9 Jun 2021

Morrison pushes for tougher surveillance laws after drug bust

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 9 June 2021

Australia correspondent Karen Middleton joins Kathryn to talk about Australia's role in yesterday's global drug bust and how Prime Minister Scott Morrison wants Opposition help to pass three controversial security laws that would expand the government's powers of surveillance.

Could New Zealand come to the aid of a refugee family that's spent three years living on Christmas Island, despite four years in Queensland before that? Fed up Melburnians are hoping lockdown will end on Thursday, despite a handful of daily Covid cases.

The Australian government is under pressure to do more for interpreters and local staff that helped it in Afghanistan after the Kabul embassy was abruptly closed last week and the Federal Court has begun hearing a defamation case brought against a decorated former special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith.

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Photo: AFP