‘Morrison set to announce 30,000 cut to migration’
'The number of permanent migrants accepted into Australia each year is expected to be capped at 160,000, 30,000 fewer than previous targets'
‘Vietnamese community knows what it’s like to be a refugee…’
'If there's one thing Hahn Do feared more than the pirates who terrorised refugees fleeing post-war Vietnam, it was the violent storms that threatened to smash his fragile boat to pieces'.
‘Dutton asked Quaedvlieg to help his mate…’
'Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton pressed then Customs chief Roman Quaedvlieg to help two Queensland policemen get jobs in the new Border Force agency ...'
‘Building on Australia’s success as an immigration nation’
'Celebrating Australia's record as the world’s most successful immigration nation will be a key priority for the Morrison government, newly appointed Minister for Immigration... said today'.
‘Class action for Nauru, Manus asylum seekers launched’
'The group will claim they have been subjected to intentional harm at the hands of the Australian government while detained in offshore detention'
COVID-19: travel ban expanded to Italy
The government has just announced that it will expand the travel ban to Italy as of 6PM tonight, 11 March 2020.
Priority processing for regional areas
'Regional employers and skilled migrants wanting to live and work in regional areas will be given access to priority processing on visa applications'
‘Labor push to refer Peter Dutton to High Court’
'Regional housing markets are surging in some areas as the effects of the Sydney and Melbourne booms trickle down to those outside the major cities'.
Incentives for regional migration
'The federal government is interested in directing migrants to regional areas rather than Sydney or Melbourne, Immigration Minister David Coleman says'.
Tonga Joins the Pacific Labour Scheme
'Tonga's entry into the Scheme will provide more Tongan workers access to skills development opportunities, while also helping fill labour shortages in rural and regional Australia'