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...
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...
We need to restart immigration quickly to drive economic growth. Here’s one way to...
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...
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,...
‘If you call 000 … I will send you back to your country’: how...
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,...
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...