticism, but the Morrison government will refuse any attempts to lift it higher.

More Hong Kongers Gain Residency in Australia to Escape Communist Control As Beijing tightens its grip on Hong Kong following the imposition of the National Security Law in July last year, Australia has given safe harbour to Hong Kongers fleeing the country to escape communist control. According to data obtained by SBS, one of Australia’s public broadcasters, around 1,849 Hong Kongers were granted permanent residency (PR) visas between July and November last year. This is a 26 percent increa...

Government frustrations and concerns grow over Australias multi-billion-dollar submarine and warship programs Posted TueTuesday 23 updated TueTuesday 23 FebFebruary 2021 at 8:33pm Linda Reynolds has told Parliament she is annoyed with the slow progress of negotiations with the French. ( Share Print text only Cancel Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has expressed "frustration" and "disappointment" with the French company building Australias $90 billion future submarines as she prepares to confron...

Google has handed millions to News Corp, owned by Rupert Murdoch, 89, (pictured with wife Jerry Hall, 64, in 2019) Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is under pressure to make sure Google doesnt wriggle out of a proposed law regulating big tech by handing over millions to the likes of Rupert Murdoch. The world-first law, which is set to pass Parliament this week, was drawn up to tackle the huge power of Google and Facebook by forcing them to pay media companies for the news content they host and reveal ...

Independent Senator Rex Patrick says the “extended schedules” for the construction of Hunter class frigate ships and submarines now “no longer match our strategic circumstances”. The ships are designed for anti-submarine warfare and were ordered by the federal government along with 12 attack-class submarines. The $80 billion submarine contract with a French construction country appears likely to blow out in both costs and date by which the submarines will be ready for use. Mr Patrick t...

The Senate has narrowly passed a bill to merge the Federal Circuit Court and Family Court of Australia into a...

The auditor general has warned smaller government agencies may only be audited once every 20 years due to Coalition cuts of $6.4m from its annual budget. Grant Hehir, whose agency uncovered the $27m overspend on land at Western Sydney airport and proved partisan allocation of $100m in sports grants, gave the evidence to a parliamentary inquiry into the Australian National Audit Office on Friday. ANAO officials revealed that the ratio of senior...

Australian Attorney-General Pans Critics of Family Court Merger Attorney-General Christian Porter has panned critics of the impending Family Court merger, saying those opposing the move have a “vested interest” in maintaining the status quo. The Family Court’s merger with the Federal Court of Australia has received the Senate’s final tick of approval with support from crossbenchers Independent Senator Rex Patrick and One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson. The radical move brings the Family ...