Australia politics news live updates: Cash confirms no federal Icac bill before election; thousands strike for NSW nurses; at least 46 Covid deaths
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Attorney general tells Senate estimates no anti-corruption commission legislation will be introduced in this term; Labor probes Coalition's bushfire response during extended question time; Australia records at least 46 Covid-related deaths. Follow live
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Prime minister Scott Morrison has accused judges of handing out sentences that allow foreign-born criminals to dodge deportation.
The government will introduce legislation so non-citizens who have been convicted of a crime are easier to kick out. He tells 2GB radio that judges are giving out more lenient sentences so people are not captured under current laws. He says:
The judges are handing down sentences that allow people to get around this.
We want to make sure we can punt them.
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