Politicians ‘unleashing racism’
Malcolm Turnbull and Peter Dutton have been condemned by the South Sudanese community for “racialising crime”.
Immigration
Yassmin ‘humiliated at border’
Yassmin Abdel-Magied says she was told to ‘go back where she came from’ in an inflammatory column in a London paper.
‘Racist past’ critics get it wrong
Australia’s past exclusivist policies were not based on race but on differences in economic and cultural backgrounds.
Allow us to digest migrant bulge
Unless immigration levels are reduced, the costs will mount, jeopardising our ability to reap the large gains migration brings.
Anning’s words ‘distasteful’
PoliticsNow: John Howard has condemned Fraser Anning, reiterating his support for a non-discriminatory immigration policy.
Shades of Hanson in first speech
Fraser Anning has called for an end to Muslim immigration in a contentious speech that praised the White Australia policy.
Mayor in denial of ‘real’ crime
A group of eight Melbourne mayors have been accused of “preaching” about the city’s African gang scourge.
Coverage ‘puts lives in danger’
Melbourne mayors and an African-Australian community leader have hit out at “fear mongering” over gang violence.
Teen riot just ‘kids being stupid’
Up to 100 Sudanese youths who went on a rampage in Melbourne were acting like other Australian kids, community leader says.
Dream suburb to nightmare
For months, Melbourne’s western suburbs have played reluctant host to a violent incidents involving young African-Australians.
‘Arrest gang teens on the spot’
Victoria police’s tactics have come under fire after it was revealed they declined to arrest warring African gang members.
‘We’ll raid you, white trash’
Residents in the Melbourne suburb where rival South Sudanese gangs clashed last night tell of their hours of horror.
Someone will be killed: Dutton
Peter Dutton has warned Daniel Andrews to sort out the African gangs issue in Victoria or “someone is going to be killed”.
RBA’s migration economics amiss
Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe is not an expert on the economics of immigration.
Recent arrival praises ‘better life’
Wojciech Adamczyk concedes it was a tough decision to move halfway across the world.
Perils predicting population rise
Predictions that Australia’s population would not hit 25 million until 2051 were shattered a decade after they were made.
‘Smarter, richer due to migration’
RBA governor Philip Lowe has used the population milestone of 25 million people to highlight the benefits of immigration.
Lack of arrests ‘tactical‘
Victoria Police defend their actions as it emerges dozens of youths of African appearance who set upon officers last night were from two separate groups.
‘Listen to voters on population’
Liberal senator Dean Smith is ramping up pressure on the government to support a year-long Senate inquiry into population.
Make regions must for migrants
BankSA chief executive Nick Reade says incentives are needed to attract skilled migrants to smaller cities and regional centres.
This baby is one in 25 million
The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ population clock has struck 25 million, and this healthy baby boy may have been the one.
Migrants flock to two cities
Almost 90 per cent of new permanent arrivals settle to our biggest cities, previously unpublished figures reveal.
‘Easiest thing to yell racism’
Alan Tudge has hit back at Tim Soutphommasane, after the race commissioner accused MPs of promoting racial division for personal gain.
Extremists hijack population talk
The biggest driver of our growth isn’t migrants or people having babies. It’s people coming here temporarily and not going home.
Migrant pact ‘sovereignty threat’
Australian negotiators repeatedly warned officials a UN pact on migration was adopting requirements that threatened sovereignty.
UN’s border farce operation
The UN’s sinister attempt to usurp our immigration policies shows a disdain for our democracy that verges on contempt.
Labor asylum resettlement picks
Labor would work with Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Canada and NZ to resettle asylum seekers, Bill Shorten says.
Migration decline ‘bad news’
Wesfarmers chief executive Rob Scott has warned lower migration levels will lead to fewer jobs and lower wages.
Migrant intake out of control
Our population growth has become a matter of life and death for the Coalition.
It’s cruel to be kind to migrants
The line between economic and political migrants is so blurred that we will have to tighten the definition of ‘refugee.
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