Closure of NZ ‘back door’ key to Nauru deal
A bill to ban resettled refugees from Australia could win Senate support if it applied only to those sent to New Zealand.
Immigration
National carrier happy to fly in face of activist call on refugees
Qantas says it is not up to airlines to play “adjudicator” on asylum seekers, despite pressure for the airline to stop carrying deported refugees.
‘This will affect bilateral relations’
PoliticsNow: Foreign Minister Marise Payne has been hit by a serious leak after text messages sent to her by her Indonesian counterpart were published.
Taking jelly politics to new low
We’re witnessing what happens when someone from a marketing background sits in the PM’s chair: flip flopping, not core values.
PM opens door to NZ solution
Scott Morrison has raised the prospect of sending refugees on Nauru to New Zealand.
No federal backing over Nauru
Federal ALP frontbenchers agree policy changes are needed so refugees sent to Nauru and Manus Island are resettled faster.
we have jobs for so many
Many believe one of the problems with plans to decentralise our population is too few jobs outside the cities. Not true.
turns out that even the greens see nuclear sense
China, India, Russia and South Korea are showing the way and are leaving us behind.
Congestion-busting begins with fewer migrants
Migrants are attracted to cities that are perceived to offer the greatest opportunities.
‘Surveillance gap’ responsible for Vietnamese boat
There was a “gap in surveillance” when a Vietnamese fishing boat made landfall in far north Queensland, the ADF has conceded.
Vic, NSW split over migration
The immigration debate has divided the leaders of Australia’s two most populous states.
Bad policy led to congestion
Our big cities are suffering more than they should due to decisions made more than a decade ago. Here’s a plan to fix things.
‘Surging Sydney’ falling behind
Sydney has done less than its share when its population growth since the 1970s is compared with the national average.
Migrant plan ‘a thought bubble’
Brendan O’Connor says the plan to move migrants to smaller states fails to consider the implications of immigration rates for Australian workers.
Big cities off limits for migrants
The Morrison government will require thousands of migrants to settle outside Sydney and Melbourne for up to five years.
Notorious detention centre shuts
Christmas Island immigration detention centre has been put into contingency mode for the first time since the earliest days of the Rudd government.
Youths terrorise commuters
Up to 100 youths of African appearance reportedly terrified train commuters in Melbourne’s southeast overnight.
Sort farm visas before summer: Nats
Michael McCormack has increased pressure on Scott Morrison to find a quick-fire solution to the farm worker shortage.
Car-theft probe hit by police no-show
Federal Liberal MPs are accusing Victoria Police of shirking responsibility for tackling car theft and its links to youth gangs.
‘I’m not a gang, not a criminal’
Family of a South Sudanese teenager bashed to death 11 years ago call for politicians to change language over African youth crime.
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