Record November grants extend Australia’s third student visa boom

13 Jan 2025 | If the extraordinary offshore student visa grants continue, the Government will have a challenge ...  

Treasury forecasting huge departures increase to drive down net migration

6 Jan 2025 | After repeatedly missing its net migration forecasts by a wide margin, Treasury provided an update ...  

Elite universities cry wolf about new student immigration rules

23 Dec 2024 | The Go8 lobby group has created a straw man argument over a new Ministerial Direction to limit ...  

Why Treasury’s net migration forecast for 2023-24 blew out

16 Dec 2024 | With Treasury's net migration forecast being vastly inaccurate, Dr Abul Rizvi analyses how and why ...  

Head in the sand approach to P.A.L.M. visa continues

10 Dec 2024 | The agriculture visa for Pacific Island nationals has been a dismal failure from the beginning ...  

Migrant settler nations at a crossroads on immigration policy

22 Nov 2024 | The traditional migrant settler nations are all in immigration policy-tightening mode with Aust ...  

Net migration in September quarter fell — but not enough

19 Nov 2024 | Net migration figures have shown a slowing down of entrants into Australia, but not enough to ...  

What is sustainable growth of the onshore international education industry?

15 Nov 2024 | Recent unsustainable inflow of international students threatens to derail Albo's education stra ...  

Third stage of student visa boom grinds on in September

5 Nov 2024 | With a surge in student visa applications, Dr Abul Rizvi analyses the causes and effects of the ...  

Why Canada has cut permanent migration and Australia shouldn’t

31 Oct 2024 | Following a move by the Canadian Government to cut permanent immigration levels, Dr Abul Rizvi ...  

Jason Clare wrong on net migration and student caps

29 Oct 2024 | Despite the Education Minister's assertion that student caps will reduce immigration levels, data ...  

Treasury's net migration data playing into Dutton's narrative

21 Oct 2024 | Treasury will likely need to increase its net migration forecast for 2024-25, which may set the ...  

Coalition and Murdoch press hypocritical on Labor's asylum management

17 Oct 2024 | The Coalition, through the Murdoch press, is “blasting” the Labor Government on its management ...  

Booming partner visa backlog will reduce migration opportunities for students

14 Oct 2024 | A surge in partner visa applications is causing problems for the Government which may need to ...  

Skilled temporary entrant stocks rising with no place to go

11 Oct 2024 | With numbers of skilled temporary entrants on the rise, the Government may be facing a dilemma ...  

Labor's asylum strategy struggling to rectify Coalition backlog

3 Oct 2024 | The Albanese Government is still trying to keep on top of the asylum application mess left by the ...  

Implications of student visa boom from Philippines

30 Sep 2024 | After an extraordinary surge in offshore student visa applications from the Philippines in 2022 ...