The Age
Story continues below The move comes after the parliament this week failed to pass a bill to restore the government's power to send asylum seekers offshore despite about 100 people dying in twin boat disasters in the past 10 days. Mr Abbott on Friday...
The Age
Independent MPs Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor say Greens immigration spokeswoman Sarah Hanson-Young endorsed but later reneged on a deal promoted by Liberal MP Judi Moylan to resolve the current political impasse this week. The proposal would have...
Al Jazeera
28 The bill was introduced after two crowded asylum-seeker boats sank off the remote Christmas Island [Getty Image] Australian senators have rejected laws that would have let the country deport asylum seekers to another country as a way of...
The Age
During the parliament sitting on Wednesday, the Greens negotiated with the independents and moderate Liberal MP Judi Moylan on backing an amendment proposed by opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison. The amendment would have paved the way...
The Courier-Mail
Some federal MPs are considering returning to Canberra over the parliamentary winter break for talks about asylum-seeker policy. Friday, following a marathon sitting of the Senate to pass government legislation extending the Northern Territory...