A new centre for population has been launched to help the federal government keep tabs on migration rates and “ensure Australia remains united and together…

Senior executives at the Department of Home Affairs know they need to do a lot of work to build morale and confidence in their leadership…

The Department of Defence faces three new charges over workplace health and safety breaches after an investigation by Comcare, but some lawyers continue to wonder…

It’s been two years since the government announced it would establish a Home Affairs portfolio, and just over 18 months since it came into…

In 2018 alone, Anti-Slavery Australia helped over 123 people who had been trafficked to or from Australia, or had faced slavery-like conditions while in Australia.

While the federal government's policy goal of stronger English language skills among migrants has been controversial, its main service delivery department is proud of its…

For all the sound and fury in parliament, late changes mean the contentious medivac bill does not threaten the minority government’s control of the nation’s…

The Auditor General has criticised Home Affairs for dragging its feet on citizenship processing, but the department refuses to concede.

The trouble Roman Quaedvlieg is causing for his former political master is testament to why it's a good idea to look after public servants you…

Commonwealth Ombudsman Michael Manthorpe has told his former Immigration colleagues to have yet another go at fixing detention review processes after an administrative error led…

Productivity Commission chairman Peter Harris chose an address to the European Australian Business Council to explain the independent advisory body's views on Australia's place in…

As usual there were plenty of dust-ups between the Dorothy Dixers on the first day of the Senate's supplementary estimates hearings yesterday. Here's a run-down…

As the public service head of the incoming Home Affairs portfolio, Michael Pezzullo will have to overcome more than just a bureaucratic turf war in…

A single Defence Department was brought together in the 1970s. Later, Foreign and Affairs and Trade were merged, never to be separated again. Now Australia…