Keating minister said Australia could be 'easy target' for asylum ...
The Guardian Cabinet papers reveal that immigration minister Gerry Hand said Australia needed to counter the 'spontaneous mass movement' of asylum seekers. Photograph: ... |
The Age |
Engineers imported from overseas as Australians struggle to find jobs
The Age The government said it wanted to strengthen Australia's skilled migration program to ensure "overseas workers supplement rather than provide a substitute for Australian workers". Mr Dutton said the review would ensure that "Australian workers have ... |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
Engineers imported from overseas as Australians struggle to find jobs
The Sydney Morning Herald The government said it wanted to strengthen Australia's skilled migration program to ensure "overseas workers supplement rather than provide a substitute for Australian workers". Mr Dutton said the review would ensure that "Australian workers have ... |
Keating minister said Australia could be 'easy target' for asylum seekers
The Guardian In 1992 the immigration minister Gerry Hand argued that there was grave potential for Australia to become an easy target for spontaneous mass movement unless the Keating government introduced mandatory detention of asylum seekers. In an echo of later ... |
The Australian |
Terrorists exploit visa system flaws
The Australian Terrorists exploiting temporary visas pose a “rapidly evolving threat” to Australia, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has declared, as he vows to crack down on short-term migration pathways. Mr Dutton compared the risk to the situation in Europe ... |
The New Daily |
Deadly jellyfish migration threatens Queensland tourism hotspots
The New Daily Associate Professor Seymour, who is also a specialist in irukandji with the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine in Cairns, said the move south to Fraser Island, which he has confirmed with sampling, was corresponding to the rising sea ... Irukandji attack Australia: Deadly jellyfish moving south; Expert warns about increase in stings |
The New Daily |
Deadly jellyfish migration threatens Queensland tourism hotspot
The New Daily Associate Professor Seymour, who is also a specialist in irukandji with the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine in Cairns, said the move south to Fraser Island, which he has confirmed with sampling, was corresponding to the rising sea ... Irukandji attack Australia: Deadly jellyfish moving south; Expert warns about increase in stings |
The New Daily |
Deadly jellyfish migration threatens Queensland tourism hotspot
The New Daily Associate Professor Seymour, who is also a specialist in irukandji with the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine in Cairns, said the move south to Fraser Island, which he has confirmed with sampling, was corresponding to the rising sea ... |
For Managing Migration, Australia is No Model for Europe
Human Rights Watch Alexander Van der Bellen, who campaigned on moderation and tolerance, won Austria's presidential election. But in the search for explanations as to how the country came close to electing a far-right populist as its president, some have suggested that ... |
The Guardian |
The price of 'stopping the boats': abusing asylum-seekers and ...
The Guardian In a new chapter of his updated book, a former Salvation Army worker inside the offshore detention centre on Nauru argues that the hardline stand on refugees ... |
The Guardian |
The price of 'stopping the boats': abusing asylum seekers and shaming Australia
The Guardian These are just a few examples of the deaths caused directly or indirectly by the pressures of our immigration system. Since 13 June 2013, 17 people seeking asylum in Australia have died while in detention or in the Australian community. These people ... |
The Australian |
Pope Francis pleads for world to protect those caught in war, migration, abject poverty
The Australian Pope Francis pleads for world to protect those caught in war, migration, abject poverty. Faithful walk past Pope Francis during the Christmas Eve Mass celebrated in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Picture: AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino. The ... |
NEWS.com.au |
How you could move house, buy one the same and still save $400000
NEWS.com.au But even when you take that into account, interstate migration is surprisingly unpopular. We used to move interstate a lot more. This graph shows fewer Aussies are moving interstate now than 15 years ago, even though the population of Australia is higher. |
Scroll.in |
Immigrant fiction about Indians moves to Australia, and about time, too
Scroll.in Unlike the movement of people to the more developed West, the story of South Asian immigration to Australia (and New Zealand) isn't well-documented. In her book on the lost continent of Lemuria, Sumathi Ramaswamy writes of ancient legends that link the ... |
Domain News |
Migration surge drives housing markets and economies – Domain
Domain News Net migration is a key short term driver of new housing demand and general housing market activity with latest ABS population data revealing continuing strong ... |
Domain News |
Migration surge drives housing markets and economies
Domain News Victoria remains the clear leader for net overall migration with a total 81,706 arrivals over the year ending June 2016. Next highest was NSW with 59,812 followed by Queensland 31,600, Western Australia 5,937, South Australia 2,765, ACT 1431 and ... |
Neos Kosmos |
Professor Doumanis creates Greek Australian archive
Neos Kosmos As Doumanis clarifies, pre-war migration populations' history has been well documented, however, there is a significant gap in post-war history, which saw the largest wave come from Greece to Australia. This wave saw mainly village and poor people come ... |
SBS |
Keeping the faith: how migrants are reviving Christian churches
SBS But another trend could see that drop reverse, with congregations becoming more multicultural, reflecting migration flows, and Australia's diversity. Father John Pearce, from St Brigid's Catholic Church in Sydney's inner west, told SBS News the arrival ... |
The Age |
Seven reasons to smile about Australia's future
The Age Despite a tendency for self-flagellating as we may be, Australia is a successful, open economy in its 26th year of continuous expansion. Policies of trade liberalisation, anti-protectionism, selective migration have been key ingredients in that success ... |
The Sydney Morning Herald |
Seven reasons to smile about Australia's future
The Sydney Morning Herald Despite a tendency for self-flagellating as we may be, Australia is a successful, open economy in its 26th year of continuous expansion. Policies of trade liberalisation, anti-protectionism, selective migration have been key ingredients in that success ... |
Independent Australia |
Review — 'Not Quite Australian: How temporary migration is changing the nation'
Independent Australia Kevin Bain reviews Peter Mares new book, 'Not Quite Australian: How temporary migration is changing the nation', in which Australia's shifting policies towards "citizenship for insiders" are explored. |
Not Quite Australian: How temporary migration is changing the nation by, Peter Mares
Independent Australia Kevin Bain reviews Peter Mares new book, 'Not Quite Australian: How temporary migration is changing the nation', in which Australia's shifting policies towards "citizenship for insiders" are explored. |
gulfnews.com |
Tough love Down Under
gulfnews.com “Australia's policy of exiling asylum seekers who arrive by boat is cruel in the extreme,” Anna Neistat, senior director for research at Amnesty International, said in the group's report on migrants who had been held at Australia's behest on the ... |
POLITICO.eu |
Austrian proposal for an Australian migration solution
POLITICO.eu In an an interview with POLITICO in Brussels this week, Kurz urged the European Union to apply the “Australian model,” referring to a controversial asylum policy in which military vessels intercept shaky boats full of migrants and return them to their ... Migrant crisis will return to Europe with a vengeance |
Gold Coast Bulletin |
Baby boom responsible for growth spurt
Gold Coast Bulletin Dr Bob Birrell, from the Australian Population Research Institute, said the data on overseas migration showed an extraordinary concentration of new arrivals in Melbourne and Sydney. Dr Birrell said that in 2013-14 the proportion of all migrants ... |
Herald Sun |
Victoria's population surges amid high birth and migration rates ...
Herald Sun A SURGE in births has helped secure Victoria as the population growth powerhouse of the nation, says a new report. |
Herald Sun |
Victoria's population surges amid high birth and migration rates
Herald Sun Dr Bob Birrell, from the Australian Population Research Institute, said the data on overseas migration showed an extraordinary concentration of new arrivals in Melbourne and Sydney. Dr Birrell said that in 2013-14 the proportion of all migrants ... Full time jobs lift |
