Immigration

The Coalition Government created the ‘COVID STREAM’ of sub-class 408 visas to provide temporary entrants in Australia with visas that were due to expire or had recently expired to remain and work legally in Australia while international borders were closed.

Last week, CFMEU boss Zach Smith told the National Press Club that “turning off the tap of migration” would be “deeply exclusionary and also economically harmful”.

The Coalition Government developed the ‘COVID STREAM’ of sub-class 408 visas to allow temporary entrants in Australia whose visas were about to expire or had recently expired to remain and work lawfully in Australia while international borders were closed.

After growing by more than 6 million people already this century, Australia’s population is officially projected to swell by another 2.18 million people in the five years to 2026-27, driven by unprecedented net overseas migration of 1.5 million people over the same period.

Over the past week we have witnessed claims (here and here) that the purported “consensus” supporting high levels of immigration into Australia is fraying amid concerns around housing shortages, infrastructure and services.

On Tuesday, CFMEU boss Zach Smith told the National Press Club that Australia’s immigration consensus would collapse if housing supply continues to fall behind population growth.

The chief of staff to former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Peta Credlin, has exposed how the Australian Treasury continually pushes for higher levels of immigration against the wishes of the Australian people: “Treasury economists pushed ever higher migration as a way for reform-shy governments to keep delivering economic growth”.

Last year, Julian Hill, Labor’s federal member for Bruce, claimed Australia’s international education sector had degraded into a “ponzi scheme” by luring overseas students to Australia with easy work rights and permanent residency.

HSBC says immigrants have a major impact on the housing market by pushing rents higher, given that they typically rent when they first arrive in a new country.

The Australian Border Force (ABF) has begun a blitz on companies that sponsor migrant workers, with around 170 firms raided or inspected by ABF officers since the start of July to ensure they are complying with regulations to fairly pay foreign employees.

If you want textbook examples of how the Labor’s open borders nutters lie and obfuscate about Australia’s housing shortage, check out the below answer in NSW question time to MP Rod Roberts’ claim that excessive net overseas migration is worsening the rental crisis [my emphasis]: “The Hon.

The Times Higher Education reports that Bhutan, the tiny Himalayan kingdom, is in “uncharted territory” and suffering an acute “brain drain” following a major flight of its educated citizens to Australia to pursue higher education and work in unskilled jobs.

By Stephen Saunders The “Race Card” stifles local opposition to Albanese Open Borders.

The Australian’s Judith Sloan argues that the federal government’s target that carbon emissions be lower by 43% by 2030 relative to 2005 is unrealistic.