Monte Bovill

There's dismay and anger among parliamentarians and advocates that the federal government is rushing legislation through parliament to make it easier to deport non-citizens.

Tasmanian senator Tammy Tyrrell will sit on the crossbench as an independent after announcing she is resigning from the Jacqui Lambie Network.

The federal government has pitched a digital I-D as a safer way to verify identity, and avoid repeatedly providing original documents.

Former defence chief Mark Binskin has been appointed as Australia's special adviser on Israel's response to the Israeli strikes that killed seven aid workers in Gaza last week.

Tasmania's premier and Liberal backbencher Bridget Archer say it was a mistake for Peter Dutton to draw comparisons between the reactions to the Port Arthur massacre and pro-Palestine protests, but others have backed the Liberal leader in.

Elon Musk's attempts to fight orders to remove graphic footage of the Sydney stabbings from X provokes fury among federal politicians, who are renewing their focus on punishing social media platforms that host misinformation and harmful content.

Social media companies are slammed by Australia's top police officer for "pouring accelerant on the flames" of misinformation and extremism on their platforms, while the boss of ASIO raises concerns encrypted chat services are a "safe room for terrorists and spies".

Social media companies have been slammed by Australia's top police officer for "pouring accelerant on the flames" of misinformation and extremism on their platforms, while the boss of ASIO has raised concerns encrypted chat services are a "safe room for terrorists and spies".

The prime minister will tell the crowd at an Anzac Day dawn service in Papua New Guinea that Australia "will never forget" the help the country's people provided to Australian soldiers during World War II.

Police officers will soon be able to access near real-time information on firearms and who owns them after the federal government committed hundreds of millions of dollars to implement a national firearms register.