As Pauline Hanson's National Press Club appearance nears, Dr Abul Rizvi prepares a list of questions she has yet to answer. read now…

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The practical, legal and economic realities behind Labor, Coalition and One Nation migration targets are far more complex than campaign slogans suggest. read now…

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The Government’s reluctance to confront mounting visa backlogs and migration pressures risks compounding Australia’s immigration challenges while leaving politically difficult decisions for another day. read now…

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Australia’s immigration debate is shifting from slogans and scare campaigns toward the harder question of how migration should actually be managed. read now…

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Claims of “exploding” migration collapse under scrutiny, as the misuse of ABS PLT data fuels a misleading political narrative about Labor’s policies. read now…

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Angus Taylor’s proposal to mandate English for permanent visa holders raises serious questions about fairness, practicality and its underlying political intent. read now…

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Angus Taylor's social media vetting of Australian values for visa holders will be costly, labour-intensive and ultimately untenable. read now…

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The Albanese Government is about to consider a cabinet submission on the 26-27 migration program. Former Immigration Department Deputy Secretary Dr Abul Rizvi has drafted IA's submission. read now…

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A tight by-election race in Farrer is set to spotlight One Nation’s call for negative net migration against the labour realities of regional Australia. read now…

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Pauline Hanson’s revised immigration maths may finally add up, but the economic consequences of her policy would be devastating. read now…

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Having encouraged expansion, the Government is now curbing student visa grants to contain net migration and protect the permanent program. read now…

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A closer look at One Nation’s immigration platform reveals policy confusion, borrowed Trumpian slogans and proposals that collapse under basic scrutiny. read now…

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Angus Taylor may prefer to rewrite the timeline, but the migration surge of 2022–23 flowed directly from policies his own government put in place. read now…

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Pauline Hanson's biggest problem is that regional Australia depends on the migration she opposes. read now…

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By borrowing Trump’s rhetoric while ignoring Australian law, One Nation offers fear, fantasy and cruelty in place of workable migration policy. read now…

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Australia’s student visa surge hasn’t been fixed, it’s been deferred, and without tighter targeting, it will keep feeding backlogs, limbo visas and migration by accident rather than policy. read now…

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Migration claims about the Labor Government fall apart under scrutiny – the data tells a different story. read now…

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Tony Abbott’s recent immigration rhetoric sits uneasily alongside the policies and outcomes of his own prime ministership. read now…

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The Bondi attack has been cynically repurposed to advance an immigration narrative that collapses under even basic factual scrutiny. read now…

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Halting migration might sound like a quick fix to Australia’s housing and economic woes, but the real outcome would be stalled growth, lost jobs and rising costs across the nation. read now…

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Analysts expect new ABS data to show net migration holding steady around 315,000, defying claims of both a rebound and a collapse. read now…

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Sussan Ley’s so-called “values test” exposes the Coalition’s desperation to court the far-Right under the guise of patriotism. read now…

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A growing number of people in Australia remain stuck in immigration limbo. read now…

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A quiet visa carve-out leaves thousands of permanent residents uncounted, while the Government insists nothing has changed. read now…

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Murdoch media and the IPA are again distorting migration data to fuel anti-immigration fearmongering ahead of upcoming rallies. read now…

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The CBO’s latest projections expose the gap between Trump’s tough talk on deportations and the far smaller numbers experts expect he can deliver. read now…

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Canada’s steady approach to immigration reform shows that long-term planning, not ad hoc reactions, delivers stability even in uncertain times. read now…

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A late policy crackdown hasn’t stopped public universities from fuelling a fresh wave of overseas student arrivals — and Australia’s migration numbers are set to rise again. read now…

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While the stock of temporary entrants remains large, the pressure to expand the permanent migration program will only grow. read now…

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Treasury forecasts suggest Australia’s migration decline may soon hit its floor and could settle well above pre-pandemic levels, setting the stage for a heated political battle. read now…

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