IMMIGRANTS – AUSTRALIA

Net migration to fall to 225,000

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Original article by Rhiannon Down
The Australian – Page: 5 : 26-Mar-25

The federal government’s budget papers show that net overseas migration is expected to fall over the forward estimates period. Net overseas migration peaked in 2022-23 following the re-opening of Australia’s international borders after the pandemic. The Treasury has forecast that annual net overseas migration will fall to 225,000 in 2026-27 and remain at a similar level in the following two financial years. The budget papers also reveal that managing unlawful non-citizens who were released from immigration detention in the wake of a High Court ruling will cost about $1.9bn in 2025-26.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY

Labor fails to rein in migration

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Original article by Julie Hare, Gus McCubbing
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 10 : 13-Nov-24

Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows that net overseas migration totalled 391,850 people in the first nine months of 2024. This is the highest level ever recorded for the first three quarters of a calendar year, eclipsing the record of 390,580 that was set in 2023. Monthly arrivals in the first quarter of 2024-25 averaged 41,823; the Institute of Public Affairs has estimated that this will need to fall to just 21,670 if the federal government’s net migration target of 260,000 for the current financial year is to be achieved. Meanwhile, Department of Home Affairs data shows that Immigration Minister Tony Burke did not cancel any visas on character grounds during his first month in the portfolio.

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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS LIMITED, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HOME AFFAIRS

Record surge in immigrants starts to slow

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Original article by Shane Wright
The Age – Page: Online : 14-Jun-24

New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics have revealed that the nation experienced its biggest quarterly fall in immigrants since the borders were closed at the beginning of the pandemic, suggesting that the federal government’s efforts to curb migration are beginning to have an impact. However, with Australia’s total population just short of 27 million, the ABS data also reveals a further fall in the nation’s birth rate, with the number of new babies declining to its lowest level since 2006. International students have been largely behind the recent lift in migrant numbers, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he makes no apologies for reforming the migration system by tightening eligibility for foreign students.

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AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Migrant intake has already hit record 500k

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Original article by Michael Read, Tom McIlroy
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 6 : 25-Oct-23

The Treasury has previously forecast that net overseas migration totalled 400,000 in the year to June. However, former Immigration Department official Abul Rizvi estimates that net overseas migration topped 470,000 in the year to June; he adds that the migrant intake probably reached 500,000 in the year to September. Rizvi also believes that the Treasury’s forecast that the annual migrant intake will fall to 315,000 by June 2024 is unlikely to be realised. Brendan Coates from the Grattan Institute says Australia’s record migrant intake will increase housing demand and put upward pressure on the inflation rate.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HOME AFFAIRS, GRATTAN INSTITUTE

Labor urged to keep golden ticket investor visa primarily used by Chinese migrants

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Original article by Paul Karp
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 10-Jan-23

The Productivity Commission recommended abolishing the significant investor visa in 2016, and Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil stated in September 2022 that the visa could be scrapped because it is not "adding value" to Australia. However, the Australia China Business Council has used its submission to a migration review to argue that these visas can generate significant economic benefits and should be retained. Some 2,300 significant investor visas have been granted since 2012, with migrants from Chinese receiving some 85 per cent of them.

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Dutton’s au pair drama shows hypocrisy of immigration policy

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Original article by Waleed Aly
The Sydney Morning Herald – Page: Online : 31-Aug-18

Peter Dutton has sought to create an image of being someone who believes in the importance of applying rules rigidly and in law and order. Humanitarian causes seemingly do not move him. However, in letting an au pair into Australia on a tourist visa when he was immigration minister, Dutton showed he was prepared to go against the principles on which he has earned his tough reputation. He was told the au pair had previously broken Australia’s visa rules and was likely to do so again, but he ignored the advice of Immigration staff. It would appear Dutton is happy to let some people into Australia illegally if they are "the right kind of people".

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF HOME AFFAIRS

Matter Of Fact With Stan Grant

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Original article by Roy Morgan
abc.net.au – Page: Online : 20-Aug-18

Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine discusses issues such as immigration, energy policy and the Paris climate agreement. She notes that research by Roy Morgan shows that the majority of Australians support Muslim immigration and euthanasia, while there is growing distrust of politicians and financial institutions such as banks. View the interview with Michelle from about 16:30 minutes into the program.

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Rare allies back a Big Australia

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Original article by Simon Evans
The Australian – Page: 1 & 10 : 4-May-18

The ACTU, United Voice and the Australian Industry Group are among the organisations that will sign a National Compact on Permanent Migration. The compact, which is an initiative of the Migration Council, calls for the existing goal of a yearly permanent migrant intake of 190,000 to be retained, with future numbers to be adjusted in proportion to the population. The compact is seen as a "circuit breaker" to the current debate on immigration, which has developed overtones of xenophobia, while it contains a consensus between business and union bodies on temporary migration programs, but with such programs being more strongly scrutinised.

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ACTU, UNITED VOICE, THE AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY GROUP, MIGRATION COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. ATTORNEY-GENERAL’S DEPT, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY, BUSINESS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL OF SOCIAL SERVICE, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, FEDERATION OF ETHNIC COMMUNITIES COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA, SETTLEMENT COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA, WELCOME TO AUSTRALIA

What’s a Telstra? Who’s Optus? More immigrants choose global brand Vodafone as first Australian mobile provider

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 10-Jan-17

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey shows that Vodafone is the most popular telco among the 5.3 million Australian mobile phone owners aged 14+ who were born overseas. Vodafone claimed 32 per cent of the mobile market among immigrants overall in the six months to November 2016. The survey also shows that 47 per cent of immigrants who have lived in Australia for less than two years choose Vodafone as their local provider, ahead of Optus (24 per cent) and Telstra (12 per cent). In contrast, Telstra is used by 39 per cent of immigrants who have lived in Australia for more than 20 years, and 47 per cent of people who were born in Australia.

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, SINGTEL OPTUS PTY LTD, VODAFONE AUSTRALIA LIMITED

Michele Levine, CEO, Roy Morgan Research: Australian opposition to Muslim immigration exaggerated

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Original article by Michele Levine, Roy Morgan Research
Morgan Poll Update – Page: Online : 26-Oct-16

In stark contrast to the widely reported Essential Research Poll in mid-September that claimed Australians opposed Muslim Immigration 49% cf. 40%, independent research by Roy Morgan shows Australians continue to support Muslim immigration (58% cf. 33%) as well as Asylum Seeker Immigration (66% to 25%). Five weeks ago, Australians were bombarded with the news that we, as a nation, or the majority of us, did not want Muslims coming into the country – based on a poll by Essential Research. I said at the time, in several interviews (Listen to radio interview with 2SER), that we believed it was highly unlikely that these results were true. Roy Morgan surveys over several years from 2010 to 2015, showed majority support for Muslims, refugees and others immigrating to Australia. We believed it highly unlikely that sentiment would have changed so dramatically. The latest Roy Morgan Research showed indeed Australians continue to support Muslim Immigration, albeit with a reduced majority. It is crucial that public opinion surveys on such important issues as this are independent and conducted with a sample which is truly representative of the Australian population.

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