We’re losers in immigration game
Neither major party seems to be listening to public opinion about the number of new arrivals to the country.
Immigration
No deals with One Nation: PM
Scott Morrison won’t do a preference deal with Pauline Hanson. Nor will he buy into a ‘slanging match’ over whether she is racist.
Migration brakes ‘on too early’
The housing sector says putting the brakes on permanent migration now could exacerbate a home-building slowdown.
No watch on regional migrants
Scott Morrison has assured migrants who live in regional Australia they will not be watched by police.
Anning buys into Erdogan attack
As his ‘toxic bigotry’ was again condemned, Fraser Anning used attacks on Australians to back his widely-denounced views on Muslim immigration.
ALP takes ad in Chinese Daily
Michael Daley takes out a front page ad in the Australian Chinese Daily as the ALP seeks to limit the damage from the racism row.
Population ‘turning point’
Scott Morrison will progress plans for fast-rail links and cut the annual migration intake by 120,000 over the next four years.
Coalition to slash migrant intake
An annual cap of 160,000 is to be placed on the migration intake in a move that will cut the targets set under Labor.
‘If attacked, you defend yourself’
Fraser Anning says the more than one million signatories on a petition to have him thrown out of Parliament were “entitled to their opinion”.
Lib: don’t deport Anzac mates
Australia should consider its historic ties with New Zealand forged by the Anzacs when deciding whether to deport Kiwis.
Voters back population cap
More than one in two NSW voters want the state’s population to stay at current levels, according to an exclusive Newspoll.
Aid backed $82m Manus contract
A PNG company given an $82m refugee catering contract received support through Australian aid program to build its business.
‘Boring’ and ‘crude’ but Milo to get his visa
Milo Yiannopoulos is set to be allowed into Australia despite $50,000 in debts to Victoria Police.
ALP to ‘slug retirees to pay for refugees’
Scott Morrison says Bill Shorten will “tax retirees” to pay for more refugees to come to Australia.
PM cuts Dutton adrift on boats
Scott Morrison says he hopes Christmas Island detention centre won’t get ‘much use’, contradicting Peter Dutton.
Refugees ‘will become citizens’
Peter Dutton has argued refugees brought to Australia for medical treatment would soon become citizens, against the wishes of the community.
‘A $2000 per minute photo op’
Bill Shorten has derided Scott Morrison’s visit to the recently reopened Christmas Island detention centre.
‘It was never about the kids’: Morrison ‘It was never about the kids’: PM visits island
Scott Morrison warns that refugee advocates have turned to well-worn tactics — including coaching, and distribution of scripts — to “game the system”.
Calls to reverse Milo’s ban
Far right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos is set to be banned from Australia with Pauline Hanson demanding the government intervene.
‘Frolicking on Christmas Island’
Bill Shorten has attacked the PM’s historic visit to the island, where a high-security detention centre will house refugees.
PM: medivac costs simple math
PM backs Peter Dutton’s claim transfers from Manus and Nauru would mean fewer spots on hospital waiting lists for Australian patients.
Medivac costs ‘to hamper panel’
Doctors warn a new volunteer panel to fast-track refugee transfers to Australia could be unworkable amid concerns over costs.
Final refugee kids leave Nauru
The final four refugee children have been taken off Nauru and flown to the US.
Last kids leave Nauru for US
The last four remaining refugee children on Nauru have left the Pacific island to be resettled in the US, government confirms.
Blitz on AAT visa appeals boom
The government plans to overhaul the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to deal with the boom in migration and refugee challenges.
Shorten shifts tack on asylum-seeker policy
Bill Shorten has backed away from saying it was ‘fine’ to send sick refugees to Christmas Island.
Medivac loophole for refugees’ kids
Australian officials are scrambling to identify children fathered with local women by refugees in PNG and Nauru.
Deporting NZ criminals ‘corrosive’
After Scott Morrison’s tense exchange with Jacinda Ardern over criminal deportation laws, NZ’s foreign minister goes on the attack.
Asylum surgeon cuts through
He came in a boat, with nothing but a dog-eared anatomy textbook and the clothes on his back.
Medivac bill dooms NZ option
The Coalition has hardened its stance against an offer to resettle 150 refugees a year, saying new medivac laws have sunk the idea.
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