New Taskforce: Streamlined pathways to Australian permanent residency for businesses and talented individuals
A new taskforce that brings together experts from across the Commonwealth, States and Territories as well as the private sector has been created as...
Many sick and disabled people are refused permanent visas. We need compassion, not discrimination
Australia has changed the way it decides whether children with Down syndrome, and other conditions, can...
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...
Australia once rejected ‘feeble-minded’ immigrants. While the language has changed, discrimination remains
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,...
Australia allocates 3,000 humanitarian places for Afghan refugees
The Australian government announced today that it would allocate an initial 3,000 humanitarian places to Afghan nationals within Australia’s 13,750 annual program.
Australia will give...
When we open up, let’s open up big: top economists say we need more migrants
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...