Albanese promises net migration fall to pre-pandemic levels

11 Dec 2023 | Should Labor fail to rein in net migration as it promises, it may face the political consequences ...  

Work cut out for Government in managing net migration

1 Dec 2023 | The Labor Government is still doing its best to control the visa system mess left by the Coalit ...  

Shadow Minister Dan Tehan slams Labor's immigration policy

17 Nov 2023 | Shadow Minister for Immigration Dan Tehan addressed the Coalition's criticisms of Labor's immig ...  

As tourism explodes, visa due diligence is key

13 Nov 2023 | The Department of Home Affairs must balance granting visitor visas and limit the misuse of this ...  

Albanese's new China visa agreement will hardly 'release floodgates'

10 Nov 2023 | Dr Abul Rizvi considers whether the PM’s new visa agreement with China will "open the floo ...  

Both major parties shirk responsibility for migration management

3 Nov 2023 | Ever since Kevin Rudd was shouted down for believing in a “big Australia”, no politician has ...  

Management of student visas has Government in a pickle

31 Oct 2023 | While the Albanese Government has done its best to amend the visa system chaos left by the Coal ...  

Government between a rock and a hard place on permanent migration program

25 Oct 2023 | In its attempt to repair the immigration system chaos caused by the Coalition, the Albanese ...  

Pressure on Government as net migration yet to peak

19 Oct 2023 | Arrivals and departures data for the September quarter of 2023 suggests record net migration has ...  

Questions loom over mooted parent visa reforms

8 Oct 2023 | Calls for parent visa reform are increasing, but questions remain over the feasibility of these ...  

Growth in temporary entrants plateaus after hitting record

5 Oct 2023 | After growing by over 90,000 in July to an all-time record of 2.554 million, temporary entrants in ...  

Labor tightens further batch of student visa policy

3 Oct 2023 | The Albanese Government has announced a further batch of changes to student visa policies to ...  

ABS data spurs media into 'recession' panic

8 Sep 2023 | Estimated GDP data released by the Bureau of Statistics has resulted in the mainstream media ...  

COVID visa stream to be closed at long last

1 Sep 2023 | The Albanese Government has announced that from 2 September 2023, the COVID visa stream will be ...