Politics Aside, Here's a Migration Success Story

Politics aside, here's a migration success story

The Dandenong-based Southern Migrant and Refugee Centre (SMRC) says it’s crucial to continue to support humanitarian programs for new arrivals as the Federal Government unveiled cuts and changes to migration rules. Communities are still digesting the long-anticipated changes announced by the Home Affairs Minister, Tony Burke, reducing Australia’s net overseas migration (NOM) to 245,000 this […]

Burke's immigration plan commits to net overseas migration targets

Tony Burke's immigration policy changes are like a Curate's Egg - good in parts, but are they enough to lower NOM to the targets Burke has set for himself?

Labor’s migration mess is a failure of planning, not just politics

Labor’s latest migration crackdown may bring numbers closer to government forecasts, but years of piecemeal reform have left the underlying problems of planning, administration and public confidence unresolved.

Migration Politics and Work Health and Safety

Like many other countries, Australia’s political debate seems dominated by immigration issues. This week, after Federal Minister Tony Burke announced the government’s revised immigration policy, Queensland primary producer Joe Moro linked migration to occupational health and safety (OHS) and labour availability. Moro has been a director of the Far North Queensland Growers Association since 2015, … Continue reading "Migration Politics and Work He…