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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Australia's political leaders have turned the sensitive return of ISIS-linked citizens into a partisan circus, ignoring legal realities in favour of fear-mongering. read now…

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Australia’s student visa system is feeding permanent migration at double the rate Treasury assumed. read now…

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A record surge in bridging visas exposes years of neglect, poor policy design and migration mismanagement. read now…

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Right-wing commentators and think tanks owe the ABS an apology after falsely accusing it of censorship and politicisation over migration data. read now…

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Australia’s record surge in skilled temporary visas is clogging the system, while leaving the nation’s most urgent trade shortages unresolved. read now…

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Calls grow for neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell’s deportation, but strict citizenship laws make removal unlikely. read now…

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Decades of political ducking and weaving on migration policy have fuelled public anger, leaving space for extremists to hijack the debate. read now…

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Media outlets have been called out by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for inflating their data ahead of anti-immigration 'March for Australia' rallies. read now…

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Despite sensationalist claims, a close analysis of visa trends, movement data and ABS estimates shows net migration in 2024–25 is significantly lower than reported. read now…

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Shadow Minister Andrew Hastie is clinging to Dutton’s net migration fantasy, but the maths, the politics and reality all say otherwise. read now…

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A surge in second and third Working Holiday visas is keeping net migration well above pre-pandemic levels, challenging government targets. read now…

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The Government has just raised the student intake cap for struggling universities despite its promise to cut net migration. read now…

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Industry calls to cut student visa fees won’t be enough to revive Australia’s troubled English language sector, experts warn. read now…

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After pandering to the cult of Trump, Murdoch journalist Adam Creighton is now immersed in the culture of the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) as its Chief Economist. read now…

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The Home Affairs Department held back a key asylum report until after the Election, raising questions as visa-linked applications soared across multiple nationalities. read now…

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Despite Treasury’s forecast of a migration cooldown, policy settings suggest Australia’s population surge is far from over. read now…

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Despite a dramatic shift in who is seeking asylum in Australia, the Government remains unwilling to fix the systems it knows are failing. read now…

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A record-breaking surge in student visa refusals is swamping Australia’s migration tribunal, with no relief in sight until late 2025 or beyond. read now…

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The cancellation of Hillel Fuld’s visa has sparked outrage, but in light of recent precedent, the real surprise would have been letting him in. read now…

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The number of asylum seekers refused at both the primary and appeal stages and still not departed exceeded 50,000 at end March 2025. read now…

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The chances of net migration being anywhere near Treasury’s forecast of 335,000 for 2024-25 are now very limited. read now…

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The Administrative Review Tribunal is struggling to cope with a high rate of appeals while dealing with a rapidly increasing backlog. read now…

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No matter who wins the 2025 Election, both major parties face enormous pressures in managing the 2025-26 migration program. read now…

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Several factors have led to the Coalition's proposed net migration target of 160,000 being impossible. read now…

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After opposing Labor’s student capping legislation in late 2024, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has announced his own student capping policy. read now…

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A few weeks out from the federal election, both major parties are focused on immigration — but voters remain in the dark on details. read now…

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Leading up to the Federal Election, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has found a new distraction by targeting criminals with dual citizenship for deportation. read now…

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The level of net migration will likely be a focus of the forthcoming Federal Election with both major parties arguing for lower levels of net migration. read now…

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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton channels Ebenezer Scrooge as he promises to ban working from home for public servants. read now…

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