Immigration

Last year, the Albanese government increased its 2026 international student planning level by 25,000, bringing it to 295,000. However, it was a flexible cap, with Ministerial Direction (MD) 115 permitting universities to exceed their caps by 15% before the Department of Home Affairs deprioritised visa processing for new applicants associated with that institution.

As explained last week, the latest forecasts from the National Housing Supply and Affordability Council’s (NHSAC) 2026 State of the Housing System report, released last week, are utterly delusional.

Last year, Canadian analyst Ben Rabidoux tweeted the following graphic on X, questioning whether Canada should set a per-nation cap on its permanent residency intake: The graphic illustrates how India has dominated Canada’s permanent residency intake, with around 560,000 entries between 2020 and 2024.

As Australia’s Home Affairs minister between June 2022 and July 2024, Labor MP Clare O’Neil regularly lamented that the nation’s migration system was too temporary and held the nation back.

Earlier this week, I exposed Labor MP Dr Andrew Leigh’s bald-faced immigration lies.

When evaluating any government policy, a fundamental question arises: What is the policy’s objective?

I noted on Thursday how in 2000-01, Australia’s regions accounted for 35% of the population.

Regional Australia stands to lose from the continuation of the ‘Big Australia’ mass migration policy.

You would think that Australia should be able to have an informed, logical discussion about immigration.

This week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released data on net permanent & long-term (NPLT) arrivals, which remained at historically high levels in February 2026.

The Albanese government continues to import people into Australia at a furious rate, with 96,110 net permanent and long-term (NPLT) arrivals in February, the third-strongest February result on record, behind 2025 (111,740) and 2024 (105,460).

For years, business mouthpiece The AFR View was a card-carrying member of ‘Big Australia’ migration, pumping continuous propaganda on its benefits to the economy and living standards.

Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released monthly and quarterly data showing that net migration into Australia has rebounded and remains at historically high levels.

The Department of Education has released data showing that international university (higher education) commencements rose slightly (+0.7%) in 2025 to a record high of 214,100: This pushed university international enrolment to a record high of 545,000, well above both 2024 and pre-Covid levels.

Goldman Sachs analyst Joseph Briggs recently contended that artificial intelligence could potentially automate tasks that account for 25% of all work hours in the US and 6% to 7% of all jobs.

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Tuesday released monthly overseas arrivals and departures data for January, which recorded explosive growth in the number of people arriving in Australia and intending to stay for 12 months or more.

Proponents of high immigration claim that it is necessary to alleviate purported labour shortages and an ageing population.

By Stephen Saunders Leaving Anthony Albanese as a world outlier, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has stymied Canada’s population growth to ease the housing pain.

Recently on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) there was a table detailing population growth for various developed economies since 2000, based on the numbers from the OECD database.

This week, I lambasted the Australian National University’s (ANU) Jill Sheppard for stating that donations and lobbying from big business on immigration are “actually good” because they sway politicians to keep immigration high against the wishes of Australian voters, who overwhelmingly want lower immigration: I argued that Sheppard’s testimony effectively said, “Screw what voters actually want.