Exodus linked to migrant influx
Council areas with some of the highest rates of overseas migration are the locations where more people are leaving.
Immigration
Put brakes on people overload
Remember that terrifying moment when Malcolm Turnbull told us there has never been a more exciting time to be an Australian?
PM to Merkel: control borders
Malcolm Turnbull has delivered an impassioned defence in Germany of Australia’s tough border protection policies.
Yellow brick road heads south
New ABS figures confirm Melbourne is closing the population gap with Sydney and could catch up by 2030.
Melbourne leads cities growth
There is now just a difference of 200,000 people in the population of Sydney and the Victorian capital which has grown by 125,000 in the last financial year.
Voters back migration cut
The Newspoll result will lend support to Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton’s push to reduce the intake through tougher vetting.
Skilled migrants to small cities
Business and community leaders have called for visa changes to force skilled migrants to reside in smaller cities and regions.
A big Australia, but easy does it
There are hidden, unmeasured costs to migration that we must consider.
High migration great for the few
Annual immigration numbers are the equivalent of a Ponzi scheme which is being endorsed by the Treasury.
Migration a net boost to economy
Migration is forecast to add up to one percentage point to GDP growth each year for 30 years.
‘Govern borders as we see fit’
Australia has every right to have a robust border policy that we shouldn’t have to defend to the world, says Grahame Morris.
Cry the bedevilled country
Nicolene Coetzee still shudders when she recalls the night she became another statistic in South Africa’s violent crime epidemic.
‘I’m not plotting with Dutton’
After a week of debate on migration, Tony Abbott has been forced to deny he’s formulated plans with the Home Affairs minister.
Dutton agreed to raise cut
Top bureaucrats flew to Brisbane last year to discuss migration levels with the minister. They were then sent away with a task.
Protesters clash at Bishop office
One group sang “Let the Right Ones In’’ as their radical left opposers accused them of racism outside the Foreign Minister’s Perth office.
Migrant numbers in sharp plunge
Australia’s permanent migration program is on track to fall this year to pre-2010 levels through tighter vetting rules.
A lower intake is the right thing
A reduction from 190,000 to 170,000 would be largely symbolic, but it would be a step in the right direction.
Bishop ‘falls for S Africa spin’
South African migrants urge Julie Bishop to be sceptical of their government hosing down stories of violence against white farmers.
Like losing a city each 10 years
Cutting the immigration intake by tens of thousands a year would be the equivalent to losing a Wollongong every decade.
‘I will find Games runaways’
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has issued a stern warning to the Cameroon athletes who fled the Commonwealth Games.
Bishop faces protest clash
Far right and left groups are both set to hold rallies on Friday outside Julie Bishop’s Perth office.
‘Tricky’ Turnbull hurts Libs
Tony Abbott has accused the PM of being ‘tricky’ on the issue of immigration.
Turnbull at odds with ministers
The Prime Minister was at odds last night with the accounts of three ministers involved in a meeting about migrant numbers.
Secret plan to cut back migrants
Peter Dutton proposed cutting the annual immigration intake by 20,000 to cabinet colleagues last year but was knocked back.
Coalition can’t resolve policy
Malcolm Turnbull’s opposition to Peter Dutton’s plan to reduce immigration by about 20,000 a year highlights Coalition tensions.
PM must put Abbott war aside
Malcolm Turnbull has two ways to win the next election: do something about electricity prices and cut immigration.
English key to migration: Tudge
Minister for Multicultural Affairs Alan Tudge says having a good grasp of English is a key for migrants to integrate into society.
Pick migrants who will fit in
Favouring those who are more likely to integrate has economic and social benefits.
Di Natale backs migrant debate
The Greens leader has backed Tony Abbott’s call for a discussion on reducing Australia’s migrant intake.
‘It’s still a prison. I feel like an animal’
REACTION to the first TV crew’s story to emerge from Nauru tonight ranged from stunned to cynical. And it was a surprise to Australia’s Immigration minister.
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