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.

CBC News published a fantastic report explaining how Canada’s explosive immigration-driven population growth crush-loaded housing, services, and infrastructure, wrecking productivity and living standards.

The Department of Home Affairs released temporary visa data for the September quarter of 2024, revealing that there were 2,463,600 temporary visa holders in Australia, excluding visitors, at the end of September.

The ABC’s Gareth Hutchens published an article explaining the incompatibility between Australia’s growing population and reducing its carbon emissions.

“Dr Demography” Liz Allen from the Australian National University (ANU) is the go-to talking head whenever the media wants a quote about the fantastical benefits of mass immigration.

Last year, former Home Affairs Minister Claire O’Neil decried the temporary nature of Australia’s migration system, claiming that it was holding the country back.

The ABC’s Jacob Greber claims that the international education sector is an “export giant” that is being unfairly targeted by the federal government’s desire to lower net overseas migration.

By Stephen Saunders: Democracy seems futile, up against Huge Australia.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has published a research paper examining the claim that high interest rates are partly to blame for the rental crisis.

I noted earlier this week how net overseas migration continues to run hot, despite moderating somewhat from last year’s peak.

The e61 Institute has published an interesting report examining so-called “visa hopping” by international students to extend their stays in Australia.

It is incomprehensible that Australia’s leading business paper, which should understand the interaction of supply and demand, lacks the honesty to mention demand when evaluating the housing crisis: The AFR View rightly claims that “housing affordability” policies like looser lending standards and shared equity are unhelpful to Australia’s housing affordability crisis.