Immigration
Pauline Hanson corrects her immigration arithmetic

Pauline Hanson’s revised immigration maths may finally add up, but the economic consequences of ...  
Belonging across borders: A Muslim Australian response to fear and division

A Muslim Australian reflects on migration, service and community to challenge fear-based rhetoric ...  
Student visa approvals fall despite higher 2026 planning level

Having encouraged expansion, the Government is now curbing student visa grants to contain net ...  
Albanese's victimisation of "ISIS brides" and innocent children is appalling

Despite languishing for years in an atrocious conditions, Australia's PM belligerently refu ...  
One Nation’s immigration policies: Confusion, copycats and costly myths

A closer look at One Nation’s immigration platform reveals policy confusion, borrowed Trumpian ...  
Angus Taylor disowns Coalition policies behind 2022–23 migration surge

Angus Taylor may prefer to rewrite the timeline, but the migration surge of 2022–23 flowed ...  
Australia's ageing immigrant population bomb

While short-term migration forecasts may soothe Canberra, five decades of compounding growth ...  
Australia Day 2026 violently exposes deep national divisions

If the aim of Australia Day is to promote national unity and social cohesion, writes Dave Donovan ...  
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EDITORIAL: Australia Day 2026 violently displayed the deep divisions in our nation

There’s an old saw about tourists in Ireland pulling up to the side of the road to ask a local ...  
Trumpism, but make it Australian: One Nation’s migration fantasy

By borrowing Trump’s rhetoric while ignoring Australian law, One Nation offers fear, fantasy and ...  
Consequences of not targeting student visa policy and a possible solution

Australia’s student visa surge hasn’t been fixed, it’s been deferred, and without tighter ...  
Navigating the Australian tax system as a new arrival

Ripe with opportunities and known for its promising economic conditions, living in Australia is a ...  
Jacinta Price claims Labor is importing Indian voters

Migration claims about the Labor Government fall apart under scrutiny – the data tells a ...  
Tony Abbott’s hypocrisy on immigration policy: What his time in office shows

Tony Abbott’s recent immigration rhetoric sits uneasily alongside the policies and outcomes of ...  
#8 TOP STORY 2025: Skilled visas expose cracks in Government immigration policy

Dr Abul Rizvi has yet another Top 10 Story of the Year. This former Immigration Department head ...  
Bondi terrorism delivers dive in journalism standards

The Bondi attack has been cynically repurposed to advance an immigration narrative that collapses ...  
No entry, no growth: Australia’s immigration pause illusion

Halting migration might sound like a quick fix to Australia’s housing and economic woes, but the ...  
Australia’s migration numbers defy both camps

Analysts expect new ABS data to show net migration holding steady around 315,000, defying claims ...  

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