Migration
Articles
When we open up, let’s open up big: top economists say...
By Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Australia’s leading economists have overwhelmingly endorsed a return to the highest immigration intake on record, saying Australia should aim for at least 190,000 migrants per year as it opens its borders, up from the...
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Australia once rejected ‘feeble-minded’ immigrants. While the language has changed, discrimination...
By Jan Gothard, Murdoch University
“Idiots”, “imbeciles”, the “feeble-minded”, anyone with a “loathsome disease”: all were refused entry into Australia under early migration acts. Today,...
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minutes
We need to restart immigration quickly to drive economic growth. Here’s...
By Anna Boucher, University of Sydney and Robert Breunig, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Faced with a difficult economic recovery from the...
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minutes
‘If you call 000 … I will send you back to...
By Naomi Pfitzner, Monash University and Marie Segrave, Monash University
At the first sign of lockdown due to COVID-19 in Australia and across the globe,...
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minutes
New Taskforce: Streamlined pathways to Australian permanent residency for businesses and...
A new taskforce that brings together experts from across the Commonwealth, States and Territories as well as the private sector has been created as...
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minutes
Many sick and disabled people are refused permanent visas. We need...
Australia has changed the way it decides whether children with Down syndrome, and other conditions, can...
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minutes
Government begins review of skilled migration occupation list
The Australian Government has started a review of the skilled migration occupation lists, welcoming feedback from interested stakeholders, particularly those in regional areas.
Minister for...
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