Stephanie Borys
Stephanie Borys is a political reporter in the ABC's Parliament House bureau in Canberra. Prior to joining the ABC, Stephanie was a federal political reporter for Macquarie Radio. Stephanie won the Brian White Memorial Award in 2010, and was a finalist the following year. She has also been nominated for a NSW Kennedy Award for outstanding radio reporting.
Latest by Stephanie Borys
Feel like you've waited months to get an answer about your pension? You're not alone
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
Some Australians have waited more than 100 days to have their Paid Parental Leave, JobSeeker and Disability Support Pension payments approved.
Half of 149 released immigration detainees convicted of violent offending, kidnapping or robbery
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
Nearly 40 people released from immigration detention following a High Court decision last year have been told they do not have to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet despite the government talking tough on protecting the community.
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Hot contest for Cook pre-selection as Morrison's political career barely cold in the ground
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
Voters in the Sydney seat of Cook will head back to the polls this year after former prime minister Scott Morrison announced his plan to leave politics as several names enter the race to take his place.
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PM's office knew about Chinese navy sonar incident days before meeting Xi Jinping
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
Emails seen by the ABC show the prime minister's department was notified about a sonar incident with China's navy days before Anthony Albanese met with President Xi Jinping.
Peter Dutton demands apology from Anika Wells after breakfast television 'paedophile protector' comments
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says he was "hurt" by personal attacks levelled against him by government minister Anika Wells, who agreed with claims on breakfast television that he was a protector of paedophiles.
Nearly 1 million Australians have unclaimed Medicare benefits waiting for them
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
An average of $240 is waiting to be claimed by nearly a million Australians who have out-of-date or unrecorded bank details with Medicare.
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Detainees released from immigration detention without ankle monitoring devices
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
The federal government is refusing to say why it opted against imposing ankle monitoring bracelets on three of the people released into the community following a landmark High Court ruling.
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Detainees released without visas after High Court decision in immigration revelation
Exclusive by political reporter Stephanie Borys
Some of the detainees released from immigration detention were sent into the community without visas, a revelation that appears to contradict what the federal government has said in recent days.
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Three murderers and sexual offenders among people released from immigration detention
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
The federal government defends its security response to the release of detainees from immigration detention, insisting all are subject to strict mandatory visa conditions, with some required to report daily to border force.
Lambie and Pocock split government's workplace relations bill in the Senate
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
The federal government's attempt to make a raft of major changes to industrial relations laws this year looks set to fail, after some of the crossbench secured support for a different approach.
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China agrees to review tariffs on Australian wine ahead of PM's visit to Beijing
By David Speers and political reporter Stephanie Borys
The decision comes ahead of PM Anthony Albanese's visit to Beijing. Tariffs of up to 220 per cent were imposed in 2020.
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How the changes to the government's paid parental leave scheme will affect you
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
Parents will be offered more paid parental leave in the years ahead, but there are some rules about how it can be used. Here's what you need to know.
Israel Defense Forces warn over 1 million Gazans to relocate to the south — as it happened
By Liana Walker, Michael Doyle, Inasha Iftekhar , Riley Stuart, Lara Smit, Cason Ho, Audrey Courty, John Lyons, Debra Killalea, Bridget Judd, Tessa Flemming, Tom Williams, and Stephanie Borys
Israel tells civilians living in northern Gaza to head south, warning them the military will operate "significantly" in Gaza City in the coming days.
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Apple and Google's digital wallets to be brought under payment rules
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
Apple and Google will soon be required to comply with rules already imposed on credit cards and EFTPOS transactions, pushing past concerns from Apple it could harm the emerging technology.
Qantas and Virgin asked to bring Australians home from Israel
By political reporters Tom Lowrey and Stephanie Borys
Official advice to Australians looking to leave is to pursue commercial flights, however while flights out of Israel are available, there have been widespread cancellations.
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Home Affairs and Immigration sites hit by denial-of-service cyber attacks
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
Home Affairs and Immigration webpages have been targeted by a denial-of-service attack that has prevented people from lodging visa or citizenship applications.
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'Time wasting': Transport minister rebuffs request to front airlines inquiry
By political reporters Stephanie Borys, Evelyn Manfield and Jake Evans
The transport minister says a request for her to front an inquiry examining the decision to reject Qatar Airways from expanding its services in Australia is a political stunt, and a waste of her time.
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Tax office reveals 11 more Australians reporting super balances of more than $100 million
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
As the government introduces draft legislation to tighten concessions for the largest superannuation account holders, new data reveals 11 more Australians have joined the ranks of account holders with more than $100 million in super.
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Prime minister proposes joint parliamentary committee if Voice is successful
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
Politicians from across the divide will be involved in developing the Voice to Parliament if the referendum succeeds, but the opposition has cast doubt on the process.
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Australia 'much better prepared' for bushfire threat this summer, says minister
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
The emergency management minister tells Insiders authorities are better prepared for this summer compared to the months leading up to the Black Summer fires in 2019 and 2020.
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Women strip searched at Qatari airport fear similar incident could happen again
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
The lawyer representing Australian women subjected to invasive body searches at Doha airport say they're worried there is an ongoing risk to women flying Qatar Airways.
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Energy Minister says replacing coal-fired power stations with nuclear would cost $387 billion
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
The federal government releases figures to try to shut down growing calls from the opposition to consider nuclear as part of Australia's future energy mix, with Energy Minister Chris Bowen saying there would be a "massive cost to pay".
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The government's $10bn housing bill has passed parliament, paving way for 30,000 new homes
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
The $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund has passed parliament, paving the way for new social and affordable homes to be built.
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Australians skipping genetic screening tests out of fear it will affect life insurance coverage
By political reporter Stephanie Borys
Life insurance companies are accused of "genetic discrimination" in determining coverage and premiums, with researchers finding some Australians are skipping tests that could detect risk of disease to avoid the results affecting their life insurance.
Nation's first cyber security coordinator appointed, as government reckons with hack affecting big four banks
By political reporters Stephanie Borys and Nabil Al-Nashar
As law enforcement agencies respond to a data breach at a law firm that kept the big four banks and the Health Department as clients, the federal government announces it has finally filled the role of the nation's first cyber security coordinator.
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