Immigration
Both major parties face dilemmas with 2025-26 migration program

No matter who wins the 2025 Election, both major parties face enormous pressures in managing the ...  
Zero chance for Dutton to achieve net migration target

Several factors have led to the Coalition's proposed net migration target of 160,000 being impo ...  
Racism absent from Coalition election campaign

Will the Opposition parties grab at an opportunity to cause some anger and bad feeling over the ...  
Bridging visa backlog a sign of poor system health

Dealing with the backlog of people stuck on bridging visas has to be part of the plan to reduce ...  
Dutton's student capping policy a chaotic plan

After opposing Labor’s student capping legislation in late 2024, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton ...  
Australia's deportation laws abandon human rights

Deportation laws have seen several acts of cruelty against legal citizens and are in urgent need ...  
Promises to downsize 'Big Australia' immigration remain vague

A few weeks out from the federal election, both major parties are focused on immigration — but ...  
Net migration to be key election issue

The level of net migration will likely be a focus of the forthcoming Federal Election with both ...  
Dutton’s citizenship beat-up

Dr Abul Rizvi puts paid to Dutton's "Trumpy" claims that visas for Gazans are being fast-tracked b ...  
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EDITORIAL: Dutton’s citizenship beat-up

Dr Abul Rizvi puts paid to Dutton's "Trumpy" claims that visas for Gazans are being fast-tracked b ...  
Higher education visa boom silences university lobby groups

While there was a flurry of media commentary from university lobby groups when the new Ministerial ...  
Peter Dutton sets eyes on Trump’s mass deportation plan

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton may be tempted to emulate Donald Trump's deportation plan desp ...  
Working holidaymakers contributing strongly to net migration

Several policy changes and a strong labour market have led to a surge in working holidaymakers ...  
Dutton's permanent migration target another broken promise

Peter Dutton's promise to cut permanent migration by 45,000 is unreachable and just another ploy ...  
Record November grants extend Australia’s third student visa boom

If the extraordinary offshore student visa grants continue, the Government will have a challenge ...  
Treasury forecasting huge departures increase to drive down net migration

After repeatedly missing its net migration forecasts by a wide margin, Treasury provided an update ...  
Elite universities cry wolf about new student immigration rules

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

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

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