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Australia absolutely does not need an explosion of new immigrants

2021-10-12 17:10

Sustainable-population advocacy group says country’s politicians must stand up to the self-interested ‘Big-Australia’ lobby.

Nadesalingam Murugappan and his daughter Kopika about to board an aircraft to be reunited with the rest of the family in Perth. Photo via Nic Holas on Twitter

Human Right Commission welcomes release of Tamil family

by Mike Simpson

2021-06-16 03:06

Rights groups welcome the decision to temporarily release the Murugappan family from detention on Christmas Island so they can reunite in WA.

Rita Ora at a celebrity event in Los Angeles. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons

Opposition roars and rages over British pop star Rita

by Mike Simpson

2021-02-03 02:02

Rita Ora’s hotel quarantine ahead of her involvement in The Voice is unfair to the nearly 40,000 Aussies still stranded overseas, says Labor.

Covid forces temporary changes to Family visa applications

by Mike Simpson

2020-12-01 07:12

International travel uncertainties mean some visa program applicants will no longer need to leave Australia to complete their process.

Iranian Kurdish poet Behrouz Boochani, a long term detainee on Manus, wrote about the cruelty he witnessed in detention in his book, No Friend but the Mountain. (Amnesty International via AAP/The Conversation)

Cruel, and no deterrent: why Australia’s policy on asylum seekers must change

by The Conversation

2019-05-31 23:05

OPINION & ANALYSIS: It’s critical that the Australian government take a new direction in refugee policy and move beyond its tired and false rhetoric of deterrence as a justification for detaining refugees on Nauru and Manus.

Australian visas: Applicants face new hurdles to meet toughened requirements

by Luke Daniel

2018-07-01 11:07

Visa changes implemented this month affect all those wanting to migrate to Australia.

Could you pass the proposed English test for Australian citizenship?

by The Conversation

2017-06-16 09:06

OPINION & ANALYSIS: Tough English language tests will be used to decide Australian citizenship. Does this new policy look and feel like Australia’s old White Australia Policy?

Captain Jack Sparrow caught in Australian ‘war on terrier’

by Australian Times

2015-06-02 22:06

International icon, Johnny Depp, found his pet dogs' lives under threat by Australian Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce, after he brought them into the country during the filming of the latest installment of Pirates of the Caribbean saga. Australian five-time motorcycle racing world champion, Mick Doohan, in whose mansion Depp is ...

Russell Brand takes aim at Tony Abbott

by Cameron Jenkins

2015-02-06 16:02

In his latest video rant, Russell Brand lines up Tony Abbott and Rupert Murdoch for a verbal lashing.

Australian immigration survey under way

by Australian Times

2014-10-27 14:10

Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection research seeks to better define the country's migration objectives.

Migration’s role in Australia’s population history

by Australian Times

2014-09-24 05:09

The development of Australia's population and society relies heavily on migration, as statistic show.

Scott Morrison - Manus Island asylum seeker death controversy

Scott Morrison has blood on hands, says Senator

by Australian Times

2014-02-24 03:02

The Australians Greens have called on the federal government to lift gag orders on staff at Manus Island detention centre.

Plibersek hits back at Iran on Manus Island asylum seeker death

by Australian Times

2014-02-19 12:02

The federal opposition is critical over reports that Iran has summoned the Australian envoy to complain about the death of an Iranian asylum seeker in PNG.