Booming migration numbers accounted for 84 per cent of Australia’s population growth in 2023, according to the the latest figures from the ABS, pushing the total population to nearly 27 million. Net overseas migration was 547,300 in 2023, with 751,000 arrivals and 204,200 departures. The 27 million figure marks aContinue Reading
A senior ABC journalist has come under fire after declaring Australia a “racist country”. Laura Tingle, chief political correspondent for ABC’s 7.30 program, was on a panel at the Sydney Writers Festival on Sunday when she reportedly said: “We are a racist country, let’s face it. We always have beenContinue Reading
Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth has accused the Coalition of “misleading” the public over record migration as leaders leap to point the blame over who is responsible for housing shortages. Queensland Labor Premier Steven Miles has supported Peter Dutton’s proposal to slash Australia’s permanent migration intake down to 160,000 toContinue Reading
The opposition’s plans to ban foreign investors from purchasing existing properties would do little to solve Australia’s housing crisis, according to Labor frontbencher Bill Shorten. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton inflamed a political debate over the housing crisis after vowing to slash permanent migration numbers by 25 per cent and banContinue Reading
Peter Dutton has stumbled on breakfast television over his new Australia-first migration policy, revealing he was unable to say how many foreigners brought homes in Australia last year. Hitting back at Labor’s claims he is the Darth Vader of Australian politics by hitting the immigration button to win the nextContinue Reading
Australia’s permanent migration program would be slashed to just 140,000 per year should the Coalition form government at the next election, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announced in a pledge to “restore the Australian dream” of home ownership. As the country grapples with an acute housing shortage, spurring prices for homesContinue Reading
Peter Dutton has pledged to slash the migration rate by 140,000 to address the housing shortage directly linking the number of migrants and overseas students to rising rents. In his budget in reply speech designed to outline his alternative plan for the nation, the Liberal leader has accused Anthony AlbaneseContinue Reading
The number of international students universities can enrol will be tied to their construction of suitable accommodation under a major immigration crackdown by the federal government. Labor is under pressure to assure voters it can halve the net overseas migration intake from a record 528,000 last year to a promisedContinue Reading
Highly skilled migrants will be targeted while the total migration intake is slashed over coming years, as the government tries to reduce pressure on the stretched housing sector while building out its Future Made in Australia plan. After a record net overseas migration intake of 528,000 in 2022-23, Treasury isContinue Reading
Australia is being urged to follow the lead of New Zealand in dramatically slashing the country’s migrant intake and tightening rules surrounding sought-after visas. Four months after coming to power, the coalition government across the ditch has taken steps to address “unsustainable” levels of immigration, after a near-record high ofContinue Reading