Dick Smith has blasted Australia’s latest record immigration figures for January as a “disaster for families”, as the federal government faces growing calls to reduce the number of new arrivals to ease pressure on the housing market. Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, the legendary Aussie businessman slammed the latest figuresContinue Reading
Holiday-makers heading to Bali will now have to pay a $15 entry fee after a new tourist levy was activated. The popular holiday destination introduced the “tourist tax” on Wednesday, which now means all foreign nationals will be required to pay a fee of 150,000 rupiah (about $15 AUD) uponContinue Reading
The federal government will crack down on student visas and “visa hopping”, while making it easier for highly skilled migrants to work in Australia, as part of a major overhaul to fix the “broken” migration system. The government will release the long-awaited migration strategy on Monday, outlining plans to reduceContinue Reading
In 2001, when Australia’s population was 19.3 million, then-Treasurer Peter Costello released the inaugural Intergenerational Report (IGR). The 2001 IGR forecast that Australia’s population would grow to 25.7 million people by 2050, driven by annual net overseas migration (NOM) of 90,000. The following year in 2002, a Senate Inquiry putContinue Reading
Four out of five new homes built in Sydney over the next half-decade will be needed to absorb an “unprecedented” international student wave, according to a new report blasting the federal government’s “unplanned” population explosion. The research, published by the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA) think tank on Monday, foundContinue Reading
Chinese students struggling to find rentals have complained that they were misled about Australia, saying the “shocking” rise in cost of living is causing others back home to abandon their plans. Speaking to the ABC on Friday, two students described their experiences with the rental crisis in Melbourne, seeing adsContinue Reading
The nation’s housing crisis is rapidly deteriorating, but the pressure on states to keep people off the street is about to get a lot heavier. Over the next year, a whopping 400,000 migrants are expected to move to Australia, but with 120,000 Aussies living rough, there are calls for theContinue Reading
It is hard to go anywhere without hearing about Australia’s rental crisis. And for good reason, with rents soaring at record double-digit rates across much of Australia on the back of record tight rental vacancies. Australia’s rental market initially tightened over the pandemic due to a desire for more space,Continue Reading