Immigration
What it’s like at one of Sydney’s so-called ‘vote-buying’ citizenship ceremonies
Under the Sydney Showground’s corrugated iron roof, hundreds of soon-to-be Australian citizens wore their Saturday best. But with allegations of an industrial-scale vote stack, one couple believed there was too much focus on voting.
- Max Maddison
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- Tony Burke
Coalition senator fills in for Burke at citizenship ceremonies slammed by Dutton
Kerrynne Liddle spoke at a citizenship ceremony on behalf of Tony Burke on the same day Coalition colleagues implied he was using the events to swing votes in key seats.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
Brisbane set for population shift not seen in Queensland since the 1970s
The federal government expects more people to be living in Greater Brisbane than the rest of Queensland within months.
- Sean Parnell
- Opinion
- Australia votes
As Dutton parades his softer side, let’s not forget how hard he’s played the politics of race
In these racially charged times, the opposition leader has returned to old ways as the election campaign approaches.
- Sean Kelly
Murderer among former detainees to be shifted to Nauru
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says the Pacific island nation has approached Australia to take three violent criminal members of a group of former immigration detainees.
- Paul Sakkal
- Opinion
- Angela Merkel
Should we fear growing separatism? Germany offers a clue
Immigration will be the No.1 issue at next week’s German election, part of a backlash against a well-meaning but ultimately misguided policy of multicultural integration.
- Parnell Palme McGuinness
How Trump instilled fear in a tiny town in Nebraska
The Flores family invited almost everyone they knew to their baby’s first birthday. But held in the shadow of the president’s immigration crackdown, they had no idea if anyone would turn up.
- Annie Gowen and Sarah L. Voisin
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- Peter Dutton
‘There is no case for it’: Dutton’s visa plan could cost $2.5b
Public policy academics, former Immigration Department bosses and the Productivity Commission all say the plan to bring back the “significant investor visa” is a bad one.
- David Crowe
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- Peter Dutton
‘I think we’ll bring it back’: Dutton makes private pledge to review $5m investor visa
The opposition leader has vowed to review the significant investor visa, reversing a Labor decision to scrap the program over concerns it could bring spies and criminals into Australia.
- David Crowe
It was the first deportation flight of the new Trump era. It descended into chaos
The diplomatic dust-up marked a turbulent weekend for President Donald Trump’s hard-line policy to deport millions of immigrants.
- Jack Nicas
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