Immigration
Australian Values compliance for One Nation voters? Well done Angus!

Angus Taylor's social media vetting of Australian values for visa holders will be costly, lab ...  
Nationals' Leader Matt Canavan’s latest citizenship thought bubble

New Nationals Leader Matt Canavan wants to make it harder for permanent residents to become ...  
Suggested Cabinet submission for 2026-27 migration and humanitarian program

The Albanese Government is about to consider a cabinet submission on the 26-27 migration program. ...  
How Australia exploited the Iranian women’s football team

Australia granted asylum to a handful of Iranian footballers while simultaneously tightening ...  
Farrer by-election a test for One Nation immigration policy

A tight by-election race in Farrer is set to spotlight One Nation’s call for negative net ...  
Pauline Hanson corrects her immigration arithmetic

Pauline Hanson’s revised immigration maths may finally add up, but the economic consequences of ...  
Belonging across borders: A Muslim Australian response to fear and division

A Muslim Australian reflects on migration, service and community to challenge fear-based rhetoric ...  
Student visa approvals fall despite higher 2026 planning level

Having encouraged expansion, the Government is now curbing student visa grants to contain net ...  
Albanese's victimisation of "ISIS brides" and innocent children is appalling

Despite languishing for years in an atrocious conditions, Australia's PM belligerently refu ...  
One Nation’s immigration policies: Confusion, copycats and costly myths

A closer look at One Nation’s immigration platform reveals policy confusion, borrowed Trumpian ...  
Angus Taylor disowns Coalition policies behind 2022–23 migration surge

Angus Taylor may prefer to rewrite the timeline, but the migration surge of 2022–23 flowed ...  
Australia's ageing immigrant population bomb

While short-term migration forecasts may soothe Canberra, five decades of compounding growth ...  
Australia Day 2026 violently exposes deep national divisions

If the aim of Australia Day is to promote national unity and social cohesion, writes Dave Donovan ...  
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EDITORIAL: Australia Day 2026 violently displayed the deep divisions in our nation

There’s an old saw about tourists in Ireland pulling up to the side of the road to ask a local ...  
Trumpism, but make it Australian: One Nation’s migration fantasy

By borrowing Trump’s rhetoric while ignoring Australian law, One Nation offers fear, fantasy and ...  
Consequences of not targeting student visa policy and a possible solution

Australia’s student visa surge hasn’t been fixed, it’s been deferred, and without tighter ...  
Navigating the Australian tax system as a new arrival

Ripe with opportunities and known for its promising economic conditions, living in Australia is a ...  
Jacinta Price claims Labor is importing Indian voters

Migration claims about the Labor Government fall apart under scrutiny – the data tells a ...  

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