Tony Burke, the minister for Home Affairs, Immigration, Cyber, and the Arts, during Question Time in Canberra, Australia on Oct. 9, 2025. Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has called for an honest, fact-based national conversation on migration, warning that “dog-whistle politics” has no place in modern Australia.
Speaking at the National Press Club on Oct. 16, Burke outlined his position on several issues that have confronted the minister in recent weeks including the Coalition’s internal division on migration, Burke’s decision to personally welcome Palestinian refugee arrivals, and cancelling visas for high profile conservatives.
