Immigration

Last month, I mentioned that the latest net permanent and long-term arrivals data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showed record net arrivals in 2024.

The Climate Change Authority’s (CCA) latest annual progress report has revealed that emissions fell by 3 million tonnes of CO2 over 2023–24, which is a fifth of the 15 million tonnes needed to be cut annually to hit the federal government’s target of emissions falling 43% on 2005 levels by 2030.

Former Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil lamented that Australia’s migration system was too temporary and held the country back.

The federal government’s changes to the Migration Act are set to be passed by parliament after the Coalition agreed to support the reforms.

Newly elected Melbourne Lord Mayor and vocal mass immigration supporter, Nick Reece, believes that he has the solution to Melbourne’s rental crisis and declining economy: more migrants and international students!

Independent Senator David Pocock has called for a Senate inquiry into immigration and population “so we can have a deep, considered conversation about it.

I have argued repeatedly that the purported $48 billion education export figure published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is exaggerated and massively overstates the benefits of international students to the Australian economy.

By Stephen Saunders Stabilising population, argues the report Big thirsty Australia, is the safest and cheapest avenue to meet arid Australia’s water needs. It’s not what government wants to hear, is it? Our water (and urban) planners are whizzes at supply-side solutions.

Earlier this year, the Australian Population Research Institute (Tapri) released a comprehensive survey showing Australians reject high immigration and a Big Australia. Tapri’s December 2023 national survey of 3000 voters (released in April 2024) revealed a sizable and expanding voting base concerning immigration levels.

I have repeatedly argued that Australia’s universities have devolved into greedy profit-maximising corporations that do not pay taxes.

Two years ago, I attacked then-immigration minister Andrew Giles for headlining a private Victorian Labor Party fundraising dinner organised by controversial Labor figure Jasvinder Sidhu.

I noted last week how Australia’s Albanese government seems to have copied Canada’s Trudeau government on housing and immigration.

The Coalition is under scrutiny for joining forces with the Greens to block legislation to cap new international student numbers from 2025.

Any objective analysis of Australia’s international education sector would conclude that enrolment numbers are too high.

English Australia CEO Ian Aird claims that the federal government’s proposal to cap international student numbers will have an economic impact on more than just the education sector.

The latest temporary visa statistics from the Department of Home Affairs revealed 2,463,600 temporary visa holders in Australia, excluding visitors, as of 30 September 2024.

Can the ABC actually have a sensible debate about immigration?

In the months leading up to the 2022 federal election, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised that Labor would run a smaller immigration program if elected.

One of the nation’s least-kept secrets is that most international students come to Australia to “study” because of our generous work rights and opportunities for permanent residency.

Tuesday’s monthly arrivals and departures figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) revealed that a record 393,874 people arrived in Australia on a net permanent or long-term basis in the first nine months of 2024.

By Stephen Saunders Here we go again.

Australian Treasury Secretary Steven Kennedy admitted to a Senate inquiry this week that the Albanese government would easily exceed the May federal budget’s net overseas migration (NOM) projections.

Former Home Affairs Minister Claire O’Neil lamented last year that Australia’s migration system encouraged too many temporary residents, creating “huge problems” and holding the country back.