Unshackle immigration from Home Affairs and give it its own department
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The arrival of a boat on the coast of north-western Australia last week predictably set off an opposition political feeding frenzy. Peter Dutton was quick to claim the Albanese government had “lost control” of the border.
But a boat (or even two – there was another landing late last year) does not an armada make. Australian...
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