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Some good yarns coming out of Home Affairs #estimates this morning...
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Home Affairs secretrary Michael Pezzullo has launched a scathing attack against reports he suggested expanding the powers of Australia's digital spy agency: https://www.theherald.com.au/story/5418223/home-affairs-boss-attacks-cyber-spy-report/?cs=7 …
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The creation of the Home Affairs mega-portfolio has cost $5.5 million, with most of the taxpayer cash spent on boosting physical and IT security measures: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/creation-of-home-affairs-agency-cost-5-5m …
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Stopping would-be terrorists from conducting reconnaissance missions for planned attacks at Australian airports justifies giving AFP officers broader powers to check the IDs of travelers, Michael Pezzullo has argued: https://au.news.yahoo.com/airport-security-checks-not-keeping-pace-013735374--spt.html …
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Repairs to a border patrol boat which smashed into the Great Barrier Reef in September 2017 will cost about $3 million. No action is expected to be taken against any crew members involved: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/repairs-to-border-boat-to-cost-3-million …
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Home Affairs boss Michael Pezzullo on the New Zealand refugee offer: "Unless and until that question of on-travel can be addressed and resolved ... once we're in a position to do that, it might be more possible to take up that offer." Story: https://au.news.yahoo.com/border-boss-leaves-door-open-nz-offer-051154678--spt.html …
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There are some genuinely loud building works going down during
#estimates hearings. Sounds like they're getting absolutely stuck in with the hammers and power saws. The good people of Parliament House have cranked up the volume on the committee room microphones.#auspolShow this thread -
New figures on Commonwealth Games athletes and officials who have overstayed their visas: * 205 people in community on bridging visas while applications for other visas are processed * Most (about 190) applied for protection * Another 50 people remain in Australia unlawfully.
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In other words, almost 200 people have applied for Australia's protection after attending the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, with another 50 people overstaying their visas unlawfully. Story: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/fifty-illegally-overstay-games-visas …
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Australian Border Force officials have defended the decision to take a Sri Lankan family from their central Queensland home and place them in immigration detention in Melbourne: https://au.news.yahoo.com/border-force-boss-defends-raid-family-080305590--spt.html …
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The earlier link to the Commonwealth Games visas story is playing up. Here's another version: https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.perthnow.com.au/sport/commonwealth-games/fifty-athletes-illegally-overstay-commonwealth-games-visas-ng-b88842694z.amp …
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Border Force officers are trying to track down dozens of asylum seekers who missed a "lodge it or leave" deadline to claim protection in Australia: https://www.google.com.au/amp/www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-5753137/amp/Authorities-hunt-dozens-asylum-seekers.html …
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